From the
Democrat Messenger
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
(Greene County)
Saturday, May 11, 1940
Harriet Knight Rush, age 83 years, two months and one day, widow of Jesse M. Rush, died Friday morning, at 9:30 o'clock, at her home at Spraggs. Mrs. Rush had been in poor health for some time.
Mrs. Rush was born March 9, 1857, at Wayne Township, a daughter of David and Mary Frye Knight, deceased. She married Jesse M. Rush, who died September 26, 1936. She spent practically her entire life in Wayne Township, and was a member of the Pursley Baptist Church.
She is survived by a son, Floyd D. Rush, and by a daughter, Dessie Stewart, wife of Dr. Paul S. Stewart, president of Waynesburg College. A sister, Mrs. Lucy Blake, of Dunbar, Fayette County, and five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren also survive. Mrs. Rush was the youngest of nine children.
Democrat Messenger
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
(Greene County)
Saturday, May 11, 1940
Harriet Knight Rush, age 83 years, two months and one day, widow of Jesse M. Rush, died Friday morning, at 9:30 o'clock, at her home at Spraggs. Mrs. Rush had been in poor health for some time.
Mrs. Rush was born March 9, 1857, at Wayne Township, a daughter of David and Mary Frye Knight, deceased. She married Jesse M. Rush, who died September 26, 1936. She spent practically her entire life in Wayne Township, and was a member of the Pursley Baptist Church.
She is survived by a son, Floyd D. Rush, and by a daughter, Dessie Stewart, wife of Dr. Paul S. Stewart, president of Waynesburg College. A sister, Mrs. Lucy Blake, of Dunbar, Fayette County, and five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren also survive. Mrs. Rush was the youngest of nine children.
From the
Democrat Messenger
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
(Greene County)
Saturday, May 11, 1940
Harriet Knight Rush, age 83 years, two months and one day, widow of Jesse M. Rush, died Friday morning, at 9:30 o'clock, at her home at Spraggs. Mrs. Rush had been in poor health for some time.
Mrs. Rush was born March 9, 1857, at Wayne Township, a daughter of David and Mary Frye Knight, deceased. She married Jesse M. Rush, who died September 26, 1936. She spent practically her entire life in Wayne Township, and was a member of the Pursley Baptist Church.
She is survived by a son, Floyd D. Rush, and by a daughter, Dessie Stewart, wife of Dr. Paul S. Stewart, president of Waynesburg College. A sister, Mrs. Lucy Blake, of Dunbar, Fayette County, and five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren also survive. Mrs. Rush was the youngest of nine children.
Democrat Messenger
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
(Greene County)
Saturday, May 11, 1940
Harriet Knight Rush, age 83 years, two months and one day, widow of Jesse M. Rush, died Friday morning, at 9:30 o'clock, at her home at Spraggs. Mrs. Rush had been in poor health for some time.
Mrs. Rush was born March 9, 1857, at Wayne Township, a daughter of David and Mary Frye Knight, deceased. She married Jesse M. Rush, who died September 26, 1936. She spent practically her entire life in Wayne Township, and was a member of the Pursley Baptist Church.
She is survived by a son, Floyd D. Rush, and by a daughter, Dessie Stewart, wife of Dr. Paul S. Stewart, president of Waynesburg College. A sister, Mrs. Lucy Blake, of Dunbar, Fayette County, and five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren also survive. Mrs. Rush was the youngest of nine children.
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