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Joseph Rutherford

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Birthplace: KY, United States
Death: March 06, 1836 (37-38)
Alamo, Hidalgo, TX, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Julius Rutherford and Rhoda Rutherford
Father of Carmelita Rutherford
Brother of Isaac Rutherford; Jacob Rutherford; Joseph Rutherford; Robert Andrew Rutherford; John Rutherford and 11 others

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About Joseph Rutherford

RUTHERFORD, JOSEPH (1798–1836). Joseph Rutherford, Alamo defender, son of Julius and Rhoda Rutherford, was born in Kentucky in 1798. He lived in Texas as a married man with a small daughter, who was raised after the Texas Revolution by Joseph Durst. Rutherford took part in the siege of Bexar and later served in the Alamo garrison as a member of Capt. William R. Carey's artillery company. He died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.

from: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fru35

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Joseph Rutherford's Timeline

1798
1798
KY, United States
1827
1827
1836
March 6, 1836
Age 38
Alamo, Hidalgo, TX, United States