William B. Bush

Birth Date

c1838

Death Date

1862-12-05

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Caldwell County, Kentucky, student and soldier (U.S.A). Caldwell County, Kentucky, native. Son of Reuben R. Bush and Louisa Williams Bush. Student in Caldwell County, Kentucky, in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Caldwell County in 1850. Served in the 15th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant from August 14, 1862, to December 5, 1862. Died in military service in Paducah on December 5, 1862.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 310b.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, District 1, p. 828.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Caldwell County Marriages, Film #004261077.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 397.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 398.
Registers of Death of Volunteers, 1861-1865, Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780s-1917, Kentucky A-K, NARA RG 94, p. 22.

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