Schuyler County Missouri Biographies

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Schuyler County Missouri

George Bush

George Bush, sheriff of Schuyler County, is a native of Bradford County, Penn., and was born in 1840. His father, Jonathan Bush, was of French and English descent, and born in Rhode Island in 1809, and was a carpenter and millwright by trade. When seventeen years old he went to Bradford County, Penn., and was married in 1839. In 1859 he immigrated to Schuyler County, Mo., and located in Independence Township. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army, and served one year. In 1866 he moved to Howard County, Mo., where he died in 1884. His wife, Fannie (Beach) Bush, was of French descent, and was born in Bradford County, Penn., in 1821. She is now living in Howard County, Mo.

Our subject was the oldest of six children, and accompanied his parents to Schuyler County in 1859. During his youth he was educated at the common schools in Pennsylvania, and when becoming of age began life as a farmer. He served in the Southern army two years during the late war, and after that engaged in farming in Howard County. In 1872 he returned to Schuyler County, and farmed about ten years. From 1877 to 1884 he clerked in a general store at Downing, and was then elected sheriff of Schuyler County. He was re-elected in 1886, and is now efficiently and faithfully discharging the duties of that office.

In November, 1863, he wedded Mary (Pruner) Carroll, daughter of Christopher Carroll. This lady was born in Schuyler County, Mo., in 1842, and is the mother of nine children, seven of whom are living: Fannie (wife of Charles Peterson), Mary E. (now Mrs. Cox), Lina, Annie, Minnie, De Witt and Carroll.

In politics Mr. Bush is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for John C. Breckinridge in 1868.

Source: History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam and Schuyler Counties, Missouri, Volume 2, Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888

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