Rufus Elvin Roush

1875 - 1957  (82 years)

• Name	Rufus Elvin Roush
  Born	1 Jan 1875	Missouri, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Mar 1957	Missouri, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I3277	Full
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Adam Roush,   b. 3 Nov 1841, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 17 Jun 1921, Sisson Township, Howell County, Missouri  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Livonia Chowning,   b. Abt 1845, Illinois, USA ,   d. 23 Jul 1905, Missouri, USA  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Married	Abt 1863  [2]
  	Based on the fact that son Isaac F. was b ca 1864 (1870 Howell Co census shows him as 6)
  Family ID	F1110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Attie Ettie Hargroves,   b. 27 Aug 1874, Illinois, USA ,   d. 22 Dec 1914, Goldsberry township, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 40 years)
  Married	27 Sep 1900	Howell County, Missouri, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Virgil Roush,   b. Abt 1902, Missouri, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Sylvia Roush,   b. Abt 1904-1906, Missouri, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F1114	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Effie Couch,   b. 28 Jul 1891, Couch, Oregon County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 19 Nov 1950, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 59 years)
  Married	Between 1917 and 1920  [4]
  Children	1. Auda P. Roush   2. Reva R. Roush
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F1276	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Buried near him at Chapel Hill are Etta Roush b 1874 d 1914, and Effie Roush b 1891 d 1950. Could these have been his first and second wives? A wife and a dau? [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S52] Missouri, Howell - Cemeteries, 1795-1987 (book, Gen Soc'y), (West Plains, Missouri : South Central Missouri Genealogical Society, 1988.). [S39] Missouri, Howell - census 1870 (Ancestry), Missouri, Howell, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). [S59] Missouri, Howell - Marriage Book 6, 1897 - 1900 (book, Gen Soc'y), Flossye Hopkins and Audrey Caplinger, (West Plains, Missouri : South Central Missouri Genealogical Society, n.d.), 977.885 V2h v. 3-7. [S355] Roush, Rufus Elvin - 1930 Census, Howell Co MO, (1930 U.S. census, Howell County, Missouri, population schedule, Chapel township, ED 46-3, sheet 5A (penned), page 21 (stamped), dwelling 95, family 95, Elvin R. Roush household : digital image by subscription, «i»Ancestry.com«/i» (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 Dec 2007); from National Archives microform T626, roll 1191.). Rufus' first wife, Attie Etta Hargroves, died in 1917. In the 1920 census he is married to Effie Couch.