Background
Rush, Charles Andrew was born on October 31, 1862 in Macon Company, Alabama, United States. Son of John Wesley and Octavia (Osgood) Rush.
Rush, Charles Andrew was born on October 31, 1862 in Macon Company, Alabama, United States. Son of John Wesley and Octavia (Osgood) Rush.
Educated Barton Academy, Mobile Military Institute, Prattville Academy, Summerfield Institute (all of Alabama). Bachelor of Arts, Southern University, Greensboro, Alabama, 1886 (Doctor of Divinity, 1910).
Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church South., 1885. Pastor of Greensboro Mission, 1885-1886, Citronelle, 1886-1887. Chaplain Southern University, 1888-1890.
Pastor Greensboro Circuit, 1890-1892, Loachapoka, 1892-1893, Roxana Mission, 1893-1894 (also principal Montgomery District High School), Tallassee, 1895-1896, Dexter Avenue Church, Montgomery, 1897-1900, Union Springs, 1900-1901.
Presiding elder Marianna District, 1902, Selma District, 1903-1904, Prattville District, 1905-1906. Pastor Government Saint Church, Mobile, 1907-1910, Troy, 1911, Evergreen District, 1912, Montgomery District, 1913.
President Southern University, Greensboro, Alabama, 1914-1917. Pastor Opelika, Alabama, since September 1917.
Member Sigma Alpha Epsilon. President Opelika Chapter American Red Cross, 1918.
Married Julia Rosaline Roebuck, of Birmingham, Alabama, January 3, 1887.