William Lewallen Rushton was born in either Morgan County or Johnson County in Indiana on August 21, 1821 (or 1823), or perhaps North Carolina (according to the 1850 census). He married Charlotte Dunn in December 7, 1842.
He served in Company C, 130th Indiana Regiment of the Union Army during the Civil War along with his two sons, Leander and Madison. Leander enlisted at age 17 and died as a prisoner of war in the notorious Andersonville Prison. Madison enlisted at the age of 15, but his father bought out his enlistment. He enlisted again, and while serving in the army, he contracted tuberculosis and died a few years later. William gave his Civil War sword to his grandaughter, Zora Harbaugh, who later gave it to her son, James Cooksey. According to Zora’s letters, William & Charlotte had three other children, a son and daughter who died early, and another son who was killed when he was kicked in the heart by a mule.
William Rushton died on February 8, 1895, and is buried with his wife in Mt Zion Cemetery near Morganton in Morgan County, Indiana.
He served in Company C, 130th Indiana Regiment of the Union Army during the Civil War along with his two sons, Leander and Madison. Leander enlisted at age 17 and died as a prisoner of war in the notorious Andersonville Prison. Madison enlisted at the age of 15, but his father bought out his enlistment. He enlisted again, and while serving in the army, he contracted tuberculosis and died a few years later. William gave his Civil War sword to his grandaughter, Zora Harbaugh, who later gave it to her son, James Cooksey. According to Zora’s letters, William & Charlotte had three other children, a son and daughter who died early, and another son who was killed when he was kicked in the heart by a mule.
William Rushton died on February 8, 1895, and is buried with his wife in Mt Zion Cemetery near Morganton in Morgan County, Indiana.
William Lewallen Rushton was born in either Morgan County or Johnson County in Indiana on August 21, 1821 (or 1823), or perhaps North Carolina (according to the 1850 census). He married Charlotte Dunn in December 7, 1842.
He served in Company C, 130th Indiana Regiment of the Union Army during the Civil War along with his two sons, Leander and Madison. Leander enlisted at age 17 and died as a prisoner of war in the notorious Andersonville Prison. Madison enlisted at the age of 15, but his father bought out his enlistment. He enlisted again, and while serving in the army, he contracted tuberculosis and died a few years later. William gave his Civil War sword to his grandaughter, Zora Harbaugh, who later gave it to her son, James Cooksey. According to Zora’s letters, William & Charlotte had three other children, a son and daughter who died early, and another son who was killed when he was kicked in the heart by a mule.
William Rushton died on February 8, 1895, and is buried with his wife in Mt Zion Cemetery near Morganton in Morgan County, Indiana.
He served in Company C, 130th Indiana Regiment of the Union Army during the Civil War along with his two sons, Leander and Madison. Leander enlisted at age 17 and died as a prisoner of war in the notorious Andersonville Prison. Madison enlisted at the age of 15, but his father bought out his enlistment. He enlisted again, and while serving in the army, he contracted tuberculosis and died a few years later. William gave his Civil War sword to his grandaughter, Zora Harbaugh, who later gave it to her son, James Cooksey. According to Zora’s letters, William & Charlotte had three other children, a son and daughter who died early, and another son who was killed when he was kicked in the heart by a mule.
William Rushton died on February 8, 1895, and is buried with his wife in Mt Zion Cemetery near Morganton in Morgan County, Indiana.
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