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About Columbus Elliott Rash
Columbus Elliott Rash 1859–1940 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90975194
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From the 1911 book "Past and Present of Hardin County, Iowa":
Columbus E. Rash, pp. 917-918
Iowa is essentially a farming state, and her position among the states depends upon the character of her farms, and no farms in the United States are better or have a better reputation than the farms of Iowa. This is due both to the natural fertility of Iowa soil and to the ability an efficiency of the Iowa farmers. For even the wonderfully fertile soil of the state would give it no high rank in farming, were it not for the application of the men who cultivate it. Mr. Rash is a type of the best and most efficient Iowa farmer, who, by care, attention and labor, has become the proprietor of a farm in Union township, which has no superior in the county.
Columbus E. Rash was born in 1859 on the old Rash homestead in Union township, the son of Lewis E. Rash, a pioneer of Hardin county, whose record appears elsewhere in this work. Columbus attended the common schools of his township and spent his boyhood and young manhood on his father's farm, until the time of his marriage.
On March 7, 1881, Columbus E. Rash was united in marriage to Martha Smith, the daughter of Theophilus and Mary (Nash) Smith. Her father is dead and her mother is living in Ohio.
Mr. Smith was married on January 16, 1881. In 1871 he located in Tipton township, Hardin county, Iowa, where he followed farming until his death, on March 1, 1904. His body lies in the Chapel cemetery of Providence, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of the following children: Frances Ellen was born on March 28, 1869; Sarah E. was born on March 17, 1872, and married Robert Frank; Clara Etta was born on march 25, 1877, and married J. L. Young; Martha, the wife of Mr. Rash, was born September 3, 1863.
To Mr. and Mrs. Rash have been born two children: Maude was born on July 31, 1883, and married Wayne Hinshaw, who lives in Kent, Washington. She is the mother of one child, Forrest. Claude H. Rash was born on July 3, 1890, and died on December 22, 1890. Mr. and Mrs. Rash have also an adopted son, Maynard C., who was born on April 6, 1891, and is to them as their child.
Mr. Rash is one of the successful farmers of his community, and gives much attention to stock raising. He breeds Jersey Red hogs, draft horses and grade short-horn cattle, and has by stock raising greatly increased the fertility of his farm. In politics he is a Republican, is active in school work and has held several school offices. Fraternally, he is a member of the Odd Fellows at Union, Iowa. He is a member of the Methodist church.
Mr. Rash is a man whose attributes of character have made him respected and influential in his neighborhood, to whom he is widely and favorably known.
Eldora Herald Ledger, Thursday May 23,1940, p 2
SERVICES FOR C. E. RASH
Columbus E. Rash, 81, son of Lewis and Rachel Rash, who was born in Hardin county May 29, 1859, died at 2:30 a.m. Thursday at his home in Union after one week's illness. He had been in failing health for about six months. He married Miss Martha Smith of Union, March 7, 1881.
He is survived by his widow; one daughter, Mrs. Wain Hinshaw of New Providence; 3 brothers, Bennie Rash, Marshalltown, Solon L. Rash, Union, and Henry Rash, Des Moines; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Hiller, Armstrong, and Mrs. Will Swaim of Creston, four grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.
The funeral services were held at the home Saturday in charge of Rev. George Biersborn of Liscomb. Burial was in the Union cemetery. The pallbearers were Dr. Ed Rash of Iowa Falls, Frank Thompson of Whitten, Lewis Rash, Marshalltown; Wade Rash, Wade Smith and Henry Williams of Union.
Among the relatives and friends attending from a distance were Bennie Rash, Lewis Rash, Clayton Rash of Marshalltown; Mrs. Della Swaim, Eldora; Mrs. Nina Smith of Hubbard; Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Rash of Rockford, Ill.; Mrs. Retta Smith of Kansas; Dr. E. Rash and family, Miss Marjorie Rash and Geo. Bailey of Iowa Falls.
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Columbus E. Rash & Martha "Mattie" Smith in Nancy Miller Thompson Smith's 2015 book The Genealogy of the Rash and Hammer Families:
COLUMBUS ELLIOTT RASH
Born: 29 May 1859
Where: Hardin County, Iowa
Father: Lewis Ellis Rash
Mother: Rachel Hammer
Married: 7 March 1881
Where: Hardin County, Iowa
Wife: Martha (Mattie) Smith
Born: 3 September 1863
Where: Hardin County
Father: Theophilus Smith
Mother: Mary Nash
Died: 1944
Where: Hardin County
Buried: Union Cemetery
Died: 1940
Where: Hardin County, Iowa; Union Cemetery
Children (born in Hardin County, Iowa):
1. Maude Rash was born July 1, 1893. (continued below)
2. Claude H. Rash was born July 3, 1890, and died December 22, 1890. He is buried in Union Cemetery.
3. Maynard C. Rash (an adopted son) was born in 1901, and died in 1918. He is buried in Union Cemetery.
Union Star
Union, Hardin, Iowa, March 8, 1939
Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Rash, of Union, observed their 58th wedding anniversary in their home Tuesday, March 7, 1939. Mr. and Mrs. Rash were married in Union on March 7, 1881. Their only child, Mrs. Wain (sic) Hinshaw, is living in New Providence. They have four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Evening Times-Republican, Marshalltown Iowa, April 4 1905, page 1:
Hardin County Farmer Bankrupt.
Special to Times-Republican.
Cedar Rapids, April 4. - Columbus E. Rash, a farmer of Eldora, Hardin county, has filed a petition of bankruptcy in the federal court of this city. He asserts that his liabilities are $1,512.10, while his assets are but $87.00.
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Children:
Maude E. Rash Hinshaw 1883–1962 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111211416
Claude H. Rash 1890–1890 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90977348
Maynard C. Rash 1901–1918 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90977045
Place of Burial: Union Cem. -
Birth: May 29, 1859 - Union, Hardin, Iowa, United States -
Death: 1943 (84) - Ca Union, Hardin, IA, USA
Son of Lewis Ellis Rash and Rachel Hammer -
Husband of Martha E Smith
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Siblings (Children of LEWIS RASH and RACHEL HAMMER):
I. ALVA CURTIS RASH, b. December 3, 1857, Union, Hardin County, IA; d. July 21, 1921, Gordon, Neb.
ii. COLUMBUS ELLIOTT RASH, b. May 1859, Union Twp, on the old Rash homestead; d. May 16, 1940. Burial Union Cemetery.
iii. NANCY ELIZABETH RASH, b. June 16, 1861; d. October 22, 1889.
iv. FLORA ANN RASH, b. December 15, 1863, Hardin County, Iowa; d. February 1, 1936, Whitten, Hardin, Iowa.
v. BENJAMIN JESSE RASH, b. March 25, 1865; d. December 20, 1951, Hubbard, IA.
vi. EMMA ROSALIE RASH, b. April 16, 1867, Hardin County, Iowa; d. Aug. 11, 1942.
vii. SOLON LINCOLN RASH, b. August 28, 1869, d. May 19, 1949.
viii. HENRY THOMAS RASH, b. August 11, 1871; d. February 22, 1955.
ix. BURTON FRANCIS RASH, b. November 10, 1874; d. March 12, 1875. Burial: Miller Cemetery, Hardin County Iowa. Info.: Twin to Bertha Jane
x. BERTHA JANE RASH, b. November 10, 1874; d. April 10, 1950.
xi. ANDREW SETH RASH, b. January 12, 1878; d. September 15, 1919 in the hospital at Iowa Falls, Iowa. He had 480 acres of land in Texas. Burial: Miller Cemetery, Hardin County Iowa
xii. GERTIE MAY RASH, b. February 22, 1881; d. March 12, 1881. Burial: Miller Cemetery, Hardin County Iowa
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