Milton M. Rushing is the son of Peter Peyton Rushing & Hester M. Frizzell. He married Eliza Veal (daughter of Charles Veal) on 01 Jan 1839 by Ephraim Owings M.G. in Calloway Co., KY. The family moved to Johnson Co., IL c1845. Their children include:

Ephraim Owen Rushing*
b. 09 Oct 1839 - Calloway Co., KY
m. 25 Apr 1861 - Bathsheba Elizabeth Holland - Vienna, Johnson Co., IL
d. 29 Aug 1910 - Stone Co., AR
buried in Rushing Cemetery - Rushing, Stone Co., AR

Easter Ellenore Rushing*
b. 27 Mar 1841 - Calloway Co., KY
m. 12 Feb 1859 - William Bryant Cox - Johnson Co., IL
m. 19 Feb 1874 - William Henderson Jackson - Johnson Co., IL
d. 26 Dec 1919 - Broken Arrow, Tulsa Co., OK
buried in Park Grove Cemetery - Broken Arrow, Tulsa Co., OK

Martha J Rushing
b. 08 Jan 1844 - Calloway Co., KY
m. 25 Jan 1861 - William Henry Harrison Snider - Vienna, Johnson Co., IL
d. 1892

Permelia Jane Rushing*
b. 24 Jan 1846 - Ozark, Johnson Co., IL
m. 26 Jan 1865 - Fountain Marion Lay - Johnson Co., IL
m. 07 May 1876 - Needham Andrew Hutson - Van Buren Co., AR
d. 04 May 1926 - New Burnside, Johnson Co., IL
buried in Woodside Cemetery - Johnson Co., IL

Louisa Rushing
b. 21 Sep 1848 - Johnson Co., IL

Joseph Rushing
b. 1853 - Johnson Co., IL

Mary Elizabeth Rushing*
b. 30 May 1855 - Johnson Co., IL
m. 09 Sep 1877 - Richard Herman Venable - Johnson Co., IL
d. 01 May 1913 - Balko, Beaver Co., OK
buried in Beaver Pioneer Cemetery - Beaver, Beaver Co., OK

Asenath Rushing*
b. 31 May 1857 - Johnson Co., IL
m. 23 Dec 1875 - Jefferson Thornton - Johnson Co., IL
d. 15 Oct 1888 - Lick Creek, Union Co., IL
buried in Ebenezer Hall Cemetery - Lick Creek, Union Co., IL

Sarah Angeline Rushing*
b. 08 Aug 1860 - Elvira, Johnson Co., IL
m. 11 Nov 1875 - John Thomas Jolley - Elvira, Johnson Co., IL
d. 19 Mar 1935 - Vienna, Johnson Co., IL
buried in Wise-Robinson Cemetery - Ozark, Johnson Co., IL

Henon Rushing*
b. Mar 1863 - Johnson Co., IL
m. 12 Sep 1889 - Annie May Horning - Ripley, MO
d. 17 Jan 1954 - Pottawatomie Co., OK
buried in Tecumseh Cemetery - Pottawatomie Co., OK

According to the Aug 21, 1874 letter written to Ephraim Owen Rushing, oldest child of Milton and Eliza, only 4 days after Milton's death by one of the Rushing daughters, Milton is buried on the 81 acres not too far from their house location in 1874.

Name: Milton M Rushing
Section: NESW
Date: 1 Oct 1855
Sect: 31
Township: 11S
Range: 04E
Meridian: 3
Acres: 40.55

Issue Date: 10 Jun 1856
Place: Johnson, Illinois, USA
Land Office: Shawneetown
Meridian: 3rd PM
Township: 11-S
Range: 3-E
Section: 36

Census Records:
Home in 1850 - District 2, Johnson, Illinois
Home in 1860 - Township 11 S Range 4 E, Johnson, Illinois
Home in 1870 - Township 11 Range 4, Johnson, Illinois