When Richard Rushton was born on 5 July 1814, in Leek, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Rushton Sr, was 33 and his mother, Lettice Johnson, was 29. He married Eliza Bromley on 5 March 1841, in Leek, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Missouri, United States in 1870. He died on 4 February 1884, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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English: habitational name from Rishton (Lancashire) and Rushton (Staffordshire), and perhaps also from Rushton (Cheshire, Northamptonshire), Rushton in East Stoke (Dorset), and Rhiston (Shropshire). The placenames derive from Old English risc ‘rush’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
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