Sunday, April 22, 2018 at 2 PM at the Rush United Methodist Church 6200 Rush Lima Rd, Rush, NY 14543 Ms. Whitacre has published a book entitled, A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time: Julia Wilbur’s Struggle for Purpose. Julia Wilbur moved to Rush with her family in the 1820’s. She moved to Washington, DC in 1862 […]
Mary A. Hayes or “Mattie” as she was called was born in March of 1870. She was the only child of Charles Lewis Hayes and Mary Ellen Green. Charles Hayes was born in Troupsburg, NY in 1840. He married Mary Ellen Green in 1867. They lived on the former farm of James Shelby Green located […]
Transcript of the Honeoye Falls Times, Nov. 6, 1986 Bessie A. Hallock passed away Monday, October 20, 1986 at the age of 102 years. From 1944 to 1968 Bessie served as Town Historian for the Town of Rush. Bessie’s family history in the Town of Rush dates back to 1846, When William Hallock brought the […]
If you don’t already have one, you can get a copy of the Arcadia book on Rush from Amazon. (A portion of your purchase benefits the Rush Historical Society) Rush is a classic example of rural small-town America. The East Rush hamlet, now known as simply Rush, was first named Webster’s Mills. Although not the […]
