Lincoln, James Rush, 1845-1922.

Rush served as a military officer in the Civil War, the Spanish-American War and World War I. He was born in Maryland and moved to Boone, Iowa in 1868 and then to Ames in 1882 where he worked in the military and engineering departments at Iowa State College. At the beginning of the Spanish American War he was responsible for mobilizing the Iowa troops.

From the description of James Rush Lincoln military orders, 1898 April 26. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 505528796

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