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James Simpson Bush, Jr. (Montgomery County, Kentucky, saddler and harness maker)

b. 1841-06-16 d. 1906-06-12

Montgomery County, Kentucky, saddler and harness maker. Kentucky native. Son of James S. Bush, Sr. and Mary Jane Adams Bush. Harness maker in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1860. Harness maker in Clark County in 1863. Enlisted in Captain W.R. Marshall's Company Artillery (C.S.A.) as a private on October 15, 1862. Reported as deserted in Knoxville, Tennessee, on May 1, 1863. Reported to Headquarters of the Military District of Western Kentucky in Louisville, Kentucky, on June 5, 1863. Prisoner of war at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio, from June 5, 1863, to June 13, 1863. Signed a loyalty oath to the United States on June 13, 1863.

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Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Montgomery County, Mount Sterling, p. 312.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Highland County, Greenfield, p. 225B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Clark County Marriages, Film 001943687, p. 44-45.

Arizona Death Records, 1187-1968, Vital Records, Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix, AZ, File 87-000955.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0049.

"James Simpson Bush Jr. (1841-1905)," Find A Grave, Memorial 47208367, accessed October 25, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47208367.

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Bush, James Simpson, Jr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281242 (November 12, 2026).

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