BUSH, David Sr. 1818 - 1892

BUSH, LOONEY, KNIGHT, KEARNS, MCCARTY

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 6/14/2011 at 13:13:24

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, January 20, 1892
Page 3, Column 8

DEATH OF DAVID BUSH, SR.

Editors Ledger: --David BUSH, sr., died at his home four miles northeast of Fairfield, the 5th inst. He was born February 5th, 1818, in Muskingum county, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. Mr. BUSH came to Jefferson County in 1861, and has since lived on the farm on which he died. He reared a family of ten children, all of whom are now living except two. The children are Mrs. Mary LOONEY of Adair county; I.A. and John BUSH and Mrs. KNIGHT of Adams county; Uriah, William and David BUSH, jr., and Mrs. KEARNS of this county. Rev. S. H. Burnett conducted the funeral services at the family home, and the remains were interred in the Wheeler cemetery west of Perlee.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I am not related to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: David's wife was Lucinda McCARTY; she died in 1910 and is buried in Wheeler Cemetery with no gravestone. David's death date is mistakenly engraved as 1896; he died in 1892.