Alexander
Walker
Rush
Born in Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Lucinda Olen (Rush) Jenkins, Mary Jane (Rush) Halliburton, William L. Rush, Becky Frances Rush, Sarah Elizabeth (Rush) Bowie, Belinda (Rush) Thompson, Mittie Mildred (Rush) Mullikin, Virgil Eugene Rush and John Reed Rush
Husband of
Amanda Virginia (Buchanan) Rush
— married
4 Nov 1866 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William Alexander Rush, George A. Rush, Thomas C. Rush, Sarah Frances (Rush) Kingston, James Preston Rush, Marshall Reed Rush, Alice Ann (Rush) Reed and John Lewis Rush
Died
at age 85
in Sidney, Sharp County, Arkansas, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Nov 2020
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Biography
Alexander was born in 1843. He passed away in 1928. Alexander is buried at the Mount Carmel Cemetery, Sidney, Sharp County, Arkansas. On May 15, 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate Army at Ripley, Tennessee as a Private in Company G, 4th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry. November 23, 1863 he was in the Battle of Missionary Ridge, where he was wounded by gun shot. He was captured and became a Prisoner of War, Feb. 1, 1864 interned at Rock Island, Ill. staying there until March 6, 1865. He was then sent to City Point, Virginia for exchange. He married Amanda Buchanan on Nov. 4, 1866.
Sources
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 November 2020), memorial page for Alexander Walker Rush (18 Jan 1843–23 Nov 1928), Find a Grave Memorial no. 95839849, citing Mount Carmel Cemetery, Sidney, Sharp County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Rhonda Mitchell (contributor 47541708) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alexander:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alexander:
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~0.78%
Sandra (Gaines) Drallmeier
:
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch WM9446139 [compare], yourDNAportal SANfa4c209d
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~0.39%
Laura Holland :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A364880 [compare]
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