Azel Rush   Gen. 5, id #4186, Keith #702                             Edited 19910713
=========   Son of Benjamin C. Rush & Dorcas E. Vickory                     |[1]       
 
Born:  4 Aug 1780 NC, Randolph                                              |          
Died: 30 Mar 1859                                                           |          
 
Marr: 1) Elizabeth Beckerdite                           
      m:  8 Dec 1803                                                        |[1]        
      b:  3 Mar 1785                                                        |[136]     
      d:  1 Sep 1818 NC, Randolph                                           |[136]     
 
                           +---born----+---------------++---died----+---------------+
  1.  Dorinda               29 Aug 1805 NC, Randolph     20 Aug 1892                
  2.  Iredell               14 Jan 1807 NC, Randolph     28 May 1853                
  3.  Dorcas                 1 Oct 1808 NC, Randolph                                
  4.  Dougan                23 Apr 1810 NC, Randolph                                
  5.  Mary                  24 Mar 1812 NC, Randolph     14 Mar 1870                
  6.  Nixon                  3 Jan 1814 NC, Randolph      5 Jul 1882                
  7.  Nancy                 15 Sep 1816 NC, Randolph                                
  8.  Benjamin               1 Sep 1818 NC, Randolph     11 Aug 1825 NC, Randolph   
 
Marr: 2) Mary White                                     
      m: 28 Mar 1819                                                        |[1]        
      Dau of Matthew White & Mary Robinson                                  |[136]     
 
  9.  Millicent Octavia     11 Apr 1820 NC, Randolph     20 May 1906                
 10.  Joseph Newby           3 Feb 1822 NC, Randolph                                
 11.  Azel George           17 Jan 1825 NC, Randolph     28 Apr 1907                
 12.  Elizabeth White       21 Apr 1827 NC, Randolph     26 Jan 1913                
 
Marr: 3) Sarah Young                                    
      m: 16 May 1830                                                        |[1]        
      b: 23 Feb 1799                                                        |[136]     
      Dau of Henry Young & Margaret (      )                                |[136]     
 
 13.  Thomas Elwood         13 Feb 1833 NC, Randolph                                
 14.  Henry Young           25 Aug 1834 NC, Randolph                                
 15.  Noah                  24 Jun 1836 NC, Randolph                                
 
Azel's first wife Betsy died in childbirth and is buried in the 
old Rush-Briles Cemetery on the A.G. Rush farm at the foot of 
Mount Shepherd in Randolph Co., NC.  [136]

 
Sources: 
[1]   Keith, Prof. Arthur Leslie, "The Broyles Family", typescript reprinted in [4]
[4]   Broyles, John K., Sr., "The Broyles Family Newsletter" (periodical), self-published, 1982-2000
[136] Wilson, Duane, letter dated 6 Jun 1991

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