Meritt H. Cave m Catherine Rush Notes: Unverified Connection Note: This Merit Cave, believed born in Kentucky may be our ancestor, but documentation to prove this as correct must yet be located. However, it is not known whether or not Merit H. Cave and Catherine Rush is the parent of our Merritt Cave or the grandparent. Further research is required to verify this information. In conversations with Ernest Eugene Caves of Galesburg, who resided at 927 E. Knox Street in Galesburg, Illinois for many years, Ernest Caves was the descendant of "William the Concqueor" and "Daniel de Cave" (possibly "Allen de Cave" of France. It may be possible to examine the old lines of Cave and Caves families who have traced there lines back to one or both of these ancestors, to locate information that leads us down to our Martie Caves who Married Beulah Simmons on September 15, 1915 in Knox County, Illinois. As written by Thomas William Rogers December 1, 1999 On December 13, 1999, Thomas W. Rogers proved that what Ernest Caves told him was in fact found on line and was obtaining a copy of that line of information. Additional findings: Descendants of Thomas Rush of Virginia 6. Gabriel3 Rush (John2, Thomas1) was born August 18, 1787 in Albemarle County, Virginia47, and died May 25, 1837 in Marion County, Missouri48,49. He married Margaret Burns January 12, 1815 in Pendleton County, Kentucky50. She was born Abt. 1791, and died Abt. 1845. Notes for Gabriel Rush: August 29, 1813 - Gabriel Rush and brother Garland Rush served in the War of 1812 as a Private in Captain Thomas Childer's Company, Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia, commanded by Colonel William Mountjoy. They were both mustered in August 29, 1813 and were discharged November 5, 1813. c. 1824 - Gabriel Rush left Kentucky since this was the last year he appeared on the tax list. He moved his family to Marion County, Missouri (formerly known as Ralls County until Marion County was formed in 1826) where his father and brother David Rush had settled. He "owned 120 acres equidistant between Hannibal and Palmyra on the main road." May 1, 1826 - Gabriel Rush of Ralls County, Missouri received a patent from the U. S. Land Office in Palmyra, Missouri for an 80 acre parcel of land in Marion County, Missouri, "in the district of Salt River," the E 1/2 SW, sec.2, twp.57, north, range 5. (Internet Web Site: Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States, General Land Office, Springfield, Virginia.) February 15, 1836 - Gabriel Rush of Marion County, Missouri received another patent from the U. S. Land Office in Palmyra, Missouri for a 40 acre parcel of land in Marion County, Missouri, "in the district of lands subject to the sale at Palmyra," the SWSE, sec.2, twp.57, north, range 5. (Internet Web Site: Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States, General Land Office, Springfield, Virginia.) The following information containing the affidavit of Gabriel Rush and Daniel Hendricks regarding the estate of John Rush, Marion County, Missouri, comes from James C. Moule, Washington, D.C. and was sent to me on March 10, 1997: "State of Missouri) County of Marion) This day personally appears Gabriel Rush and Daniel Hendricks before me Theodore Jones Clerk of the County Court for said County of Marion and make oath that the heirs of John Rush deceased are Patsy Rush widow of said deceased, Thomas Rush, Gabriel Rush, Thornton Rush, Elizabeth (wife of John F. Thrasher), Frances (wife of Pleasant P. Glynn), and Peter Parker Rush children of said deceased also the following grandchildren of said deceased to wit: Elizabeth, Kitty, and Peggy children of Garland Rush deceased and John and William children of David Rush deceased, and with the exception of said Thomas Rush who resides in Pendleton County Kentucky and Thornton Rush who resides in Clermont County Ohio, the remaining heirs above mentioned reside in the said County of Marion. And further that said John Rush deceased died without a will so far as they know and believe and that they will well and truly administer all and singular the goods and chattels lands and tenements, rights and credits of the said John Rush deceased and pay his debts as far as the assets which may come to their hands will extend and the law direct, and that they will make a true and perfect inventory of all the goods chattels rights and credits of the said John Rush deceased and account for and pay over according to law all assets which shall come to their hands, possession, or knowledge. Sworn to and subscribed ) Gabriel Rush this 28th day of August 1828) Daniel Hendricks Theodore Jones Clerk" More About Gabriel Rush: Fact 1: 1815, Was married and living in Kentucky. Fact 2: Bet. 1825 - 1826, Was living in Ralls County, Missouri during his first land patent. Fact 3: 1836, Was living in Marion County, Missouri during his second land patent. More About Gabriel Rush and Margaret Burns: Marriage: January 12, 1815, Pendleton County, Kentucky50 Children of Gabriel Rush and Margaret Burns are: + 36 i. Sarah4 Rush, born Abt. 1816; died 1850. 37 ii. Alexander W. Rush, born Abt. 1817; died Unknown. He married (1) Laura J. Cossitt December 12, 1844 in Marion County, Missouri; died Unknown. He married (2) America Lincoln Gatewood November 23, 1847 in Marion County, Missouri; died Unknown. More About Alexander Rush and Laura Cossitt: Marriage: December 12, 1844, Marion County, Missouri More About Alexander Rush and America Gatewood: Marriage: November 23, 1847, Marion County, Missouri + 38 iii. Francis (Fanny) Rush, born Abt. 1823 in Kentucky; died Unknown. + 39 iv. Lilburn W. Rush, born 1823; died September 10, 1894. 40 v. John D. Rush, born Abt. 1828; died Unknown. 41 vi. Robert R. Rush, born Abt. 1836; died Unknown. Notes for Robert R. Rush: Appears in the 1850 Lewis County, Missouri census as living in the household of John Gregory. At the time he is listed as Robert Rush, 14 years old, male, born in Missouri. 7. Garland3 Rush (John2, Thomas1) was born November 9, 1789 in Albemarle County, Virginia51, and died May 30, 1820 in Pendleton County, Kentucky52,53. He married Anna Levina McClain February 17, 1814 in Pendleton County, Kentucky54. She died Bef. November 18, 1822 in Pendleton County, Kentucky. Notes for Garland Rush: August 29, 1813 - Garland Rush and brother Gabriel Rush both served in the War of 1812 as a Private in Captain Thomas Childer's Company, Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia, commanded by Colonel William Mountjoy. They were mustered in August 29, 1813 and were discharged November 5, 1813. May 27, 1820 - Inventory of Garland Rush's estate. This date could conflict with the "apparent" death date of May 30, 1820. (Pendleton County, Kentucky Order Book D, p.74. From James C. Moule, Washington, D.C.) >From Barbara Rush Jenkins, Goshen, Ohio in an e-mail sent to me on August 25, 1998: "The 1816 Delinquent Tax List lists Garland Rush as having moved to Campbell County, Kentucky, however, Garland and Anna both died in Pendleton County, Kentucky. Both of their estates are probated in that county. The children of Garland and Anna either went to Marion County with John Rush, or were taken later with Gabriel Rush. However, I believe that the children lived with John. His estate settlement shows that bills were submitted in regards to their schooling and medical case. After the death of John Rush, Charles L. Turner was made guardian to the children of Garland and Anna. Kentucky court papers of Anna Rush's estate records the name of Ethelinda "daughter of Anna;" no other information has been found regarding this child. I suspect that she either died or had another name that she went by later....Unable to find Garland's children on the 1830 census. John had died by then and Martha cannot be found on that census." (E.E. Barton, "E.E. Barton Manuscript Microfilm." Pendleton County Library, Falmouth, Kentucky. Pendleton County Courthouse Records, Falmouth, Kentucky.) More About Garland Rush: Burial: Unknown, Pendleton County, Kentucky More About Anna Levina McClain: Will: November 18, 1822, Gabriel Rush was administrator of her will and was appointed as such.55 More About Garland Rush and Anna McClain: Marriage: February 17, 1814, Pendleton County, Kentucky56 Marriage Fact: Marriage bond signed by John Miller and Garland Rush. Children of Garland Rush and Anna McClain are: 42 i. Catherine (Kitty)4 Rush, died Unknown. She married Merit H. Cave June 21, 1835 in Monroe County, Missouri; died Unknown. Notes for Catherine (Kitty) Rush: >From Barbara Rush Jenkins, Goshen, Ohio in an e-mail sent to me on August 25, 1998: "The Affidavit of Gabriel Rush and Daniel Hendricks dated August 29, 1828 regarding the estate of John Rush, mentions Kitty as one of Garland's children. The settlement also mentions schooling for a "Catherine" and "Elizabeth." At this time, I believe that the "Catherine" and "Kitty" are one and the same person. (She may be the Catherine who married Merit H. Cave on June 21, 1835.) Documents from the Missouri Court dated February Term 1832 confirms that Betsy Rush Hawkins and Kitty and Margaret were the children of Garland. Documents also filed with the court in 1838 show that the land was sold by the heirs. These heirs being specifically named and their relationships to John Rush, therefore proving the married children of Garland Rush." (Marion County Courthouse Records, Marion County, Missouri) More About Merit Cave and Catherine Rush: Marriage: June 21, 1835, Monroe County, Missouri 43 ii. Ethelinda Rush, died Unknown. Notes for Ethelinda Rush: This name was found in the Pendleton County court papers. No further information has been found. 44 iii. Elizabeth (Betsy) Rush57, born Bet. 1815 - 1820 in Pendleton County, Kentucky; died Unknown. She married Alfred Hawkins June 26, 1831 in Marion County, Missouri; died Unknown. More About Alfred Hawkins and Elizabeth Rush: Marriage: June 26, 1831, Marion County, Missouri + 45 iv. Margaret (Peggy) Rush, born February 17, 1819 in Pendleton County, Kentucky; died Unknown. 8. David3 Rush (John2, Thomas1) was born February 27, 1792 in Albemarle County, Virginia58, and died May 14, 1827 in Marion County, Missouri58,59. He married Susannah Miller August 11, 1814 in Pendleton County, Kentucky60. She was born February 16, 179761, and died Bef. 1850. Notes for David Rush: David Rush appears to have travelled with John Rush in 1819 to Missouri, even though there were two out of state land transactions; the first coming on February 20, 1823 where David's brother, Thornton Rush from Pendleton County, Kentucky, was handling the sale of David's land he inherited from his late father-in-law in Kentucky (Barton Manuscript). The second came on March 25, 1825 when David Rush sold 106 acres on Grassy Creek in Pendleton County, Kentucky. In Missouri, David Rush owned the southeast 1/4 of section 12, township 57, range 5; 160 acres, and the northwest 1/4 of section 12, township 57, range 5; 80 acres. John Rush's will in 1828 mentions David's two sons as John and William. Notes for Susannah Miller: The following information comes from Barbara Rush Jenkins, Goshen, Ohio in a letter sent to me on April 27, 1998: "Susannah married David Rush in 1814 in Pendleton County, Kentucky. She was an original organizer of the Bear Creek Baptist Church which formed on August 5, 1821 in Marion County, Missouri. (According to Dorothy Maupin Shaffett she was the sister of Samuel Miller.) After David's death, she married Thomas Lizenby in 1831. The 1840 census shows the Lizenby family with: one male under 5 (A.M. Lizenby), one male 10-15 (maybe William Marion Rush), one male 15-20 (maybe John A. Rush), and one male 40-50 (Thomas Lizenby). Two females 5-10 (unknown), one female 40-50 (Susannah). John A. Rush and Sarah Merand Marks were married on February 15, 1842, but she has returned to live with her father and A.M. Lizenby on the 1850 census. It would seem that John A. Rush, Thomas and Susannah Lizenby, and the two young females listed on the 1850 census were all dead by 1850. Biography of George Marks proves the relationship of Sarah Merand Marks and John Rush." More About Susannah Miller: Fact 1: Living in Missouri in 1823.62 More About David Rush and Susannah Miller: Marriage: August 11, 1814, Pendleton County, Kentucky63 Children of David Rush and Susannah Miller are: 46 i. John Andrew4 Rush, born Abt. 1815; died Bef. 1850. He married Sarah Merand Marks February 15, 1842 in Lewis County, Missouri; born 1824; died Unknown. Notes for Sarah Merand Marks: >From Barbara Rush Jenkins, Goshen, Ohio in an e-mail message sent to me on April 11, 1998: "On the 1850 census, she (Sarah Marks) is living with George and Mahala Marks, probably her parents, and A. M. Lizenby who was 11 years old. A. M. Lizenby was probably a child of the marriage of Susannah Miller Rush and Thomas Lizenby. I think that Susannah, her husband Thomas Lizenby, and her son John Andrew all died before 1850. (I looked and could not find Susannah or Thomas Lizenby on the 1850 census, and that is how I found Sarah M. Rush and the Marks family.) I think that Sarah took her half brother-in-law home to her parents, because there was no where else to go." More About John Rush and Sarah Marks: Marriage: February 15, 1842, Lewis County, Missouri + 47 ii. Rev. William Marion Rush, Sr., born December 21, 1824 in Marion County, Missouri; died June 12, 1886 in Booneville, Missouri. 48 iii. Susan Rush, died Unknown. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Subj: Thomas Rush of Virginia Date: 7/14/00 4:26:38 PM Central Daylight Time From: Travelback4u To: dlpaal@juno.com Hello there: I just finished up revisiting your site and information on the descendants of Thomas Rush of Virginia. What I have been researching for over two years, is a Merit Cave who resided in St. Clair County Missouri in 1860 Census. In St. Clair County, Missouri, there is a marriage of Merritt H. Cave to a Mary Earles in 1861. The Cave family members that I am researching include a Merit Cave, age 8, in the St. Clair County Missouri 1860 Census. Now, what I am suspecting is this. Your Merrit H. Cave married Catherine (Kitty) Rush June 21, 1835 in Monroe County, Missouri, as shown in your information. I found a Merrot Cave marrying a Fannie Geary on June 23, 1872 in Monroe County Missouri. I also found a Merritt H. Cave marrying a Mary Earles on May 14, 1861 in St. Clair County, Missouri. Now, my great grandfather, Merritt Cave, age 8, born 1852 in Missouri, was residing in St. Clair County in the 1860 Census with sister Josephine Cave age 13, and another sister Martha Ann Cave age 18, with Martha's husband Charles F. Ashworth age 22, and Martha and Charles' daughter Sarah C. Ashworth 10 months old, born October 12, 1859. Martha Ann Cave and Charles F. Ashworth (actual name: Charles Fenton Mercer Ashworth) were married November 23, 1856 in St. Clair County Missouri, and are raising Martha's brother and sister. It is not known yet why Martha Ann Cave and her husband are raising Martha's brother and sister. But I suspect that Merritt Cave is deceased, having died between 1890 and 1915 in a forest fire in the Mark Twain National Forrest. (From Family Rumors pasted down thru the family to my mother and I). So, your Merritt H. Cave married Catherine (Kitty) Rush on June 21, 1835 in Monroe County Missouri. They may have had children: Martha Ann Cave, born 1842, Josephine Cave born 1847 and Merrit Cave born 1852. Catherine (Kitty) Rush may have died in child birth when Merrit was born in 1852, but such is speculation. (Merritt H. Cave may have remarried, marrying Mary Earles on May 14, 1861, but who is Merrot Cave who married Fannie Geary on June 23, 1872 back in Monroe County, Missouri, where your Catherine (Kitty) Rush married Merrit H. Cave) My grandfather, Martie Caves (spelled with the s) is the son of Merritt Cave and Jenny, who were residing in Butler County, Missouri, with their son Charles A. Cave, age 2, born in Illinois, in the 1880 Census. (Charles A. Cave is likely named after the man who raised him, Charles F. Ashworth) Martie Cave is said to have been raised by grandparents (likely that of his mother) after his father was killed in a forest fire in the Mark Twain National Forest sometime between 1890 and 1915. Martie had a half sister named Panzie of whom's whereabouts have not been found. Martie also had a full blooded sister who resided somewhere in Iowa in 1954, the year Martie died. The year I was born. I am seeking to know anything you find out in your research about your Merrit H. Cave, ancestors of Catherine (Kitty) Rush and their descendants. It is possible that after Catherine Rush passed away, that Merrit H. Cave remarried in 1861, St. Clair County, Missouri. However, this may also be another Merrit H. Cave. It has yet to be proven that this connection to Catherine Rush is correct. No documentation has been found, however, it seems correct that she might name her first son Gabriel, after her brother, who may have raised her. Researcher: Thomas William Rogers, born 05/09/1954 in Peoria County, Illinois 924 E. Jackson Street Morton, Illinois 61550 travelback4u@aol.com