CS Rust, Armistead Thomson Mason

Armistead Thomson Mason Rust

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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:
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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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