Ruby (Cobb) Rushing (abt. 1881 - 1939)

Born about 22 Jan 1881 in Mississippi, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Nathan R. Rushing — married 8 Oct 1896 in Franklin Mississippi, USA

Descendants

Died 11 Mar 1939 at about age 58 in Gilbert, Franklin Parish, Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Death

From FindAGrave memorial. Gravestone inscription: Ruby Rushing 1885-1935. Other data, excluding burial location, is unsourced and information only.

Ruby Cobb Rushing was born 22 Jan 1885 in Mississippi and died 11 May 1939 (aged 54) in Gilbert, Franklin Parish, Louisiana. She is buried at Oakley Cemetery, Gilbert, Franklin Parish, Louisiana.

d/o Reuben Cobb

Parents:

Jelena A. Wactor Cobb 1864-1949

Spouse:

Nathan R Rushing 1861-1950

Siblings:

J. Hardy Cobb 1882-1915

William M Cobb 1893-1982

James Monroe Cobb 1895-1957

Children:

Mary T. Rushing Hammett 1898-1978

Ivory Rushing 1900-1912

Sarah C McDaniel 1911-1997 ^[1]

Nathan R Rushing 1861–1950 was her husband. They had nine children.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 18 April 2019), memorial page for Ruby Cobb Rushing (22 Jan 1885–11 May 1939), Find A Grave: Memorial #87169892, citing Oakley Cemetery, Gilbert, Franklin Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Betty Jean Weems Neathery (contributor 46849268).

See also:

• "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZH-4NV : accessed 15 December 2015), Nathan Rushan Or Rushing and Ruebie Cobb, 08 Oct 1896; citing , Franklin, Mississippi; FHL microfilm 890,448.

(In this 1900 census, Ruby has a 3 yrs old child, which leads one to believe she is order than the year on her grave.) "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M96G-S6L : accessed 26 September 2020), Ruby Rushing in household of Nathan Rushing, Beat 3, Franklin, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51, sheet 23A, family 382, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,807.

Census of 1910 shows Ruby's birth date and 22 Jan 1881:

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPTB-YYW : accessed 26 September 2020), Ruby Rushing in household of Nathan Rushing, Police Jury Ward 2, Franklin, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 47, sheet 5A, family 77, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 514; FHL microfilm 1,374,527.

• Louisiana Death index