Papers, 1852-1903.

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Papers, 1852-1903.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36438349

Most of collection is correspondence between Rush and his wife, Octavia O. Rush, from Civil War encampments, Johnson's Island Prison, and various places Rush visited after the War. Also includes essays and poems Rush wrote.

0.5 cubic feet.

Auburn University.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7380002

Auburn University.

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Rush, John W., 1833-1905.

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Rush, Octavia O., d. 1917.

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Andrew, James O. (James Osgood), 1794-1871

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James Osgood Andrew, Methodist bishop and author, was born 3 May 1794, in Wilkes County, Georgia, and died 1 March 1871, in Mobile, Alabama. He was made a deacon (1814), an elder (1816), and a bishop (1832) in the Methodist Episcopal Church; was a trustee of the Manual Labor School in Covington, Georgia, (1836); and president of the board of trustees of Emory College (1838-1870). Southern pastors, who protested when Andrew was asked to resign his bishopric because his wife owned slaves, formed t...

Pattillo, William. T.

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Rush, John W., d. 1903.

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Rush was a Methodist minister and son-in-law of Bishop James Osgood Andrew. He raised a company of troops for the Confederacy, surrendered at Island Number 10, was imprisoned at Johnson's Island, Ohio, and was discharged from service upon his parole in 1862. He served as a preacher in south Alabama until his retirement. From the description of Papers, 1852-1903. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 36438349 ...