Frederick Bush was born in 1820, in Monroe county, Pennsylvania. After quitting school he engaged in tilling the soil till 1856, when he came to Iowa and settled in Iowa county, where he engaged in farming till the spring of 1858.
Then bought and settled where his widow and son, W.H., now live, and own eight acres of well-improved land, which he continued to farm until his death, which occurred September 1, 1872; he being highly esteemed and respected throughout the county his loss was mourned by many.
He was married October 20, 1847, in Monroe county, Pennsylvania, to Miss Catharine Ann Mackey, who was born in New Jersey, November 11, 1820. From this union there were seven children, as follows:
Isabel (born October 27, 1848, now the wife of Wm. Ogary, of Nebraska), Amos (born May 19, 1850; married, lives in Warren township), Ransom (born February 11, 1852; in business in Nebraska), Enoch (born January 8, 1854; married and lives in Nebraska), Davis W. (born September 7, 1856; lives in Nebraska), William H. (born May 31, 1861), Caroline (born April 1, 1860, and died June 19, 1860).
Then bought and settled where his widow and son, W.H., now live, and own eight acres of well-improved land, which he continued to farm until his death, which occurred September 1, 1872; he being highly esteemed and respected throughout the county his loss was mourned by many.
He was married October 20, 1847, in Monroe county, Pennsylvania, to Miss Catharine Ann Mackey, who was born in New Jersey, November 11, 1820. From this union there were seven children, as follows:
Isabel (born October 27, 1848, now the wife of Wm. Ogary, of Nebraska), Amos (born May 19, 1850; married, lives in Warren township), Ransom (born February 11, 1852; in business in Nebraska), Enoch (born January 8, 1854; married and lives in Nebraska), Davis W. (born September 7, 1856; lives in Nebraska), William H. (born May 31, 1861), Caroline (born April 1, 1860, and died June 19, 1860).
Frederick Bush was born in 1820, in Monroe county, Pennsylvania. After quitting school he engaged in tilling the soil till 1856, when he came to Iowa and settled in Iowa county, where he engaged in farming till the spring of 1858.
Then bought and settled where his widow and son, W.H., now live, and own eight acres of well-improved land, which he continued to farm until his death, which occurred September 1, 1872; he being highly esteemed and respected throughout the county his loss was mourned by many.
He was married October 20, 1847, in Monroe county, Pennsylvania, to Miss Catharine Ann Mackey, who was born in New Jersey, November 11, 1820. From this union there were seven children, as follows:
Isabel (born October 27, 1848, now the wife of Wm. Ogary, of Nebraska), Amos (born May 19, 1850; married, lives in Warren township), Ransom (born February 11, 1852; in business in Nebraska), Enoch (born January 8, 1854; married and lives in Nebraska), Davis W. (born September 7, 1856; lives in Nebraska), William H. (born May 31, 1861), Caroline (born April 1, 1860, and died June 19, 1860).
Then bought and settled where his widow and son, W.H., now live, and own eight acres of well-improved land, which he continued to farm until his death, which occurred September 1, 1872; he being highly esteemed and respected throughout the county his loss was mourned by many.
He was married October 20, 1847, in Monroe county, Pennsylvania, to Miss Catharine Ann Mackey, who was born in New Jersey, November 11, 1820. From this union there were seven children, as follows:
Isabel (born October 27, 1848, now the wife of Wm. Ogary, of Nebraska), Amos (born May 19, 1850; married, lives in Warren township), Ransom (born February 11, 1852; in business in Nebraska), Enoch (born January 8, 1854; married and lives in Nebraska), Davis W. (born September 7, 1856; lives in Nebraska), William H. (born May 31, 1861), Caroline (born April 1, 1860, and died June 19, 1860).
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