BUSH, Harry Newton 1861 - 1905

BUSH, PARKER

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 7/12/2011 at 21:08:43

"Jefferson County Republican"
Friday, April 21, 1905
Page 5, Column 2

Died at Greshem (sic - Gresham), Neb., April 12, 1905, at four o'clock, Harry Newton BUSH of tuberculosis of the brain. He was the eldest son of Wm. H. and Lydia A. BUSH and was born in Jefferson county, Iowa, April 30, 1861, being at the time of his death 44 years, 11 months and twelve days. He was married to Miss O. Mae PARKER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. PARKER of this county, on February 15, 1893, and to this union were born three sons, one, Rex, dying in infancy. Harry Gail and little Harley, his mother, four brothers and three sisters all reside in this part of Iowa. He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Greshem, Neb., in 1903. He belonged to the I. O. O. F. Fairfield lodge, also to the W. O. W. of Greshem. The remains were interred in the Blue Ridge cemetery under the auspices of both lodges, and a very large concourse of friends paid a last tribute to the dead. His casket was laden with many beautiful floral offerings.

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