Benjamin Rush

Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush was a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, educator and humanitarian, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Benjamin Rush was born to John Rush and Susanna Hall on January 4, 1746 . The family which included seven children lived on a plantation in the Township of Byberry in Philadelphia County, then about 14160mi outside Philadelphia . Benjamin was the fourth of the seven children. John Rush died in July 1751 at the age of thirtynine. He went peacefully, saying over and over, Lord! Lord! Lord! and his wife saw him buried as he wished in the cemetery behind Christ Church. leaving his mother, who ran a country store, to care for the large family. At eight years of age, Benjamin was sent to live with an aunt and uncle, to receive a proper education. Benjamin and his older brother Jacob attended a school in Cecil County, Maryland, run by the Rev. Samuel Finley, which would later become West Nottingham Academy.

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