Mary Ann Bush Backus (1836-1915) - Find a Grave Memorial

Mary Ann Bush Backus

Birth

24 Dec 1836

Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death

30 Jul 1915 (aged 78)

Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, USA

Burial

Sumption Prairie Cemetery

South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA Add to Map

Plot

7th row/back section/north of utility shed

Memorial ID

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Mary A. Bush has her own gravestone. The preceeding gravestone includes four names:
John Bush 1808-1886
Sarah Bush 1812-1895
John C. Bush 1844-1893
Benjamin Bush 1835-1913

NOTE, by Findagrave member 47265026~~
"She died as Mrs. Mary Backus as her obituary reads. Bush is her maiden name. John Bush is her father and Sarah Bush is her mother. Benjamin Bush, George W. Bush, and John C. Bush are her siblings as well as Ellen Bush Murphy."

She had been married to John Backus.
Children include:
Cyretha
Sarah
EvaMary Ann Bush married
(1) William Reninger abt 1857 in Pennsylvania
Mary Ann Bush married (1) William Reninger abt 1857. They had 7 children:
Sarah Jane (Reninger) Bassett, b. 9 Oct 1857, Berks, PA
James Monroe Reninger, b. Jan 1859, Berks Co., PA
Alvin Reninger, b. abt 1869, Berks Co., PA
George Reninger, b. abt 1870, Berks Co., PA
Mary Reninger, b. abt 1871, Berks Co., PA
Rose Reninger, b. abt 1872, Berks Co., PA
Lizzy Reninger, b. abt 1877, Berks Co., PA

Mary and William Reninger divorced sometime prior to Oct 1888.

(2) Mary Ann (Bush) Renninger, Married (2) John M. Backus, 25 Oct 1888, St Joseph County, Indiana
No children as she was past child bearing age.

Probate record for Mary says she died 29 Jul 1915 in St Joseph County, Indiana. Her death cert says she died the next day on the 30th.