William was one of the founders of Dayton, Indiana.
--William Bush (1780–1854) was born near Sheffield, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Stevens, and about 1812, with four children, the family moved to Oswego County, New York, where three more children were born. About 1816, with Elizabeth's mother, Abigail Fairchild Stevens, they moved to Indiana, settling at Connorsville, now in Fayette County. There Bush erected a mill. In 1819, Bush and several families left the Connorsville area and moved 60 miles northwest to land south of Noblesville, Hamilton County, near the site developed today as Connor Prairie. Where Stony Creek flows into the White River they established a settlement known as Horseshoe Prairie. In Hamilton County, Bush was elected Justice of the Peace, met at William Connor's house to set up the county government, and served on the first grand jury.
In the fall of 1824, the Bush family (now with seven children) moved to the area where Dayton, Indiana is now located. Here their last child were born. Richard DeHart, in Past and Present, states that Bush bought 1500 acres of land in Tippecanoe County, although records show only 160 entered in Sheffield township. Soon after their arrival in the fall of 1824, the family constructed a log cabin overlooking the Wild Cat Valley. Nearby they established a family cemetery.
The traditional date for the founding of Dayton is 1827, and it seems likely that settlement was underway by that date, at least along Bush's side of the road, making him the founder of Dayton. In 1829 he platted the town of Marquis, a single row of houses along the south side of present State Road 38, called Lafayette Street in his plat. In the middle of Bush's 16-lot plat was an unplatted block known as Fancher's Acre. On the same day in 1829, Dr. Timothy Horram filed a plat for the town of Fairfield on the north side of the road. A few years later, David Gregory would plat a third section, and the three plats would be joined to form the beginning of the town of Dayton.
At the first election, probably in the spring of 1825, William, who was known as "Squire" Bush, was elected Justice of the Peace. When the county was organized in 1826, he was elected president of the County Board of Justices (Board of Justices Record, Vol. A, pp. 1-4, cited in Indiana Inventory 9). This Board appointed road viewers, and in these early years it was also responsible for poor relief. Sometime later Bush was reimbursed $10.69 for "provisions" he furnished the family of J. Bolser when they were sick (vol. B, p. 53, in Indiana Inventory 15). When Sheffield township was set up in 1829, William Bush may have suggested the name, since it was the name of his birthplace.
William Bush was a Mason and a Whig. The Bushes were Methodists, and visiting Methodist circuit riders usually stayed in their cabin. William and Elizabeth Bush had 8 children, one of whom (Orlando) became a doctor who practiced in Dayton before moving to Illinois. Elizabeth Stevens Bush died in 1846, and William, who was living with the James Cole family in the 1850 census, died in 1854. They are buried in Bush Cemetery in Dayton. [contributed; Susan Clawson]
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Sons of American Revolution Applications, list William Bush as the son of Daniel & Sally Bush of Westfield, Mass.
-Children of William & Elizabeth:
John Bush
Jared Bush 1809–1847
David S Bush 1811–1843
Ezra Bush 1814–1870
Elizabeth Bush 1815–1846
Luther Bush 1818–1847
William S Bush 1826–
Orlando Bush 1829–1889
--William Bush (1780–1854) was born near Sheffield, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Stevens, and about 1812, with four children, the family moved to Oswego County, New York, where three more children were born. About 1816, with Elizabeth's mother, Abigail Fairchild Stevens, they moved to Indiana, settling at Connorsville, now in Fayette County. There Bush erected a mill. In 1819, Bush and several families left the Connorsville area and moved 60 miles northwest to land south of Noblesville, Hamilton County, near the site developed today as Connor Prairie. Where Stony Creek flows into the White River they established a settlement known as Horseshoe Prairie. In Hamilton County, Bush was elected Justice of the Peace, met at William Connor's house to set up the county government, and served on the first grand jury.
In the fall of 1824, the Bush family (now with seven children) moved to the area where Dayton, Indiana is now located. Here their last child were born. Richard DeHart, in Past and Present, states that Bush bought 1500 acres of land in Tippecanoe County, although records show only 160 entered in Sheffield township. Soon after their arrival in the fall of 1824, the family constructed a log cabin overlooking the Wild Cat Valley. Nearby they established a family cemetery.
The traditional date for the founding of Dayton is 1827, and it seems likely that settlement was underway by that date, at least along Bush's side of the road, making him the founder of Dayton. In 1829 he platted the town of Marquis, a single row of houses along the south side of present State Road 38, called Lafayette Street in his plat. In the middle of Bush's 16-lot plat was an unplatted block known as Fancher's Acre. On the same day in 1829, Dr. Timothy Horram filed a plat for the town of Fairfield on the north side of the road. A few years later, David Gregory would plat a third section, and the three plats would be joined to form the beginning of the town of Dayton.
At the first election, probably in the spring of 1825, William, who was known as "Squire" Bush, was elected Justice of the Peace. When the county was organized in 1826, he was elected president of the County Board of Justices (Board of Justices Record, Vol. A, pp. 1-4, cited in Indiana Inventory 9). This Board appointed road viewers, and in these early years it was also responsible for poor relief. Sometime later Bush was reimbursed $10.69 for "provisions" he furnished the family of J. Bolser when they were sick (vol. B, p. 53, in Indiana Inventory 15). When Sheffield township was set up in 1829, William Bush may have suggested the name, since it was the name of his birthplace.
William Bush was a Mason and a Whig. The Bushes were Methodists, and visiting Methodist circuit riders usually stayed in their cabin. William and Elizabeth Bush had 8 children, one of whom (Orlando) became a doctor who practiced in Dayton before moving to Illinois. Elizabeth Stevens Bush died in 1846, and William, who was living with the James Cole family in the 1850 census, died in 1854. They are buried in Bush Cemetery in Dayton. [contributed; Susan Clawson]
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Sons of American Revolution Applications, list William Bush as the son of Daniel & Sally Bush of Westfield, Mass.
-Children of William & Elizabeth:
John Bush
Jared Bush 1809–1847
David S Bush 1811–1843
Ezra Bush 1814–1870
Elizabeth Bush 1815–1846
Luther Bush 1818–1847
William S Bush 1826–
Orlando Bush 1829–1889
William was one of the founders of Dayton, Indiana.
--William Bush (1780–1854) was born near Sheffield, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Stevens, and about 1812, with four children, the family moved to Oswego County, New York, where three more children were born. About 1816, with Elizabeth's mother, Abigail Fairchild Stevens, they moved to Indiana, settling at Connorsville, now in Fayette County. There Bush erected a mill. In 1819, Bush and several families left the Connorsville area and moved 60 miles northwest to land south of Noblesville, Hamilton County, near the site developed today as Connor Prairie. Where Stony Creek flows into the White River they established a settlement known as Horseshoe Prairie. In Hamilton County, Bush was elected Justice of the Peace, met at William Connor's house to set up the county government, and served on the first grand jury.
In the fall of 1824, the Bush family (now with seven children) moved to the area where Dayton, Indiana is now located. Here their last child were born. Richard DeHart, in Past and Present, states that Bush bought 1500 acres of land in Tippecanoe County, although records show only 160 entered in Sheffield township. Soon after their arrival in the fall of 1824, the family constructed a log cabin overlooking the Wild Cat Valley. Nearby they established a family cemetery.
The traditional date for the founding of Dayton is 1827, and it seems likely that settlement was underway by that date, at least along Bush's side of the road, making him the founder of Dayton. In 1829 he platted the town of Marquis, a single row of houses along the south side of present State Road 38, called Lafayette Street in his plat. In the middle of Bush's 16-lot plat was an unplatted block known as Fancher's Acre. On the same day in 1829, Dr. Timothy Horram filed a plat for the town of Fairfield on the north side of the road. A few years later, David Gregory would plat a third section, and the three plats would be joined to form the beginning of the town of Dayton.
At the first election, probably in the spring of 1825, William, who was known as "Squire" Bush, was elected Justice of the Peace. When the county was organized in 1826, he was elected president of the County Board of Justices (Board of Justices Record, Vol. A, pp. 1-4, cited in Indiana Inventory 9). This Board appointed road viewers, and in these early years it was also responsible for poor relief. Sometime later Bush was reimbursed $10.69 for "provisions" he furnished the family of J. Bolser when they were sick (vol. B, p. 53, in Indiana Inventory 15). When Sheffield township was set up in 1829, William Bush may have suggested the name, since it was the name of his birthplace.
William Bush was a Mason and a Whig. The Bushes were Methodists, and visiting Methodist circuit riders usually stayed in their cabin. William and Elizabeth Bush had 8 children, one of whom (Orlando) became a doctor who practiced in Dayton before moving to Illinois. Elizabeth Stevens Bush died in 1846, and William, who was living with the James Cole family in the 1850 census, died in 1854. They are buried in Bush Cemetery in Dayton. [contributed; Susan Clawson]
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Sons of American Revolution Applications, list William Bush as the son of Daniel & Sally Bush of Westfield, Mass.
-Children of William & Elizabeth:
John Bush
Jared Bush 1809–1847
David S Bush 1811–1843
Ezra Bush 1814–1870
Elizabeth Bush 1815–1846
Luther Bush 1818–1847
William S Bush 1826–
Orlando Bush 1829–1889
--William Bush (1780–1854) was born near Sheffield, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Stevens, and about 1812, with four children, the family moved to Oswego County, New York, where three more children were born. About 1816, with Elizabeth's mother, Abigail Fairchild Stevens, they moved to Indiana, settling at Connorsville, now in Fayette County. There Bush erected a mill. In 1819, Bush and several families left the Connorsville area and moved 60 miles northwest to land south of Noblesville, Hamilton County, near the site developed today as Connor Prairie. Where Stony Creek flows into the White River they established a settlement known as Horseshoe Prairie. In Hamilton County, Bush was elected Justice of the Peace, met at William Connor's house to set up the county government, and served on the first grand jury.
In the fall of 1824, the Bush family (now with seven children) moved to the area where Dayton, Indiana is now located. Here their last child were born. Richard DeHart, in Past and Present, states that Bush bought 1500 acres of land in Tippecanoe County, although records show only 160 entered in Sheffield township. Soon after their arrival in the fall of 1824, the family constructed a log cabin overlooking the Wild Cat Valley. Nearby they established a family cemetery.
The traditional date for the founding of Dayton is 1827, and it seems likely that settlement was underway by that date, at least along Bush's side of the road, making him the founder of Dayton. In 1829 he platted the town of Marquis, a single row of houses along the south side of present State Road 38, called Lafayette Street in his plat. In the middle of Bush's 16-lot plat was an unplatted block known as Fancher's Acre. On the same day in 1829, Dr. Timothy Horram filed a plat for the town of Fairfield on the north side of the road. A few years later, David Gregory would plat a third section, and the three plats would be joined to form the beginning of the town of Dayton.
At the first election, probably in the spring of 1825, William, who was known as "Squire" Bush, was elected Justice of the Peace. When the county was organized in 1826, he was elected president of the County Board of Justices (Board of Justices Record, Vol. A, pp. 1-4, cited in Indiana Inventory 9). This Board appointed road viewers, and in these early years it was also responsible for poor relief. Sometime later Bush was reimbursed $10.69 for "provisions" he furnished the family of J. Bolser when they were sick (vol. B, p. 53, in Indiana Inventory 15). When Sheffield township was set up in 1829, William Bush may have suggested the name, since it was the name of his birthplace.
William Bush was a Mason and a Whig. The Bushes were Methodists, and visiting Methodist circuit riders usually stayed in their cabin. William and Elizabeth Bush had 8 children, one of whom (Orlando) became a doctor who practiced in Dayton before moving to Illinois. Elizabeth Stevens Bush died in 1846, and William, who was living with the James Cole family in the 1850 census, died in 1854. They are buried in Bush Cemetery in Dayton. [contributed; Susan Clawson]
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Sons of American Revolution Applications, list William Bush as the son of Daniel & Sally Bush of Westfield, Mass.
-Children of William & Elizabeth:
John Bush
Jared Bush 1809–1847
David S Bush 1811–1843
Ezra Bush 1814–1870
Elizabeth Bush 1815–1846
Luther Bush 1818–1847
William S Bush 1826–
Orlando Bush 1829–1889
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Age 74 years. Husband of Elizabeth Bush
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