R. W. Bush (Louisville, Kentucky, commission merchant)
b. 1821?
Louisville, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Lucy Bush. Father of Berta Bush. Physician in Louisville in 1860. Resident of Louisville in July 1865. Drew up and signed an agreement between himself and the inventors of the Triplett & Scott rifle, on behalf of the McFerran & Menefee commission merchant and cotton factoring firm, in July 1865.
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Bibliography
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Ward 3, p. 707.
KYR-0002-222-0125.
Citation
Bush, R. W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198886 (November 12, 2026).
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