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Melinda Bird Rush 1856–1931 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Mar 1856

Birth Location: Iowa, USA

Death Date: 1931

Death Location: Altoona, Wilson County, Kansas, United States of America

Father: Lewis Rush

Mother: Rebecca Skinner

Spouse(s): Rev Dean

Children(s): Walter Dean

Melinda Bird Rush was born in 1856 in Iowa, USA, the child of Lewis Skinner Rush And Rebecca A Skinner. Melinda Bird Rush married Rev Zachariah T Dean, and had children including Walter Franklin Dean. Melinda Bird Rush passed away in 1931 in Altoona, Wilson County, Kansas, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Melinda Bird Rush was born in 1856 in Iowa, USA, the child of Lewis Skinner Rush And Rebecca A Skinner.
  • Melinda Bird Rush married Rev Zachariah T Dean, and had children including Walter Franklin Dean.
  • Melinda Bird Rush passed away in 1931 in Altoona, Wilson County, Kansas, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lewis Rush
1825–
Birth Location: Salt Lick, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
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Rebecca Skinner
1823–
Birth Location: Salt Lick, Perry, Ohio, United States
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Spouses(s)

Rev Dean
1846–1931
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Children(s)

Walter Dean
1879–1937
Birth Location: Lamar, Barton County, Missouri, United States of America
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Melinda Rush's Ancestors

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Melinda Rush
1856–1931
Birth Place: Iowa, USA
Parents
Lewis Skinner Rush
1825–
Salt Lick, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA
Rebecca (A.) Skinner
1823–
Salt Lick, Perry, Ohio, United States
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Melinda Rush's Descendants

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Melinda (Bird) Rush (Mar 1856–1931) m. Rev (Zachariah T) Dean (1846–1931)
  1. 1. Walter (Franklin) Dean 1879–1937 m. Laura Bean 1879–1918
    1. 1. Walter (Clarence) Dean 1909–1986 m. Fern (Martha) Dean 1916–2006
      1. 1. Betty (Lou) Dean 1937–2015 m. Douglas Ford 1933–2008 m. Earl (Melvin) Town 1918–1995
      2. 2. Leona (Dean) (Perry) 1933–2006
      3. 3. William (L.) Dean 1936–2019
    2. 2. Harvey (A) Dean 1912–1964
      1. 1. Donald (Eugene) Dean 1947–2016
    3. 3. Andrew (Thomas) Dean 1929–1970 m. Winnie (Mae) Key 1934–2006
    4. 4. Mary (Ellen) Butler 1905–1934
    5. 5. Gertrude (Elizabeth) Hodgson 1907–1926
    6. 6. Clarence (Walter) Dean 1910–1986

Melinda Rush's Timeline

2 Records

1856
Mar 1856
Birth of Melinda Bird Rush in Iowa, USA
Iowa, USA
1931
1931
Age 75
Death of Melinda Bird Rush in Altoona, Wilson, Kansas, USA
Altoona, Wilson, Kansas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Mar 1856
    Event Place: Iowa, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1931
    Event Place: Altoona, Wilson, Kansas, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Altoona, Wilson County, Kansas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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