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Name
Rusk
,
Thomas
Jefferson
Date of Birth
December
5
,
1808
Date of Death
July
29
,
1857
Spousal Information
Mary
Frances
Cleveland
Date of Marriage
January
4
,
1827
Gender
Male
Personal Information
Thomas
J
.
Rusk
was
born
in
Pendleton
District
,
South
Carolina
on
December
5
,
1803
.
Thomas
J
.
Rusk
studied
law
and was
admitted
to the
bar
. In
January
of
1835
Rusk
traveled
to
Texas
and
arrived
in
Nacogdoches
.
Rusk
was
elected
to be a
delegate
at the
Washington-on-the-Brazos
meeting
in
1836
and he
signed
the
Texas
Declaration
of
Independence
. From
1835
to
1846
,
Rusk
served
Texas
in
several
jobs
including
brigadier
general
in
command
of the
Texas
Army
and
Secretary
of
War
,
chief
justice
of the
Supreme
Court
, and
elected
major
general
of the
militia
. In
1846
,
Rusk
and
Sam
Houston
were
chosen
to
serve
as
Senators
for the
state
of
Texas
in the
United
States
of
Congress
.
Family Information
John
Rusk
and
Mary
Starritt
Rusk
were the
parents
of
Thomas
J
.
Rusk
.
Thomas
J
.
Rusk
and his
wife
,
Mary
Frances
Cleveland
Rusk
, had
seven
children
named
Benjamin
Livingston
,
John
Cleveland
,
Thomas
Jefferson
,
Cicero
,
Alonzo
,
Thomas
David
, and
Helena
Argin
.
Cemetery Name
Oak Grove Cemetery
Cemetery Location
Nacogdoches County
Texas
Block, Lot, Plot
A,
044
,
0001
Facing
East
Description
"
“Rusk
,
Thomas
J.,”
in
Nacogdoches
County
Families
,
585
.
Dallas
,
Texas
:
Curtis
Media
Corp.
,
1985
. ;
Rusk
,
Mrs
.
L
.
Giles
.
“Rusk
,
David
Family,”
in
Nacogdoches
County
Families
,
584-585
.
Dallas
,
Texas
:
Curtis
Media
Corp.
,
1985
. ;
Sterrett
,
Carrie
Belle
. The
Life
of
Thomas
Jefferson
Rusk
.
1922
. ;
Clarke
,
Mary
Whatley
.
Thomas
J
.
Rusk
,
Soldier
,
Statesman
,
Jurist
.
Austin
:
Jenkins
Publishing
Company
,
1971
. ;
Huston
,
Cleburne
.
Towering
Texan
: A
Biography
of
Thomas
J
.
Rusk
.
Waco
:
Texian
Press
,
1971
.
Funding Source
Preserve America Grant
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