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Ambrose G. Bush (Clark County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1823-01-18 d. 1903-07-22

Clark County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Catherine Hampton Bush in Clark County, Kentucky, on November 8, 1843. Father of Minerva Bush. Married to Martha J. Hampton Bush in Clark County, Kentucky, on May 22, 1849. Father of Kitty Bush, Amira Bush, Christy Bush, Nannie Bush, Valentine Bush, James H. Bush, and Oliver Bush. Farmer in Clark County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned three enslaved persons in Clark County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Clark County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 14B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 287.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 814.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, District 2, p. 334B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clark County, Precinct 4, p. 52A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Clark County Marriages, Film #001943687, p. 83.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Clark County Marriages, Film #001943687, p. 109.

"Ambrose G. Bush (1823-1903)," Find A Grave, Memorial #32612124 , accessed January 29, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32612124 .

Citation

Bush, Ambrose G.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32281580 (November 12, 2026).

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