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From the research of David Donahue In 1862 he enlisted in Co. A 28th Texas Dismounted Calvary. He was wounded at Pleasant Hill, LA, and disabled permanently. After the Civil War he served as tax assessor for Shelby Co. TX. Rushing, Green B. D. Green Rushing was born August 22, 1826, the oldest of 11 children born to Asa and Nancy G. (Hendrick) Rushing, both natives of NC. Asa was a planter and a strong Whig. In 1824, he visited Perry, now Decatur County, and in January, 1827, moved from Anson County, NC locating on the south side of the Beech River, 3 miles west of where Decaturville now stands. He died in 1851. His wife, Nancy went to Texas with Green and lived there until her death in 1875. Green began teaching school in Decatur County when he was 21 and continued until he left for Shelby County, Texas in 1853. During the Civil War, he enlisted in Company A, 28th Dismounted Cavalry. At the close of the war, he returned to Shelby County, Texas where he was elected to the office of collector and assessor of taxes. January 8, 1852, he married Sarah J. Stevens, who died in September, 1877. She was the mother of 3 children. In 1879, Green returned to Decatur County and soon married Elizabeth Shipman. In 1886, he was elected recorder for Decatur County. - Goodspeed's History of Tennessee
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