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John Rusk Tombstone<br>Erected by the State of Texas
Photographer: Brian Scott
Taken: November 28, 2008
Caption: John Rusk Tombstone
Erected by the State of Texas

Additional Description: Note the original tombstones for John and Mary Rusk at the base of the newer one. In addition to being the builder of the Old Stone Church, Rusk was the father of Thomas Jefferson Rusk, one of two South Carolinians who signed the Texas Republic's Declaration of Independence from Mexico.
Submitted: July 4, 2009, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p69501
File Size: 0.114 Megabytes

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