Armistead Thomson Mason Rust
Born: January 18, 1820
Birthplace: Leesburg, Virginia
Father: George Rust 1788 – 1857
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia)
Mother: Maria Clagett Marlow 1790 – 1863
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia)
Wife: Eliza Southgate Lawrence 1828 – 1858
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia)
Wife: Ida Lee Rust 1840 – 1921
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia)
Children:
Frederick Goodwin Rust Unknown – 1917
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia)
Lawrence Rust 1850 – 1895
(Buried: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia)
Armistead Rust 1853 – 1856
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia)
Edwin Gray Rust 1869 – 1925
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia)
Delia Rust 1871 – 1871
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia)
Henry Bedinger Rust 1872 – 1936
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia)
William Fitzhugh Rust 1874 – 1940
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia)
Ellsworth Marshall Rust 1879 – 1946
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia)
Stirling Murray Rust 1881 – 1954
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia)
Education:
Attended Georgetown University
1842: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (31st in Class)
Occupation before War:
1842 – 1845: 2nd Lt. In the United States Army, 1st Dragoons
1842 – 1843: Frontier Duty at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory
1843: United States Army Escort for Santa Fe Traders
1843 – 1844: Frontier Duty at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory
1844 – 1845: Frontier Duty at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory
1845: Resigned from United States Army on March 31, 1845
1845 – 1846: Merchant in Baltimore, Maryland
1847 – 1861: Farmer in Leesburg, Virginia
1849 – 1852: Justice of Peace for Loudon County, Virginia
1859 – 1861: Virginia Director of Discount & Deposit Bank
Civil War Career:
1861: Colonel of 57th Virginia State Militia
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 19th Virginia Infantry Regiment
1862: Dropped as Colonel at Reorganization in April
1862 – 1865: Colonel & Judge of Military Court of Jones Army Corps
1865: Paroled by the Union Army on May 14, 1865 in Staunton, Virginia
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1887: Farmer in Leesburg, Virginia
Died: July 17, 1887
Place of Death: Leesburg, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 68 years old
Burial Place: Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia
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