Pike County AlArchives Photo Tombstone.....Rushing, Stephen McDonald 
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Cemetery:           Good Hope Church Cemetery, Pike Co., AL
Name:               Stephen McDonald Rushing

Date Of Photograph: August 21, 2005
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OUR FATHER
S. M. RUSHING
JUNE 15, 1846
JAN. 25, 1918
An honest man has gone to rest

Additional Comments:
Steve, as he was called, married Martha Sylvester Edwards (b. 5 Oct 1850 & d. 
26 Jan 1945) before 1870.

1870 Federal Cenus of Pike Co., AL
Household #97
Rushing, Stephens 23 AL Farmer
Martha 19 AL Housekeeping
Winney 1 month AL

1880 Federal Census of Pike Co., AL records him living near his brothers, J. 
E. H. Rushing and  Henry O. Rushing Rushing. Researched by Ron Bridges on 7 
Jun 1999.

The following article appeared in The Troy Herald, Tuesday, 28 Jan 1918:
    "Stephen Rushing, one of the best known citizens in this section passed to 
his reward last Friday at his home six miles north of Troy, after having 
reached the ripe old age of about 75 years.
    Mr. Rushing is survived by his widow and six children, one child having 
preceded him to the grave. His children are: Mrs. Gleenie Wilson, Mrs. Jake 
Green, who died about a month ago, and Jack, Edd, Hub, Cleve and Earnest 
Rushing.
    The remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Good Hope last Saturday. 
The many friends of the family all over this section will deeply sypathize 
with them in their bereavement."

Henry Rushing, Stephen's brother died just a few days later.

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