John William Bush

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1836-06-03

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1906-11-14

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"John William Bush" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00014053, (accessed May 2, 2024).

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Lyon County, Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Reuben R. Bush and Louisa Bush. Married to Sarah E. Holloway Bush. Father of William R. Bush. Married to Sarah A. Watkins Bush in Lyon County, Kentucky, on March 10, 1861. Father of Washington Bush and Elizabeth Bush. Student in Caldwell County in 1850. Attorney in Eddyville in 1860. Served in the 48th Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a captain from October 26, 1863, to December 18, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 310B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, Eddyville, p. 764.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Livingston County, Smithland, p. 256A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lyon County Marriages, Film #000321364, p. 41 of 303 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 484.
Find A Grave, "John William Bush (1836-1906)," Memorial #59434477, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59434477 (accessed March 8, 2021).

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