Nannye Rushing
Simpson, Ill
Christmas Gift - Dec 25, 1907
From Ephraim E. Rushing

I saved dimes to pay for this bible

Mrs. Nannie Rushing
Chicago Heights, Ill
2212 Halsted St.
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              Maternal Parents
              The Smith Family
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Charles Smith, Nov. 6th 1869
died Jan 28th, 1939

Mary Ella Dismutes Smith
Born Aug 9th, 1873
died Jan 23, 1943

children:
Nannie Smith Rushing
Born Dec. 29th, 1890

Claude Smith
Dec 18th, 1893

Flo Smith Oteg
Born Nov 10, 1895

Nattie Smith Bryan
Born June 20, 1901

Charles Smith, Jr.,
Born August 21st, 1903

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                 Marriages
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Laura Jean Rushing Halton
married Oct 8, 1935

Hadley Rushing
married Ruth Wells
Nov. 27, 1938

Wayne Rushing
married Mary E. Caldwell
June 18, 1949


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               My Children
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Lester Wayne Rushing - Born:
9:30 AM Sunday, Aug 8, 1909

Hadley Victor Rushing - Born 11:30 AM
Saturday, July 29, 1911

Laura Jean Rushing - Born 12:30 PM, 
Sunday, Jan 4th, 1914

Ephraim Ernest Jr. Rushing - Born
8:30 PM, March 16, 1921

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                 PARENTS
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Ephraim Ernest Rushing - Born
March 2, 1885 - 
Died Jan 28, 1922 - Age 36 years

Nannie Smith Rushing - Born
Dec 29, 1890
Died (blank)

children:
Lester Wayne Rushing - Born
Aug 8, 1909

Hadley Victor Rushing - Born
July 29, 1911

Laura Jean Rushing - Born
Jan 4th, 1914

Ephraim Ernest (Jr) Rushing
Born March 16, 1921
Died in Plane Crash June 9, 1944
at Laidor, New Guinea
Buried at Camp Butler National
Cemetery, Springfield, Ill., Grave Nr 419

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Grand Mother Lucretia Rushing
Born Nov 2, 1849
Died Oct - 192* (1923)
Age 73 years, 11 months

Ephraim Ernest Rushing
Born March 2, 1885
Died of Pneumonia, Jan 28, 1922

Esther Lois Rushing Coleman

Talusa Rushing Watkins

Jennie Rushing Van Cleve

Mollie Rushing Reynolds

Frank Rushing
These all died before they
reached 40 years of age.

Grand Father John Rushing
died at age 36.

R. B. Rushing - still living -
aged 71 years, in Miami, Fla.
(Nov 12, 1953)

Grand Daughter Judy Rushing
Born Aug 21, 1943

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*Transcriber's Note:
Information in brackets was written
as such in the bible.  Some names
were repeated on different pages.