Individual Details

Martha Cecilia Prouty

(Sep 1870 - 29 Sep 1955)

I never actually met any of Daddy's family except Aunt Cecelia who lived in Meridian, MS. We went to see her a couple of times that I recall when I was a child. And she came to Jackson. I know that she had a daughter named Olivia, and twins that she called Little Baby and Big Baby. I don't know what their names were. I was too small to know that Big Baby and Little Baby were not actually names. I seem to remember a Lillian, but don't know if she was one of Aunt Cecilia's daughters or not. Someone in her family had twins also, and one was dark haired and one was blonde, and they called them Blackey and Whitey. Those names stuck of course in a child's mind. It does seem that she had a daughter called Mabel. I am not sure of that though. (Aline Vaughn)

"along with Aunt Cecelia, who lived in Birmingham" (Aline Vaughn)

Events

BirthSep 1870Mississippi, United States
Marriage27 Oct 1892Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States - Grigsby Terrell Rush Jr
Census (family)11 Jun 1900Ten, Range Fifteen, Kemper, Mississippi, United States - Grigsby Terrell Rush Jr
Census (family)4 May 1910Beat 5, Kemper, Mississippi, United States - Grigsby Terrell Rush Jr
Census (family)2 Jan 1920Beat 1 Ward 3, Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States - Grigsby Terrell Rush Jr
Census16 Apr 1930Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States
Census1940Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States
Death29 Sep 1955Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States
BurialTennessee Georgia Memorial Park, Rossville, Walker, Georgia, United States

Families

SpouseGrigsby Terrell Rush Jr (1866 - 1932)
ChildLottie Alline Rush (1893 - 1910)
ChildMabel Richard Rush (1895 - 1988)
ChildWillie Ernest Rush (1897 - 1910)
ChildLaura Grigsby Rush (1899 - 1982)
ChildStennis Terrell Rush (1903 - 1964)
ChildIvah Estelle Rush (1905 - 1920)
ChildVivian Rush (1910 - 1988)
ChildVelma E Rush (1910 - )
FatherJames William "Will" Prouty (1843 - 1915)
MotherFrances Jane "Fannie" Gordon (1841 - 1890)
SiblingCharles Gordon Prouty Sr. (1873 - 1950)
SiblingAlbert Mack Prouty (1875 - 1940)
SiblingWilliam D. Prouty (1875 - )
SiblingFrank Emerson Prouty (1879 - )

Notes

Census (family)

130, 153, Rush, Grig Jr., Head, WM, Mch 1867, 33, Married 7 yrs, MS NC MS, Farmer, Own Free Farm.
Cecilia M., Wife, WF, Sept 1870, 29, M-7, 4 children born & living, MS IL SC
Alline, Daughter, WF, Aug 1894, 5, MS
Mabel, Daughter, WF, Mch 1896, 4, MS
Willie, Daughter, WF, Jan 1897, 3, MS
Laura, Daughter, WF, July 1899, 11/12, MS

Census (family)

SD 5 ED 33, sheet 17 B
244, 244
Rush, Grig T. Head 44, M1 18 yrs, MS, NC, MS Mail, Rural Routy wages
Selila Wife 39, M1 18 yrs, 8 children born 6 living, MS, IL, SC
Mabel Daughter, 15, MS
Laura G. Daughter 9, MS
Stennis T. Son 7, MS
Ivis E. Daughter 5, MS
Velma Daughter 1, MS
Vivian Daughter 1, MS


Census (family)

8 Street, 3921, 33, 45
Rush, Grig T., Head, Rent, MW, 54, Married, MS NC MS, Bookkeeper, Taxi, wages
Cecilia, Wife, FW, 43, Married, MS IA NC, Operator, Telephone, wages
Stennis, Son, MW, 17, single, MS, in Army?
Ivah, Daughter, FW, 14, single, MS
Velma, Daughter, FW, 9, single, MS
Lillian, Daughter, FW, 9, single, MS

Census

7414, 615, 703,
Rush, Cecilia, Head, rent $37, FW 57, Married at 21, MS IL NC, none
Stennis, son, MW 26, Married at 21, MS MS MS, Truck driver - Express
Gertrude, Daughter-in-law, FW 23, M-19, GA GA GA, none
Velma, Sister, FW 20, single, MS MS MS, Sales lady - Department store

Census

Head Velma Jennings F 30 Mississippi
Daughter Cecilia Jennings F 8 Alabama
Son Robert Jennings M 7 Alabama
Daughter Barbara Jennings F 4 Georgia
Son John T Jennings M 1 Georgia
Mother Cecilia Rush F 69 Mississippi
Brother Stennis Rush M 37 Mississippi
Sister-in-law Gertrude Rush F 35 Georgia
Nephew Terrell Rush M 2 Georgia

Endnotes

1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints., Transcription of the United States Federal Population Census - 1880 (http://www.familysearch.org/ Oct. 2002).

2. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 census.

3. Copy of a page from the old Rush Bible containing Rush family records. (Jim Coburn and Richard South, 11/2001.), 12 Nov 1892.

4. "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/: accessed 23 October 2016), G. T. Rush and Cecelia Prouty, 27 Oct 1892; citing , Lauderdale, Mississippi; FHL microfilm 899,114..

5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1900 > MISSISSIPPI > KEMPER > TWP 10 RANGE 15 Series: T623 Roll: 813 Page: 100 .

6. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1910 > MISSISSIPPI > KEMPER > 5-BT Series: T624 Roll: 740 Page: 312.

7. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), MISSISSIPPI > LAUDERDALE > 3-WD; MERIDIAN; 1-BT Series: T625 Roll: 882 Page: 148 .

8. Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/ Copyright © 1998-2000, MyFamily.com Inc. and its subsidiaries.), Year: 1930; Census Place: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 24; Page: 52A; Enumeration District: 18; Image: 104.0..