ABRAHAM BUSH
- Born November 10, 1816 in Fayette County, Ohio.
- Parents were ABRAHAM BUSH and PHOEBE FULTS.
- Married CATHERINE BUSH on January 28, 1836 in Fayette County, Ohio.
CHILDREN
- SAREPTA BUSH, born January 6, 1861 in Fayette County, Ohio; died December 1, 1920 in Fayette County, Ohio. Married C.R. MARSHALL on August 19, 1880 in Fayette County, Ohio.
- ANNETTA BUSH.
- GILBERT L. BUSH.
- CHARLES F. BUSH.
From HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY by R.S. Dills
Odell & Mayer, Publishers, Dayton, Ohio, 1881
Page 937
Abram Bush, farmer and ex-county commissioner, was born in Fayette County, Ohio, November 10, 1816, and is a son of Abraham and Phoeba Bush, both natives of Virginia, who immigrated to Ohio, in the year 1810. He came to Fayette County, in 1811, and cut the road through the wilderness from Washington Court House to Sugar Creek, and the original farm still remains in the Bush family; they had a family of seven children. Abraham the subject of our remarks was married, in 1839, to Miss Catharine Bush, daughter of Daniel and Susannah Bush, of Fayette County. They have four children: Annetta, Gilbert L., Charles F., and Serepta. He was elected county commissioner, in 1871, and held the office six years, and was, also, township clerk for eighteen years for Jefferson Township, and two years a trustee. He is now farming three hundred and fourteen acres of land, in Jefferson Township, and raises a great many cattle and hogs. He received his education in Fayette County, where he has lived from his birth.
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