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Dr. Rush Rodger RICHISON

Dr. Rush Rodger RICHISON[1]

Male 1881 - 1947  (65 years)

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  • Name Rush Rodger RICHISON  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Birth 11 Nov 1881  DeGraff, Logan, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    Bible - Richison    		 Bible - Richison
    Richison, John R. (1800-1880)
    Gender Male 
    Alternate Name Used 15 Jan 1892  Yellow Springs, Greene, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Rush Frederick Richison 
    Affidavit of Anna C. Carlo From Pension File of Jasper Newton Richison    		 Affidavit of Anna C. Carlo From Pension File of Jasper Newton Richison
    Rush Frederick Richison, 1892
    Will Proved 16 Jan 1892  , Greene, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Will and probate of Jasper Newton Richison 
    Census 1900  Van Wert Village, Van Wert, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Anna Richison household 
    • RICHISON, RUSH, son, W, M, b. Nov. 1881, age 18, single, b. Ohio, fb. Ohio, mb. Ohio, clerk drugstore, literate, speaks English.
    Graduated 1904  [8, 15, 17] 
    Medical School of Ohio State University 
    Census 15 Apr 1910  Van Wert Village, Van Wert, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Rush R. Richison household 
    • RICHINSON, RUSH R., head, M, W, age 38, married once, 6 yrs., b. Ohio, fb. Ohio, mb. Ohio, speaks English, physician, gen. practice, works on own account, literate, owns house free of mortgage.
    Educated 1912  [15] 
    Post-graduate work at Harvard Medical School 
    Occupation 1912-1914  , Carson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 15] 
    Health Commissioner 
    Politics 1916-1917  Yellow Springs, Greene, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    mayor  
    Resided 1918  Yellow Springs, Greene, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Military Service 3 Oct 1918-17 Dec 1918  New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Contract Surgeon 
    Occupation 1920  Miami Twp., Greene, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Rush R. Richison household 
    Census 5 Jan 1920  Yellow Springs, Greene, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    Rush R. Richison household 
    • Richison, Rush R., head, owns home, male, white, age 38, married, can read and write, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, speaks English, practicing physician
    1920 US Census - Richison    		 1920 US Census - Richison
    Ohio. Greene Co. - Rush R. Richison
    Census 1 Apr 1930  Springfield, Clark, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Rush R. Richison household 
    • Richison, Rush R., head, owns home valued at $25,000, has a radio set, does not live on a farm, male, white, age 48, married at age 21, can read & write, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, speaks English, occup. Physician in medical industry, not a veteran, living at 110 Brighton Road.

    1930 U.S. Census - Richison    		 1930 U.S. Census - Richison
    Ohio. Clark Co. - Rush R. Richison
    Census 1 Apr 1940  Springfield, Clark, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Rush R. Richeson household 
    • RICHESON, RUSH R., owns home valued $18,000, not on farm, head, M, W, age 58, married, illegible edu., b. Ohio, same house in 1935, private work, 54 hours worked, physician, privaate practice, works on own account, 52 wks. worked, has other income.
    Church Affiliation Covenant Presbyterian Church  [8] 
    Funeral Jackson-Lytle Funeral Home  [8] 
    Member Rotary Club  [8] 
    Member Springfield County Club  [8] 
    Resided 1947  Springfield, Clark, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    110 Brighton Road 
    Occupation 1947  Springfield, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    City Health Director 
    Death 1 Jan 1947  Springfield, Clark, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 11, 13, 19] 
    Obituary - Richison     		Obituary - Richison
    Dr. Rush Roger Richison, 1881-1947
    Obituary - Richison    		 Obituary - Richison
    Rush Roger Richison (Dr.), 1881-1947
    Burial 1 Jan 1947  Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 14] 
    Person ID I462  richison
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2021 

    Father Jasper Newton RICHISON,   b. 1 Nov 1842, Bethel Twp., Clark, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1891, Yellow Springs, Greene, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Anna C. CARLO,   b. 10 Aug 1844, St Paris, Champaign, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1924, Springfied, Clark, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F59  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nelle Bayne MC MILLEN,   b. 3 Jun 1884, Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1972, Xenia, Greene, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage License 1 Sep 1903  , Van Wert, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    Marriage 2 Sep 1903  , Van Wert, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 21] 
    Marriage license and return - Richison    		 Marriage license and return - Richison
    Richison-McMillen marriage
    Children 
    +1. Pauline Marie RICHISON,   b. 28 Dec 1904, Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1971 (Age 66 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Alice Louise RICHISON,   b. 24 Feb 1907, Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 2007, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 100 years)  [Birth]
    +3. Ruth Rosalie RICHISON,   b. 14 Nov 1908, Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Aug 2005, Hot Springs Village, , Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)  [Birth]
    +4. Rush Roger RICHISON, Jr.,   b. 30 Nov 1910, Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 1974, Springfield, Clark, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Birth]
     5. Joseph J. RICHISON,   b. 3 May 1915, Groom, Carson, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1931, Springfield, Clark, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 16 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F276  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Nov 1881 - DeGraff, Logan, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAlternate Name Used - Rush Frederick Richison - 15 Jan 1892 - Yellow Springs, Greene, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill Proved - Will and probate of Jasper Newton Richison - 16 Jan 1892 - , Greene, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Health Commissioner - 1912-1914 - , Carson, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPolitics - mayor - 1916-1917 - Yellow Springs, Greene, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResided - 1918 - Yellow Springs, Greene, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Service - Contract Surgeon - 3 Oct 1918-17 Dec 1918 - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Rush R. Richison household - 5 Jan 1920 - Yellow Springs, Greene, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • Several time in the Pension File of Jasper Newton Richison, his son Rush is listed as Rush Frederick Richison by Rush's mother. All other records indicate his name was Rush Roger Richison. If it was legally changed is not known, but he definitely used Rush Roger most of his life.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1830] FamilySearch Family Tree, 2 Jun 2011 (Reliability: 2).
      Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958. Database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 2 Jun 2011); entry for marriage of Roy A. Miller and Ruth R. Richison, 22 Aug 1929, Clark County, Ohio; FHL microfilm 0,466,638.


    2. [S1832] 1900 U.S. Census, 6 Sep 2021.
      1900 U.S. census, Van Wert County, Ohio, pop. sch., Van Wert Ward 1., ED 87, sheet 16B, dwell. 407, fam. 407, Anna Richison; image, Ancestry(https://ancestry.com : 6 September 2021; NARA microfilm publication T623, 1854 rolls.
      R2983

    3. [S45] 1910 U.S. Census, 7 Sep 2021.
      1910 U.S. census, Van Wert County, Ohio, pop. sch., Van Wert Village, ED 102, sheet 9A, dwell. 211, fam. 221, Rush R. Richinson; image, Ancestry (https://ancestry.com : 6 September 2021; NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1238.
      R2984

    4. [S238] 1920 U.S. Census, 10 Sep 2021.
      1920 U.S. census, Greene County, Ohio, pop. sch., Miami Twp., ED 163 sheet 3A, dwell. 81, fam. 81, Rush R. Richison; image, Ancestry (https://ancestry.com : 110 September 2021); NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1386.
      R2985

    5. [S1831] 1930 U.S. Census, 12 Sep 2021.
      1930 U.S. census, Clark County, Ohio, pop. sch., Springfield, ED 36, p. 28A, dwell. 737, fam. 747, Rush R. Richison; image, Ancestry (https://ancestry.com : 12 September 2021); NARA icrofilm publication T626, 2,667 rolls.
      R2992

    6. [S1143] Military: Richison, Rush Rodger, (27 Apr 1942, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/), digital image of original.), U1604 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1854] Obituary, 26 Feb 2013.
      "Rush R. Richison, Local Tennis Enthusiast, Dies," obituary, Springfield (Ohio) Daily News, Wednesday, 5 June 1974, page 8; photocopy of article believed to have come from the Xenia Public Library card file of obituaries; privately held by Shirley Richison Fields, Avon, Indiana.

    8. [S1854] Obituary, 26 Feb 2013.
      "Stricken: Dr. Richison Rites To Be Saturday," obituary, Springfield (Ohio) Daily News, Thursday, 2 January 1947; photocopy of article believed to have come from the Xenia Public Library card file of obituaries; privately held by Shirley Richison Fields, Avon, Indiana

    9. [S1901] Marriage, 27 Feb 2013.
      "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994," index and digital image, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 February 2013), George C. Collins-Pauline Marie Richison, 15 September 1928; citing Probate Judge of Clark County, Marriage records, FHL microfilm 466,638, Northwest Ohio-Great Lakes Research Center, Bowling Green.

    10. [S1901] Marriage, 6 Jan 2019.
      "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : 24 March 2018), James R Price and Louise Richison, 21 July 1930; Clark County, FHL microfilm 466,638.
      R000838

    11. [S1564] Bible , 8 Aug 2009, W0015.
      John Richison Bible. American Bible Society, New York, 1852. Photocopies obtained from the Ohio Genealogical Society in 2009, where the Bible was donated by Lynne Sears. Sears said this was a Bible from her husband's family.
      R000401

    12. [S330] Ancestry.com, Miliary - Ohio Military Men, 1917-18 [database online], (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000).
      Name: Rush Rodger Richison
      Serial Number: Contract Surgeon
      Race: W.
      Residence: Yellow Springs, O.
      Birth Place: Degraff, O.
      Birth Date/Age: 11 Nov 1881
      Assigns Comment: Contract Surgion 3 Oct 1918 from CL. Contract Surgeon General Hospital 15 to Discharge New Haven Conn. Honorable discharge 17 Dec 1918. Contract annulled.
      Volume #: 14
      RICHISON - Military: 1

    13. [s1878] Correspondence.
      Rush Roger RICHISON, III
      b 15 Jul 1940, Springfield, Ohio
      md Lorna Jean ___________(b 6 Aug 1943, Cleveland, Ohio)
      md 10 Jul 1967, Cleveland, Ohio
      Father:
      Rush Roger RICHISON, Jr.
      b 30 Nov 1910, Van Wert, Ohio
      md Grace MILNER (b 28 Apr 1909, Canton, Ohio)
      md 1 Oct 1938

      Grandfather:
      Dr. Rush Roger RICHISON
      b 13 Nov 1880, DeGraff, Ohio
      md Nelle B. McMILLEN (b 3 May 1884, Van Wert, Ohio; d 8 Apr 1972,
      Springfield, Ohio)
      md 1901
      d 1947, Springfield, Ohio

      Great-Grandfather:
      Joseph RICHISON
      b 1840, St. Paris, Ohio
      md Anna CARLOS (b 1840, St. Paris, Ohio; d 1920)
      md 1870
      d 1890

      [Additional information concerning his mother and grandmother's lines on the pedigree sheet. At the time this chart was received, I could not make a connection but did so many years later after having lost contact with Rush, III.]
      RICHISON - Genealogies: 3

    14. [S1498] Ohio Deaths 1908-1953, 21 Feb 2009, Ohio Deaths 1908-1953." death certificate no. 474 (1947), DR. R. R. Richison, accessed 21 Feb 2009. (Reliability: 4).
      Name: H. R. Richison
      Titles: Dr.
      Death date: 01 Jan 1947
      Death place: Springfield, Clark, Ohio, United States
      Birth date: 11 Nov 1881
      Estimated birth year:
      Birth place: Degraff, Ohio
      Age at death: 65 years 1 month 20 days
      Gender: Male
      Marital status: Married
      Race or color: Caucasian
      Street address:
      Occupation:
      Residence:
      Burial date:
      Burial place:
      Cemetery name:
      Spouse name: Nelle Richison
      Father name: Jasper Richison
      Father titles:
      Father birth place:
      Mother name: Anna Carlo
      Mother titles:
      Mother birth place:
      GSU film number: 2372967
      Digital GS number: 4076299
      Image number: 00514
      Reference number: 474
      Collection: Ohio Deaths 1908-1953
      Ohio Deaths 1908-1953

    15. [S1900] Books.
      Dr. Benjamin F. Prince, ed., A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio: An Authentic ... Volume II (Chicago and New York: The American Historical Society, 1922), 234; digital images, Internet Archives (https://internetarchives.com: 28 January 2019).
      R000407

    16. [S1857] Births.

    17. [s1886] City/County Directories.
      Given Name: R.R.
      Surname: Richison
      City-County-State: Van Wert, Van Wert, Ohio
      Type of Doctor: Physician
      School: O. Med. Uni.
      Graduation Year: 1904
      RICHISON - Misc.: 1

    18. [S238] 1920 U.S. Census, 15 Dec 2007 (Reliability: 2).
      1920 U.S. census, Greene County, Ohio, population schedule, Miami Township, Yellow Springs, enumeration district (ED) 163, sheet 3A, dwelling 81, family 81, Rush R. Richison, digital image, Ancestry.com, (http://www.ancestry.com, accessed 15 Dec 2007); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1386.


    19. [S1854] Obituary, 26 Feb 2013.
      "Mrs. Nelle B. Richison," obituary, Springfield (Ohio) Daily News, Wednesday, 8 March 1972, page 12; photocopy of obituary believed to have come from the Xenia Public Library card file of obituaries; privately held by Shirley Richison Fields, Avon, Indiana.

    20. [S1901] Marriage, 27 Feb 2013.
      "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994," index and digital image, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 February 2013), Rush Roger Richison-Nelle Bayme McMillen, 2 September 1903; citing Probate Judge of Van Wert County, Marriage records, FHL microfilm 1,015,863, Northwest Ohio-Great Lakes Research Center, Bowling Green.

    21. [S1901] Marriage, 27 Feb 2013.
      "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : 27 February 2013); Rush R. Richison and Nelle Bayne McMillen, 2 September 1903, Van Wert Co.; marriage records 1903-1904 vol 11, image 34 of 96; county courthouses, Ohio.
      R000382


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