Roush, Samuel (1835-1906)

ROUSH

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 10/6/2008 at 13:56:49

Samuel Roush
Dec 8, 1835 - 1906

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.193, Neola Twp.)
S. Roush, farmer, P. O. Neola, was born December 8, 1835, in Highland County, Ohio, son of John and Rebecca (Rhodes) Roush, he born in Virginia about 1799, went to Ohio when three years of age and remained upon the same farm fifty years, coming to Iowa, Marion County, where he now lives, in 1854. Subject' mother, of German descent, was born about 1802, and is the mother of fourteen children, two of whom are dead. Mr. Roush had but little schooling in his younger days, but he is a good business man and well informed upon topics of general interest. He first rented a farm in Marion County, Iowa, in 1855; there he continued about twelve years, when he removed to this county, and after renting for two years, bought forty acres, which he improved and sold six years later; after renting land three years, he bought eighty acres, which eh sold after farming one season; he rented three years more, and then, in 1880, bought his present farm, situated two and one-half miles north of Neola. Mr. Roush was married, in Marion County, Iowa, in 1858, to Amanda M. Hughes, born in Iowa about 1839, daughter of Asa and Sarah (Parker) Hughes. This union has been blessed with twelve children, two fo whom are dead. Those surviving are Sarah J., William, John, Martha P., Robert, Chester K., Harlow, Harry, Jennie L. and George. Mr. Roush is a Democrat.