A. P. Bush, was born in Fayette County, Georgia, January 26, 1819, and moved to Alabama in 1840. His wife's maiden name was Sarah A. Williams. Her father, Curtis Williams, was of English ancestry, and a man and planter of prominence.
A. P. Bush, Sr., was a self-made man, having begun life with almost nothing. He was successful in merchandising and farming, gradually acquiring wealth until the war broke out, when he had a large plantation and many slaves. He and his wife are still living in Mobile, he having retired from business. He was above age at the time of the war but was out with the Mississippi militia on one expedition. Two of his sons fought all through the war as soldiers in the army of the Confederacy.
(Source: Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas by James Cox, Published by Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co, St Louis, 1895 Found in an article about his son, A. P. Bush Jr.)
A. P. Bush, Sr., was a self-made man, having begun life with almost nothing. He was successful in merchandising and farming, gradually acquiring wealth until the war broke out, when he had a large plantation and many slaves. He and his wife are still living in Mobile, he having retired from business. He was above age at the time of the war but was out with the Mississippi militia on one expedition. Two of his sons fought all through the war as soldiers in the army of the Confederacy.
(Source: Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas by James Cox, Published by Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co, St Louis, 1895 Found in an article about his son, A. P. Bush Jr.)
A. P. Bush, was born in Fayette County, Georgia, January 26, 1819, and moved to Alabama in 1840. His wife's maiden name was Sarah A. Williams. Her father, Curtis Williams, was of English ancestry, and a man and planter of prominence.
A. P. Bush, Sr., was a self-made man, having begun life with almost nothing. He was successful in merchandising and farming, gradually acquiring wealth until the war broke out, when he had a large plantation and many slaves. He and his wife are still living in Mobile, he having retired from business. He was above age at the time of the war but was out with the Mississippi militia on one expedition. Two of his sons fought all through the war as soldiers in the army of the Confederacy.
(Source: Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas by James Cox, Published by Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co, St Louis, 1895 Found in an article about his son, A. P. Bush Jr.)
A. P. Bush, Sr., was a self-made man, having begun life with almost nothing. He was successful in merchandising and farming, gradually acquiring wealth until the war broke out, when he had a large plantation and many slaves. He and his wife are still living in Mobile, he having retired from business. He was above age at the time of the war but was out with the Mississippi militia on one expedition. Two of his sons fought all through the war as soldiers in the army of the Confederacy.
(Source: Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas by James Cox, Published by Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co, St Louis, 1895 Found in an article about his son, A. P. Bush Jr.)
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