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W. F. RUSH (deceased) was born March 27, 1826, in Illinois. When a boy, he emigrated to Clermont County, Ohio, where he remained until he was twenty-four years of age. He then pressed onward to Pike Township, Brown County, Ohio, where he bought 107 acres of land; he sold ten acres and then remained on the ninety-seven acres until his death, which occurred on September 14, 1868. Since his death, all of the ninety-seven acre tract has been sold except forty-seven acres, where his widow now resides. W. F. Rush was married October 12, 1852, to Eliza Ann Wallace. She was born in Point Pleasant, Clermont Co., Ohio, in the same house where ex-President Grant was born. To their union six children have been born, of whom five now survive, viz.: Mary Catharine, David A., Laura Belle, C. Alice and Byron H. Mr. and Mrs. Rush both belonged to the Methodist Church. This sketch will ever be a source of pride to his children, indicating the character of their father during his lifetime.