Elizabeth (Moon) Busch (1937)
BONHAM, BUSCH, MOON, WILDER
Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 5/13/2007 at 17:44:22
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, June 11, 1937MRS. ADAM BUSCH
Elizabeth Moon Busch, daughter of Ransom and Mary Moon was born February 12, 1854, and departed this life June 1, 1937.
She was the first white child born in Grand River township. She was raised in the Baptist belief and her parents helped to organiza the Baptist church of Macksburg.
She was married to Adam Busch on December 14, 1876. Four daughters were born to this union, one daughter, Winnie died in infancy.
She leaves her husband and three daughters, Vernie at home, Pearl Bonham of Macksburg, Ethel Wilder of Creston and two grandchildren, Maxine and David Wilder of Creston.
She was a member of the Rebekah lodge and of the Women's Relief corps.
Funeral services were held at the home Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. M. D. Summerbell of Macksburg. Burial was made in the Moon cemetery.
________________________The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, June 18, 1937MRS. ADAM BUSCH
Funeral services were held Thursday, June 3, at the home for Mrs. Adam Busch, a pioneer resident of Grand River township, who passed away at her home Tuesday morning June 1.
A daughter of pioneer parents, Ransom and Mary Moon, she was born in a log cabin, February 12, 1854, a few years after the family had settled in Grand River township coming there from near Indianapolis, Indiana.
After completing her school work, Mrs. Busch was a school teacher near Macksburg for a few years, then was united in marriage to Adam Busch who survives her.
A number of men and women who are today approaching middle age know that their first baths and earliest care was received under the capable hands of Elizabeth Busch of Aunt Lib, as she was known to many.
With the exception of one year her home was in Grand River township on the land homesteaded by her parents and interment was in the Moon cemetery, a plot of ground belonging to the original homestead and donated to the community in early years.
After 86 years spent with earlier recollections of Indian neighbors, and pioneer conditions, a long and useful life is ended, leaving the community a better place for her having lived in it.
Mrs. Busch was a member of the Rebekah lodge and W.R.C. and was an early teacher in the Baptist Sunday school, a church her parents helped establish.
Left to mourn her loss is the bereaved husband, Adam Busch, three daughters, Vernie at home, Mrs. Pearl Bonham of Macksburg, Mrs. Ethel Wilder of Creston and two grandchildren, Maxine and David Wilder.
________________________The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, June 10, 1937
Page 1, Column 3LAST RITES HELD – MRS. ADAM BUSCH
Had Lived 83 Years On Farm Near Macksburg Where She Was Born
Mrs. Adam Busch died June 1 at her home a mile south of Macksburg where she had spent the entire 83 years of life. Services were held at the home June 3 conducted by the Rev. M. D. Summerbell and burial was in the Moon cemetery.
The Moon cemetery is a part of the original Ransom Moon farm and was given as a cemetery grant in 1855 at the death of a son, Enos Moon, aged 8.
Mrs. Busch was a member of one of the old families of the county, the first white child to be born in Grand River township. She was Elizabeth Moon, daughter of Ransom Moon, one of the first settlers, and was born February 1, 1854.
She was reared in the Baptist belief and her parents helped organize the Baptist church of Macksburg. She was a member of the Rebekah lodge and the W. R. C. Her marriage took place December 14, 1876.
She leaves her husband and three of their four daughters, Vernie at home, Mrs. Pearl Bonham of Macksburg and Mrs. Ethel Wilder of Creston; two grandchildren, Maxine and David Wilder of Creston.
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