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About Amos Rash

On the Media tab for this Geni entry see the news item holding Amos Rash to public contempt in the murder trial of his brother Beverly Rash.

Amos Rash in Nancy Miller Thompson Smith's 2015 book The Genealogy of the Rash and Hammer Families:

AMOS RASH
Born: 1826
Where: Wilkes County, North Carolina
Father: Asa Rash (24)
Mother: Nancy Coleman (25)
Married: (1) 28 Sept. 1851
Where: Wilkes County, North Carolina
Wife: Rebecca Coleman
  Born: 1832
  Where: Wilkes County, North Carolina
  Father: John Coleman
  Mother: Susanna Felts
  Died: Between 1860 and 1862
  Where: Johnson County, Tennessee
Married: (2) 30 August 1862
Where: Tennessee
Wife: Delilah E. Smith
  Born: 1 October 1842
  Where: Tennessee
  Died: 15 June 1894
Died: After 1900
The names and ages of the children of Amos Rash were compiled from the 1850 Census of Wilkes County, North Carolina, and the 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 Census of Johnson County, Tennessee.
In the 1870 Census John L. Dowell, age fifty five, born in North Carolina, was living in the household of Amos Rash. His wife, Nancy Rash Dowell, was fifty years old and born in North Carolina, was living in the household of their son, James E. Dowell. Nancy Rash Dowell was a daughter of Daniel and Ruth L. Muncy Rash and the Aunt of Amos Rash.
Children:
1. Daniel S. Rash was born August 22, 1852 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. He was married on January 9, 1875 in Johnson County, Tennessee to Elizabeth “Betty Ann” Jennings who was born December 10,1852, and died December 31, 1931 in Johnson County, Tennessee. Daniel died there December 15, 1933.
  Children (1900 Census of Johnson County Tennessee):
  a. Maggie L. Rash, born 1885
  b. Amos M. Rash, born 1888
  c. Emma V. Rash, born 1890
  d. James E. Rash, born 1893 died 1968.
  Wife: Anna R. ______, born 1898, died 1945
  e. Artie (Arta) M. Rash (female) was born August 4, 1895, and died November 2, 1981.
2. Dulcena Alzenia Rash was born ca. 1854 in Wilkes County. She married Frederick Fritts on November 27, 1873 in Johnson County, Tennessee. He was born in 1853 in Tennessee. He married (1) Susannah ____. (1870 Johnson County Census). He was the probable son of Christian and Mary Fritts.
  Children (1880 - 1900 Censuses Johnson County, Tennessee Census):
  a. Louisa Fritts, born 1874
  b. Nancy S. Fritts, born 1879
  c. Matilda E. Fritts, born 1881
  d. Thomas L. Fritts, born 1884
  e. Rebecca J. Fritts, born 1886
  A Susan Rash, age 17, was living in their household in 1900.
3. John A. Rash was born August 12, 1858 in Tennessee. His wife Margaret was born November 16, 1865, and died March 8,1941. John died May 18, 1937. They both died in Johnson Co., Tennessee.
  Children (born in Johnson County, Tennessee):
  a. Thomas L. Rash was born November 12, 1884, and died June 1, 1885.
  b. W.J. Rash was born May 17, 1885, and died October 2, 1887 in Johnson County, Tennessee.
  c. Sarah M. Rash was born in 1887.
  d. Anna L. Rash was born in 1889.
  e. Flossie A. Rash was born in 1892.
  f. Ida Rash was born in 1896.
The 1900 Census of Johnson County showed a Thomas B. Rash, who was age 13, living in the household of Amos. It appears that this was the same person as John A. Rash, since John A. was the same age; however, Thomas B. could have been a relative, and John A. absent from their home at the time.
4. Nancy L. Rash was born in May 1860.
5. Sophronia E. Rash was born in 1864.
6. William A. Rash was born 1866. He married Nancy C. who was born in 1880.
  Children (1900 Census of Johnson Co,. Tennessee):
  a. Albert F. Rash was born in 1897.
  b. Sarah L. Rash was born in 1899.
7. Lucinda E. Rash was born in 1868.
8. Hiram Rash was born in 1870.
9. George W. Rash was born in 1872.
10. Isaac W. Rash was born in 1874. His wife’s name was Amanda.
  Children (1900 Census):
  a. Iva Lee Rash was born in 1896.
  b. Clyde Rash was born in 1899.
11. Naomi V. Rash was born in 1875.
12. Andrew S. Rash was born in 1877.
13. Margaret Rash was born in 1880.
14. Noah F. (P.?) Rash was born in 1884.
  There is a tombstone in Johnson County, Tennessee for a Noah P. Rash: 20 June 1881 - 17 May 1904, Pvt. Co. A, 30 Regt. Tenn. Inf. This is probably the same person.
15. Delilah E. Rash was born 1886.
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no entry for him at findagrave.com

Birth: circa 1825 Wilkes County, NC

Death: info from Freda (Wood) Rash Ted's Widow

Son of Asa Rash and Nancy Coleman

Husband of Rebeccah Coleman and Delilah E. Smith

Father of Delilah Rash, Daniel S. Rash, Dudley Rash, Alzenia Alzenia Rash, Thomas Beverly Rash, John A Rash, Nancy L Rash, Naomi V. Rash, Victoria Rash, Sophronia E. Rash, Doc Rash, Caroline Rash, Emma Rash, Issac W. Rash, Andy S. Rash, Noah Rash, Lucinda E. Rash, George W. Rash, Callie Rash and Lydia Rash

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Amos Rash's Timeline

1821
August 1821
Wilkes County, North Wilkesboro, NC, United States
1852
August 22, 1852
Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States
1854
1854
North Carolina, United States
1856
March 28, 1856
Wilkes Co., NC
1856
TN, USA
1858
1858
Johnson Co, Tennesee
1859
February 2, 1859
Johnson, Tn.
1860
May 1860
Johnson, Tn.