RUSH-LOVEALL FAMILY

Henson Rush was born about 1795 near Harrodsburg, Virginia. He was married to Margaret Stouton Oct. 14, 1825 in Mercer County, Kentucky. Margaret was born 1802 in Virginia to James Stout and Abigail Holloway. Henson and Margaret moved to Adair County. They had six children, James M. in 1826, Ephraim H. on Feb. 28, 1828; John William on Apr. 6, 1831; Joshua in 1832; Amanda Jane in 1835; and George A. in 1838. James was married in 1848 to Mary Blake. They set out for a place of their own, but near Booneville, MO., Mary died during labor. Having lost both wife and child, he went to California in the Gold Rush of 1849.

Ehpraim Henson Rush married Sarah Loveall on Apr. 10, 1849, in Adair County, Kentucky. Sarah was born Apr. 16, 1832 to Jonathon Loveall and Amy Ruth Allen. Sometime in 1849 John W. married Eliza Louisa Kemp.

In 1850, Amanda Jane married Stephen Loveall, a brother to Sarah. Stephen was born in 1829.Henson Rush died in Adair County, Kentucky, about 1850.

Jonathon Loveall, Jr. was born 1781 in Virginia to Jonathon Loveall, Sr. and Vianna Stevens. Jonathon married Elizabeth Canaday in Wayne County, Kentucky, on Dec. 8, 1808. They had 5 Children: Nancy born 1809 married Daniel Allen, the son of Stephen Allen and Sarah Radford; Viney born 1811 married W. William Allen, brother to Daniel Allen; Hiram Henry born 1815 married Mary Canaday; Absolem born 1824 married Dicy Mills; and William born 1824 married Nancy Jane Sortor. Elizabeth (Canaday) Loveall died about 1825. Jonathon remarried Amy Ruth Allen, on Jan. 15, 1827 in Edmondson County, Ky, Amy Ruth was a sister to Jonathon's son-in-laws Daniel and William. Jonathon and Ruth had 7 children: Malinda born 1828; Stephen who married Amanda Rush was born 1829; Sarah who married Ephraim H. Rush was born Apr. 16, 1832; Theresa Jane born 1834; Margaret born 1839; Elizabeth born 1842; and Daniel David born Sep. 15, 1845.

For one reason or another they all decided to move west. They loaded what they could on wagons and sold what they had to. They all left Adair County, Kentucky in 1850 and came to Miller County, Missouri. Jonathon and Ruth Loveall and their children; Ephraim and Sarah Rush; John and Louisa Rush; Stephen and Amanda Loveall; Margaret Rush and her remaining children. The extended family, a total of 16 people, settled along Jim Henry Creek, in Miller County. To this day there are still family members living on the land they settled, and those that have moved away return when they can to visit. Soon after they settled, they built a church where they could worship and their children were baptized and married. And as their lives came to end, and they were called to their heavenly home, their remains were laid to rest in the cemetery next to the church.

On May 27, 1852 Malinda, eldest daughter of Jonathon and Ruth Loveall, married Stephen Walker in Miller County, Mo.

Meanwhile, James M. Rush, the eldest son of Henson and Margaret Rush, not having found any gold in California, returned by ship, sailing around the southern tip of South America. He caught up with his family in Miller County. On Feb. 1, 1855 he married Theresa Jane Loveall, sister to Sarah and Stephen.

On Dec. 30, 1866 Margaret Loveall married Louis H. Winters, his second marriage. His first wife was Sarah Ralston.

On Apr. 30, 1865 Daniel David Loveall married Francis Anne Sweaney, daughter of Levi Woodson Sweany and Myra Blackard.

On June 11, 1863, James M. and John W. Rush enlisted. They served together in Co. 'B', 6th Missouri State Volunteer Cavalry and were discharged on Jul. 18, 1865.