Joel Rushing, 1806–1889 (aged 83 years)

Name
Joel /Rushing/
Birth
Occupation
Farmer
Death of a paternal grandfather
Birth of a sister
Birth of a sister
Birth of a sister
Birth of a brother
Birth of a brother
Birth of a brother
Birth of a brother
Marriage
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Census
Death of a brother
Marriage of a daughter
Death of a sister
Death of a brother
Marriage of a daughter
Death of a son
Marriage of a son
Marriage of a son
Death of a daughter
Death of a wife
Marriage
Marriage of a son
Death of a brother
Death
Burial
Family with parents
father
mother
elder brother
22 months
elder brother
21 months
elder brother
1801–1851
Birth: December 25, 1801 26 — Cherah Hill, Anson Co. NC
Death: October 15, 1851 — Decatur Co. TN
22 months
elder sister
3 years
himself
1806–1889
Birth: September 6, 1806 31 — Anson Co. NC
Death: December 3, 1889 — Garrett Community, Decatur Co. TN
17 months
younger sister
23 months
younger sister
1809–1860
Birth: December 14, 1809 34
Death: before 1860
2 years
younger sister
23 months
younger brother
1814–1860
Birth: January 18, 1814 39
Death: before 1860
2 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
1818–1898
Birth: August 6, 1818 43 — South Carolina
Death: September 22, 1898 — Union Co. NC
2 years
younger brother
Family with Zelphy ?
himself
1806–1889
Birth: September 6, 1806 31 — Anson Co. NC
Death: December 3, 1889 — Garrett Community, Decatur Co. TN
wife
1808–1879
Birth: September 17, 1808 — Anson Co. NC
Death: June 6, 1879
Marriage Marriage — December 18, 1830 — Anson Co. NC
2 years
daughter
1833–1878
Birth: January 4, 1833 26 24 — North Carolina
Death: May 13, 1878
3 years
daughter
1835–1917
Birth: July 6, 1835 28 26 — North Carolina
Death: February 14, 1917 — Madison Co. TN
4 years
son
1838–…
Birth: about 1838 31 29 — North Carolina
3 years
son
1841–1865
Birth: February 12, 1841 34 32
Death: February 24, 1865 — Camp Chase, OH
3 years
daughter
1843–…
Birth: about 1843 36 34 — North Carolina
Burial: Campground Cemetery, Decatur Co. TN
3 years
son
1845–1916
Birth: August 17, 1845 38 36 — North Carolina
Death: June 8, 1916
4 years
son
1849–1909
Birth: about 1849 42 40 — Tennessee
Death: 1909
Family with Lucy J. ?
himself
1806–1889
Birth: September 6, 1806 31 — Anson Co. NC
Death: December 3, 1889 — Garrett Community, Decatur Co. TN
wife
1819–1896
Birth: June 15, 1819
Death: June 27, 1896
Marriage Marriage — December 31, 1879 — Decatur Co. TN
? Sykes + Lucy J. ?
wife’s partner
wife
1819–1896
Birth: June 15, 1819
Death: June 27, 1896
Shared note

From the research of David Donahue

Joel Rushing arrived in the Decatur Co. area about 1845. This story was told by Leonadus Rushing, who called Joel "uncle." Joel Rushing was a lay preacher and a farmer. If Joel Rushing had to preach a sermon on a Sunday he practiced while he plowed his field. He would be preaching hell and damnation to his mule while he practiced. Leonadus would hear him in the field and would yell out "Uncle Joel, what are you preaching on this Sunday?" That mule must have really known the Bible.