We have a little additional information to add to this as at the time of the post, we did not know when the son Charles E. Bushong died or where Charles and Eddie were buried. I received some material in the mail from the library at Findlay which told me. FOUR KNOWN CHILDREN: 1. Charles E. Bushong Born: 1869 Died: 8 August, 1884 Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Portage Township, Hancock County, Ohio with his parents William and Eliza (Seitz) Bushong. 2. Peter Edward "Eddie" Bushong Born: January 1870 Died: 14 March 1884, Jackson Township, Wood County, Ohio, Aged 14 years Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Portage Township, Hancock County, Ohio with his parents William and Eliza (Seitz) Bushong 3. Harry A. Bushong Born: 18 September 1876 Married Ora Alice Foust 4. Sylvia Maud Bushong Born: December 1879 Married Wallace C. Sites --------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong

Boschong Subscribers, I am thinking that Andrew Bushon who lived in Hancock County, Ohio was the son of John Bushong and Eleanor Rush. I believe that possibly Andrew was raised by other relatives in Columbiana County because of the death of his mother Eleanor Rush when he was young. MY THINKING: John Bushong married Eleanor Rush in 1816 They had 6 children. Julia Bushong who married Samuel VanVoorhis is the only one that has been identified, isn't that correct? According to census records they had a child born around 1819 which could have been Andrew. John's grandfather was Andrew Bushong of VA & KY thus the naming of the son Andrew. Andrew Bushon was born in 1819 and married three times. His mother Eleanor died before 1831 and in the 1830 census there is no mother. Then most of his family moved away from Ohio and that is why there doesn't seem to be much family connection. -------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong

Ross County Ohio Marriage Returns License Issued 10 May 1816 The State of Ohio, Ross County ss I do hereby certify that on the 12th instituted, I joined together in the holy state of matrimony John Bishong Junior and Eleanor Rush. Given under my hand and seal this 23 day of May 1816. John Johnston, Justice of the Peace Received and Recorded 23 May 1816. ------------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong

Okay Boschong Subscribers, Pay attention. Are we sure beyond a shadow of a doubt that Andrew Bushon is the son of Daniel Bushong of Columbiana County, Ohio? When we recently found the marriage record for Julia Bushong who married Samuel VanVoris (VanVoorhis) I also discovered something else rather interesting. Samuel was the son of John Van Voorhis and Lea Monfort as in the surname Morfoot as in second wife of Andrew Bushon. Reportedly Julia Bushong was the daughter of John Bushong and Eleanor Rush. Hmmmmmmm. ---------------------------- LOGAN COUNTY OHIO MARRIAGE RETURNS License obtained on 20th August 1838. This is to certify that on the 23rd day of August 1838, I joined together in Holy Matrimony, Samuel VanVoris and Julia Bushong. Returned this 12 day of November 1838, Caleb Ballinger ----------------------------- ANDREW BUSHON Born: 3 April 1819, Columbiana County, Ohio Died: 22 April 1902, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio Buried: 25 April 1902, Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio Married Three times M/2: MRS. ELIZABETH J. (MORFOTT/MORFOOT) GRAHAM (Widow) Marriage Date: 11 June 1885, Columbiana County, Ohio Born: About 1829, possibly Columbiana County, Ohio Died: 6 March 1886, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio Burial: New Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio with first husband Her first marriage to Albert G. Graham shows her maiden name as Morfott. MARRIAGE RETURNS OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY OHIO Returned 12 April 1850 The State of Ohio. Columbiana County: I certify that on the 26th day of March 1850 Mr. Albert G. Graham and Miss Elizabeth J. Morfott were by me legally joined in marriage. Cabet Hawley, Justice of the Peace, Seal ----------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong

Boschong Subscribers, Right along with the marriage record of Simon Miller to Catharine Bushon from the previous post, we have Catharine Miller married to John Bushon also in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Are Catharine Miller and Simon Miller sister and brother and John Bushon and Catharine Bushon brother and sister? If so, then who the heck are their parents??? Tuscarawas County is the next county over from Stark and Carroll County in Ohio. I know these three counties well since my ancestors on my mother's side lived there very early on, the Wadsworths, McLaughlins, Boyds, and Finefrocks. My great great grandfather Jacob Runk Wadsworth was a saddler and mayor of Magnolia at one time. ---------------------------- TUSCARAWAS COUNTY OHIO MARRIAGE RETURNS Page 181, #1441 State of Ohio, Tuscarawas County ss I hereby certify that on the 13th day of October 1831, by virtue of a license from the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, I joined in the Holy State of Matrimony, John Bushon and Catherine Miller. John Fashbaugh, Justice of the Peace -------------- I could not find John and Catharine in the 1850 census but I did find a John Bushon in Tuscarawas County in 1850 but he was born around 1827, before John Bushon married Catharine Miller in 1831. Could he be a son from a previous marriage? So much yet to know about the Ohio Bushongs! 1850 Federal Census: Ohio Uhrichsville Mill Township, Tuscarawas County Enumerated 30 August 1850 Page 292A Line 17, HH 1/1 Boarding with David Uhlrich, Landlord John Bushon 23/Male/Physician/OH ----------------- There is a J. H. Bushon in the 1860 census in Harrison Township, Van Wert County who could be the above John Bushon. He is age 33 years and born in Ohio. FHC does not allow you to view the census and they don't state what his occupation was. If this is him, I couldn't find him after the 1860 census. -------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong

Boschong Subscribers, There is so much we still don't know about the early Pennsylvania Bushongs. Found Simon Miller and Catharine Bushong in the 1850 census living in the next county over from Tuscarawas County in Ohio. There is a Simon Miller in the 1860 census in Monroe Township, Coshocton County, age 62 but since I can't view the page, I am not sure this is the same man. --------------------------- TUSCARAWAS COUNTY OHIO MARRIAGE RETURNS Page 207, #1653 State of Ohio, Tuscarawas County ss I hereby certify that on the 29th day of March 1832, by virtue of a license from the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, I joined in Holy Matrimony, Simon Miller and Catherine Bushon. John Fashbaugh, Justice of the Peace -------------------------- 1850 Federal Census: Ohio Jefferson Township, District 26, Coshocton County Enumerated 16 August 1850 Page 169A Lines 5-8, HH 83/83 Simon Miller 52/Male/Farmer/$100/PA Catharine Miller 40/Female/PA Adam Miller 17/Male/AttendedSchool/OH Nathaniel Miller 9/Male/AttendedSchool/OH ---------------------------- I found this post from Mary Paine on AncientFaces.com but I am not going to sign up for it just to get her e-mail address. This post gives us additional information about the family and thought it was interesting that one of the children in the family was named Ora. now all we have to do is figure out who Catherine Bushong is! "My great great grandfather was Simon Miller, b.1798 in Pennsylvania. He married Catherine Bushon on March 29, 1832 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. I have census records showing them living in Coshocton County, Ohio and Tuscarawas County, Ohio. They had one son named Adam Miller, b. September 9, 1832 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio and died December 18, 1899 in Ohio. Adam's first wife was Edith Sylvania Younker (1836-1877). His second wife, my great grandmother, was Phoebe Anne Leavengood, b. December 21, 1847 - d. January 2, 1931. They were married November 29, 1877 in Blissfield, Ohio. They had two children: Frank Wellington (1880-1956) and Ora Emmaline (1878-1964). I have not been able to locate Simon's parents. I believe that they were from Pennyslvania. I also have not been able to find Catherine Bushon's parents. I am at a dead end. I would appreciate any information anyone would be able to share." ---------------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong

Thanks Phyllis, I checked the posts for April 2006 and that information is on there although I hadn't taken the time to verify that her maiden name was Clark. Glad you did that. I had forgotten what Lottie's husband's first name was but that is in the posts too. Gloria

Boschong Subscribers, I received this from a subscriber who will remain anonymous. Gloria ---------------------- Gloria, when my husband and I visited Kentucky in 2009 we met and spoke with Will “Bandy” Bushong’s son Andy. Andy’s given name is John William though he goes by Andy. The comment made by Gramagator about Will’s nickname not making sense, tends to be true in this family. How can you have the nickname of Andy and your name is John? By the way Will Bandy’s son Andy Bushong is now the pharmacist in Tompkinsville, and is the last male descendant living on the land owned by the Bushong family. ----------------- Subscribers, I am thinking that there was not a mistake on his nickname being Bandy. Possibly one of the small children in the family couldn't pronounce Randy so it became "Bandy." I know for a fact that there are some very strange nicknames in the Bushong family. Gloria B.

His wife's name was Mary Ann Clark. Their daughter Lottie also has the middle name of Ann. Lottie married William Henry Harrison Ibbetson Jr. Phyllis In a message dated 5/24/2011 2:50:55 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Okay, I went back and looked at what I had researched on John Wesley Bushong the son of Jospeh Long Bushong. I remember spending a lot of time on him and filling in a lot of blanks for Phyllis. I suppose some people who don't know how to research might mix them up. LOL Check the BOSCHONG Archives for April 2006 and August 2010 for the information on John Wesley Bushong, s/o Joseph Long Bushong and Lydia Zaring. JOHN WESLEY BUSHONG Born: 4 July 1855, son of Joseph Long Bushong and Lydia Zaring Died: 28 August 1888, Custer County, Nebraska Married: Mary (Maiden name Unknown) 1 child named Charlotte "Lottie" Bushong Charlotte Bushong married an Ibbitson Mary remarried for a second time to Rev. William C. Miller after the death of her husband. They had one son named Robert Miller. Mary died in March 1945. John Wesley Bushong, along with his father Joseph Long Bushong and other family members, are buried in Eastside Cemetery, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas. One thing that suddenly hit me when I was looking over this old research from 2006. John Wesley Bushong's land was foreclosed on in Nebraska about the same time that cousin Benjamin Franklin "Frank" John Bushong's land (Battlefield family) was being foreclosed on in Nebraska because of a terrible drought that hit the land in the 1890's. John died but Frank went back to New Market, Virginia where he lived the rest of his life until he died in 1927. -------------------- JOHN WESLEY BUSHONG Born: February 1844, son of Jacob Bushong and Elizabeth Bohart Died: 20 November 1922, Alabama Married: Hannah Adele Dorsey They had two children but none lived past infancy. ---------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Okay, I went back and looked at what I had researched on John Wesley Bushong the son of Jospeh Long Bushong. I remember spending a lot of time on him and filling in a lot of blanks for Phyllis. I suppose some people who don't know how to research might mix them up. LOL Check the BOSCHONG Archives for April 2006 and August 2010 for the information on John Wesley Bushong, s/o Joseph Long Bushong and Lydia Zaring. JOHN WESLEY BUSHONG Born: 4 July 1855, son of Joseph Long Bushong and Lydia Zaring Died: 28 August 1888, Custer County, Nebraska Married: Mary (Maiden name Unknown) 1 child named Charlotte "Lottie" Bushong Charlotte Bushong married an Ibbitson Mary remarried for a second time to Rev. William C. Miller after the death of her husband. They had one son named Robert Miller. Mary died in March 1945. John Wesley Bushong, along with his father Joseph Long Bushong and other family members, are buried in Eastside Cemetery, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas. One thing that suddenly hit me when I was looking over this old research from 2006. John Wesley Bushong's land was foreclosed on in Nebraska about the same time that cousin Benjamin Franklin "Frank" John Bushong's land (Battlefield family) was being foreclosed on in Nebraska because of a terrible drought that hit the land in the 1890's. John died but Frank went back to New Market, Virginia where he lived the rest of his life until he died in 1927. -------------------- JOHN WESLEY BUSHONG Born: February 1844, son of Jacob Bushong and Elizabeth Bohart Died: 20 November 1922, Alabama Married: Hannah Adele Dorsey They had two children but none lived past infancy. ---------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong

In a message dated 5/20/2011 6:45:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: M/1: SARAH WESLEY Marriage Date: Unknown Born: About 1819 Died: 19 July 1884, Hancock County, Ohio, Age about 64 years Burial: 19 July 1884, Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio --------------------------- Oh Happy Day Boschong Subscribers, New Information!! Just received a telephone call from Maple Grove Cemetery with a reading from the tombstone about Sarah (Wesley) Bushon, wife of Andrew Bushon. There is a large tombstone which has Andrew, wife Sarah and son Orange inscribed on it. Now we know when Sarah Wesley, the wife of Andrew Bushon was born. We still have no marriage record but sooner or later, it will turn up. Here is the new information: M/1: SARAH WESLEY Marriage Date: Unknown Born: 23 January 1821 Died: 19 July 1884, Hancock County, Ohio, Aged 63 years 5 months 27 days Burial: 19 July 1884, Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio. --------------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong

HARRY A. BUSHONG Born: 18 September 1876, Putnam County to William J. Bushong & Eliza Seitz Died: Between 1930 and 1944 Buried: McComb Union Cemetery, Hancock County, Ohio Married: 30 December 1906, Henry County, Ohio to Alice Ora Foust by Rev. J. W. Hicks ALICE ORA FOUST Born: August 1879, Hancock County, Ohio, d/o Amos Foust and Mary Flick Died: 1944 Burial: McComb Union Cemetery, Hancock County, Ohio -------------------------- 1880 Federal Census: Ohio Blanchard Township, ED 137, Putnam County Enumerated 10 June 1880 Page 387C Lines 46-50, HH 126/133 William Bushong White/Male/37/Married/Farmer/OH/OH/OH Eliza Bushong White/Female/36/Wife/KeepingHouse/OH/OH/OH Charles E. Bushong White/Male/14/Son/AttendedSchool/Farmer/OH Peter E. Bushong White/Male/10/Son/AttendedSchool/OH HARRY A. BUSHONG White/Male/3/Son/OH Sylva M. Bushong White/Female/6mosBornDecember/OH ----- 1880 Federal Census: Ohio Union Township, ED 181, Hancock County Enumerated 12 June 1880 Page 454D Lines 43-47, HH 230/239 Amos Foust White/Male/46/Married/NoOccupationListed/PA/PA/PA Mary Foust White/Female/35/Wife/KeepingHouse/OH/OH/OH Thomas M. Foust White/Male/12/Son/AttendedSchool/OH/PA/OH {Thomas Melvin Foust} Cora Foust White/Female/10/Dau/AttendedSchool/OH/PA/OH ORA A. FOUST White/Female/9mosBornAugust/Dau/OH/PA/OH -------------------------- 1900 Federal Census: Ohio Bartelow Township, ED 20, Henry County Enumerated 20 & 21 June 1900 Page 11A, Sheet 11 Lines 4-7, HH 200/200 Amos Foust Head/W/M/April1834/66/Md32yrs/Farmer/MtgFarm/PA/PA/PA Mary Foust Wife/W/F/Aug1844/55/4children4living/OH/OH/OH ORA A. FOUST Dau/W/F/Aug1879/Single/OH/PA/OH John E. Foust Son/W/M/May1881/19/Single/FarmLaborer/OH/PA/OH 1900 Federal Census: CANNOT NOT FIND HARRY A. BUSHONG Harry where are you? ------ SON OF AMOS FOUST AND MARY FLICK 1900 Federal Census: Ohio Jackson Township, ED 144, Wells County Enumerated 14 June 1900 Page 106A, Sheet 10 Lines 42-44, HH 195/197 James Long Head/W/M/Oct1876/23/Single/RentsHm/OilLaborer/PA/PA/PA Frederick Butler Partner/W/M/Jan1873/27/Single/OilLaborer/OH/OH/OH MELVIN T. FOUST Partner/W/M/Feb1868/32/Single/OilLaborer/OH/PA/OH {Thomas Melvin Foust} ------------------------ Henry County Ohio Marriage Application and Return #1764 Married: 30 December 1906, Henry County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Hicks, Minister of the Gospel Groom: Harry A. Bushong, Age 29, Born Putnam County Residence: Martinsville, Illinois {Clark County} Occupation: Oil Worker Single Father: William J. Bushong Mother: Eliza Seitz Bride: Ora A. Foust, Age 27, Born Hancock County, Ohio Residence: Butlow Township, Henry County, Ohio Occupation: Housekeeper Single Father: Amos Foust Mother: Mary Flick -------------------------- 1910 Federal Census: Ohio Bartlow Township, ED 22, Henry County Enumerated 9 May 1910 Page 12B, Sheet 12 Lines 57-61, 229/230 Thomas M. Foust Head/M/W/42/Single/OwnsHmFree/LaborerOilField/OH/PA/OH {Thomas Melvin} Mary Foust Mother/F/W/65/Widowed/4children4living/OH/OH/VA HARRY A. BUSHONG BrotherInLaw/M/W/33/Md3yrs/GeneralFarmer/OH/OH/OH Ora A. Bushong Sister/F/W/30/1child1living/OH/PA/OH Herman L. Bushong Nephew/M/W/3mos/OH/OH/OH ------------------------- 1920 Federal Census: Ohio Bartlow Township, ED 48, Henry County Enumerated 7 & 8 January 1920 Page 1A, Sheet 1 Lines 24-28, HH FM/8/8 Harry Bushong Head/RentsHm/M/W/43/Married/GeneralFarmer/OH/OH/OH Ora Bushong Wife/F/W/40/OH/OH/OH Carmen Bushong Dau/F/W/10/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH Mary Foust MotherInLaw/F/W/75/Widowed/OH/OH/OH Melvin Foust BrotherInLaw/M/W/50/Single/ForemanOilRefinery/OH/OH/OH -------------------------- Melvin Thomas Foust died 5 April 1921 in Henry County, Ohio --------------------------- 1930 Federal Census: Ohio Defiance Township & City, ED 20-4, Defiance County Enumerated 2 April 1930 Page 79A, Sheet 1 Lines 26-32, HH 412/7/7 Frank G. Blue Head/OwnsHm$2700/M/W/63/MdAge29/SalesmanCrushedStone/OH/OH/OH Carrie Blue Wife/Female/White/60/MdAge21/OH/OH/OH Marjorie Blue Dau/F/W/23/Single/Single/PublicSchoolTeacher/OH/OH/OH HARRY BUSHONG BrotherInLaw/M/W/53/MdAge30/LaborerStateHwy/OH/OH/OH Ora Bushong SisterInLaw/F/W/50/MdAge27/OH/PA/OH Virginia Bushong Niece/Female/White/4/OH/OH/OH Mary Foust MotherInLaw/F/W/83/Widowed/MdAge22/OH/OH/OH ----------------------------- Allen County Ohio Deaths Name: Ora Alice Bushong Died: 22 January 1944, Lima, Allen County, Ohio Female, White, Widowed, Housekeeper, Aged 64 years 5 months 3 days Residence: Putnam County, Ohio Burial: 25 January 1944, McComb, Hancock County, Ohio Born: 19 August 1879, Rawson, Putnam County, Ohio Father: Amos Foust, Born Pennsylvania Mother: Mary Flick, Born Lancaster, Ohio {Fairfield County} NOTE: Since I don't believe in coincidences and believe that family stuck together, somehow the S. J. Foust who witnessed the 1869 Will of John Bushong of Stark County, Ohio is related to Amos Foust father of Ora Alice Foust married to Harry A. Bushong who was the grandson of Jacob Bushong and Elizabeth Bohart. See BOSCHONG Archives for April 2007 for 1869 Will of John. ----------------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong

I'm confused. Are you saying that the John Wesley Bushong who died in Alabama belongs to Joseph Long Bushong and not Jacob Bushong as the death record indicates? I thought I made the post pretty clear. Just copied what was in the census records as far was birth places but they did seem to be confused on occasions as to where their parents were born Ohio vs Germany and Ohio vs Virginia. Were any of the census for your James Wesley Bushong? My head is spinning. I am still working on further posts about the children of William J. Bushong and Eliza Seitz. Trying to find their son Harry A. Bushong in the 1900 census. Found him in all the others, just not that one. When he married in 1906 he was living in Clark County, Illinois but still haven't found him. Gloria

Are you getting my John Wesley Bushong mixed up with this one? His father Joseph Long Bushong was b, VA & his mother Lydia Ann Zaring was b. IN. I sometimes think the children got mixed up on their family history...alot!! hehehe In a message dated 5/23/2011 4:32:51 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Boschong Subscribers, This is the obit for Elisabeth Bohart Bushong as far as we can tell. There are a few inconsistencies in this research and we cannot for the life of us figure out why John Wesley Bushong kept stating his father was born in Virginia and mother born in Germany when they were both born in Ohio.

Boschong Subscribers, We received the obit for Eliza (Seitz) Bushong in the mail yesterday so decided to add more information along with the obit The only son of this couple that we have not nailed down is first born son Charles E. Bushong. We don't know what happened to him. Does anyone know? ------------ The Sentinel Tribune Wood County, Ohio Saturday, 7 January 1922 Page 7, Column 4 MRS. ELIZA BUSHONG After many years of sickness, Mrs. Eliza Bushong died at the home of her son-in-law, Wallace Sites, on the Charles Roberts farm just over the Hancock county line, Saturday. She was aged 78 years, 1 month and 27 days at her demise. Funeral services were held at the Pleasant Hill church, Monday afternoon at two o'clock. Rev. Kidwell, of Findlay, officiating. Burial was made at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. (North Baltimore Beacon) -------------- Check the BOSCHONG Archives for July 2009 for documents on Heirs of Jacob Bushong. William J. Bushong is not mentioned because he died within two months of his father's death Jacob having died in March 1884 and the son William having died in May 1884 and the Letters of Administration were probably applied before after May 1884. We don't remember seeing a date on them. ------------- WILLIAM J. BUSHONG MARRIED TO ELIZA M. SEITZ WILLIAM J. BUSHONG Born: 9 April 1843, Hancock County, Ohio, s/o Jacob Bushong & Elizabeth Bohart Died: 25 May 1884, Hancock County, Ohio Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, McComb, Hancock County, Ohio Married: 3 April 1864, Hancock County, Ohio to Eliza M. Seitz ELIZA M. SEITZ Born:4 November 1843, Seneca County, Ohio, d/o Peter Seitz and Rebecca Spitler Died:31 December 1921, Hancock County, Ohio Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, McComb, Hancock County, Ohio --------------------------- FOUR KNOWN CHILDREN: 1. Charles E. Bushong Born: 1869 Died: Unknown at this point in time. 2. Peter Edward "Eddie" Bushong Born: January 1870 Died: 14 March 1884, Jackson Township, Wood County, Ohio, Aged 14 years 3. Harry A. Bushong Born: 18 September 1876 Married Ora Alice Foust 4. Sylvia Maud Bushong Born: December 1879 Married Wallace C. Sites ------------- 1850 Federal Census: Ohio Portage Township, District 48, Hancock County Enumerated 23 July 1850 Page 41 Lines 14-25, HH 31/31 Jacob Bushong 43/Male/Farmer/$2000/OH Elizabeth Bushong 40/Female/OH Catharine A. Bushong 20/Female/OH Andrew Bushong 19/Male/Farmer/AttendedSchool/OH Madison Bushong 17/Male/Farmer/AttendedSchool/OH Angeline Bushong 14/Female/AttendedSchool/OH Delilah Bushong 12/Female/AttendedSchool/OH Elizabeth Bushong 10/Female/AttendedSchool/OH WILLIAM J. BUSHONG 8/Male/AttendedSchool/OH John Westly Bushong 6/Male/AttendedSchool/OH Martha Jane Bushong 4/Female/OH Emily Selina Bushong 1/Female/OH ------------- 1860 Federal Census: Ohio Portage Township, Hancock County Enumerated 21 July 1860 Page 91B & 92A Lines 38-40 & 1-5 Jacob Bushong 54/Male/White/Farmer/OH Elizabeth Bushong 52/Female/White/OH {Elizabeth Bohart} WILLIAM J. BUSHONG 17/Male/White/WorksOnFarmOH John W. Bushong 15/Male/White/AttendedSchool/OH Martha J. Bushong 13/Female/White/AttendedSchool/OH Emily S. Bushong 11/Female/White/AttendedSchool/OH Alvira Bushong 9/Female/White/AttendedSchool/OH Sylvester L. Bushong 6/Male/White/AttendedSchool/OH -------------- Hancock County Ohio Marriage Returns #70 State of Ohio Hancock County ss I certify that on the 3rd day of April A.D. 1864 William J. Bushong and Eliza M. Seitze were legally joined in marriage by me, a Justice of the Peace. John Edgerington, JP -------------- 1870 Federal Census: Ohio Portage Township, PO Findlay, Hancock County Enumerated 11 June 1870 Page 253B Lines 24-27, HH 89/89 William J. Bushong 26/Male/White/Farmer/----$250/OH Eliza M. Bushong 25/Female/White/KeepingHouse/OH Charles E. Bushong 1/Male/White/OH Peter Bushong 4mosBornJanuary/Male/White/OH -------------------- 1880 Federal Census: Ohio Blanchard Township, ED 137, Putnam County Enumerated 10 June 1880 Page 387C Lines 46-50, HH 126/133 William Bushong White/Male/37/Married/Farmer/OH/OH/OH Eliza Bushong White/Female/36/Wife/KeepingHouse/OH/OH/OH Charles E. Bushong White/Male/14/Son/AttendedSchool/Farmer/OH Peter E. Bushong White/Male/10/Son/AttendedSchool/OH HARRY A. BUSHONG White/Male/3/Son/OH Sylva M. Bushong White/Female/6mosBornDecember/OH {Future wife of Wallace Sites} ------------- William J. Bushong died 25 May 1884 and is buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, McComb, Hancock County, Ohio. He is not named in his father Jacob's Estate since he died two months after his father. Application for Letters of Administration The State of Ohio Hancock County, ss In Probate Court A. J. Bushong, being duly sworn, says that Jacob Bushong a resident of the Township of Allen in said County, died on or about the 26 day of March, A.D., 1884, and that there is not, to the knowledge of this affiant, any last Will and Testament of said decedent; that the said Decedent died leaving Elizabeth Bushong his widow and the following persons his only heirs at law: Catharine Deter {Catharine Bushong wife of James Deter} A. J. Bushong {Andrew J. Bushong married Abigail E. Kimmel} J. M. Bushong {James Madison Bushong married Elizabeth Foreman & Julia Whitney} Angeline Warner {Angeline Bushong married Daniel Warner} Delila Greek {Delilah Bushong married John Greek} Mrs. Wm. Spitler {Susan Elizabeth Bushong married William Spitler} Mrs. Dallas Barnd {Emily S. Bushong married John Dallas Barnd} J. W. Bushong {John Wesley Bushong married Hannah Adele Dorsey} Mrs. Elvira Trout {Elvira Bushong married Alvin Samuel Trout} Mrs. J. Spitler {Martha Jane Bushong married Israel Spitler} W. J. Spitler {Cannot identify} Sylvester E. Bushong {Sylvester E. L. Bushong} ------------------------------ Hancock County Ohio Death Certificate #68963 Name: Eliza Bushong Female, White, Widowed, Aged 78 years 1 month 27 days Invalid Died: 31 December 1921, Allen Township, Hancock County, Ohio Burial: 2 January 1922, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, McComb, Hancock County, Ohio Born: 4 November 1843, Seneca County, Ohio Father: Peter Seitz, born Hancock County, Ohio Mother: Rebecca Spitler, born Hancock County, Ohio ------------------------------ Wallace C. Sites married Maud Bushong. HANCOCK COUNTY OHIO MARRIAGE RETURNS State of Ohio Hancock County ss #309 I certify that on the 25th day of October A.D. 1896 Wallace Sites and Maud Bushong were legally joined in marriage by me, a minister of the gospel. Rev. R. Trask ------------------------------------- TO BE CONTINUED: Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong

Boschong Subscribers, This is the obit for Elisabeth Bohart Bushong as far as we can tell. There are a few inconsistencies in this research and we cannot for the life of us figure out why John Wesley Bushong kept stating his father was born in Virginia and mother born in Germany when they were both born in Ohio. ------------------- North Baltimore Weekly Beacon North Baltimore, Wood County, Ohio Thursday, 3 September 1885 Page 3, Column 4 DIED Mrs. Jacob Bushong, mother of J. W. Bushong died at her home in Portage township, Hancock county on Monday evening. The funeral services were held at the late residence on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. The services were conducted by Rev. W. A. Echols. Mrs. Bushong was one of the oldest residents of Portage township, and was highly respected by all who knew her. She leaves a number of relatives and a large circle of friends to mourn her death. She was in her seventy-seventh year. -------------------- ELIZABETH BOHART Born: 1808, Ohio Married: 7 June 1827, Columbiana County, Ohio to Jacob Bushong Died: 31 August 1885, Portage Township, Hancock County, Ohio Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, McComb, Hancock County, Ohio JACOB BUSHONG Born: 7 February 1806, Ohio Died: 25 March 1884, Hancock County, Ohio Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, McComb, Hancock County, Ohio COLUMBIANA COUNTY OHIO MARRIAGE RETURNS The State of Ohio Columbiana County ss I do hereby certify that on the 7th June last I solemnized the marriage contract between Jacob Bushong and Elisabeth Bohart both of Columbiana County. George Hewit, Justice of the Peace 8th August 1827 Returned 28 August 1827 and Recorded by H. Potter, Clerk {Horace Potter} ----------------------- NOTE: The J. W. Bushong referred to in the obit would be John Wesley Bushong who died in Alabama in 1922. ------------------------- Alabama Death Records Name: John Wesley Bushong Date of Death: 20 November 1922 Place of Death: Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama Male, White, Married, Salesman, Place of Burial: 21 November 1922, Citronelle, Alabama Born: 1844 Place of Birth: Ohio Father: Jacob Bushong, Born Virginia Mother: Elizabeth Bohart, Born Germany --------- 1860 Federal Census: Ohio Portage Township, PO Van Buren, Hancock County Enumerated 21 July 1860 Page 91B and 92A Lines 38-40 and 1-5, HH 1308/1268 Jacob Bushong 54/Male/Farmer/OH Elizabeth Bushong 52/Female/OH William J. Bushong 17/Male/LaborerForFarmer/AttendedSchool/OH John W. Bushong 15/Male/AttendedSchool/OH Martha J. Bushong 13/Female/AttendedSchool/OH Emily S. Bushong 11/Female/AttendedSchool/OH Almira Bushong 9/Female/AttendedSchool/OH Sylvester L. Bushong 6/Male/AttendedSchool/OH --------- 1870 Federal Census: Ohio Portage Township, Hancock County Enumertaed 16 June 1870 Page 251A Lines 26-27, HH 50/50 Wessley Bushong 26/Male/White/Farmer/$600-$300/OH Hannah A. Bushong 21/Female/White/KeepingHouse/OH ---------------------------- 1880 Federal Census: Ohio North Batlitmore, ED 90, Wood County Enumerated 2 June 1880 Page 43A Lines 25-27, HH 41/41 Main Street J. W. Bushong White/Male/35/Married/Clerk/OH/VA/OH Hannah A. Bushong White/Female/32/Wife/KeepingHouse/OH/PA/PA Margaret Dorsey White/Female/68/Mother-In-Law/Widowed/PA/Unknown/Unknown --------- 1900 Federal Census: Alabama Citronelle, Precinct 1, ED 79, Mobile County Enumerated 2 June 1900 Page 2A, Sheet 2 Lines 6-7, HH 26/26 Station Street John W. Bushong Head/White/Male/Feb1844/56/Md33yrs/DryGoodsMerchant/OwnHmFree/OH/VA/OH Adele Bushong Wife/White/Female/June1847/52/NoChildrenLiving/OH/PA/PA --------- 1910 Federal Census: Alabama Precinct 1, Citronelle, Mobile County Enumerated 22 April 1910 Page 7A, Sheet 7 Lines 31-32, HH 164/167 John W. Bushong Head/Male/White/65/Md42yrs/MerchantDryGoods/OwnsMtgHm/OH/VA/Germany Hannah A. Bushong Wife/Female/White/61/2children0living/OH/PA/PA ---------- 1920 Federal Census: Alabama Citronelle Village, Precinct 1, ED 73, Mobile County Enumerated --January 1920 Page 17A, Sheet 4 Lines 15-16, HH FM/78/84 Fifth Street John W. Bushong Head/RentsHm/M/W/74/Md/RetiredMerchant/OH/VA/Germany Hannah Bushong Wife/Female/White/72/OH/PA/PA ------------ Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong

Boschong Subscribers, We received a bunch of Deeds in the mail Saturday for African American William Bushon of Clinton County, Ohio. We know there is a tie to him through the Sullivan County, Bushongs as I don't believe in coincidence. I sent my information to the Tennessee State Archives but haven't heard back yet. --------------- 1860 Federal Census: Tennessee Civil District 4, PO Beaver Creek, Sullivan County Enumerated 18 June 1860 Page 35-36 Lines 5-8 HH 237/234 and Lines 9-15 HH 238/235 Hugh Millard 59/Male/Farmer/$1000-$700/TN Elizabeth Millard 52/Female/HouseKeeper/TN Anderson Millard 37/Male/FarmLaborer/TN James Whisman 21/Male/FarmLaborer/TN NEXT HOUSEHOLD David Bushong 60/Male/Farmer/$6000-$1000/TN Dorcus E. Bushong 45/Female/HouseKeeper/VA Harriet E. Bushong 21/Female/Housekeeper/TN David Bushong 18/Male/FarmLaborer/TN {Future father of Joseph William with Will} Josiah Bushong 18/Male/FarmLaborer/TN John Bushong 16/Male/FarmLaborer/TN Nancy E. CROCKETT 8/Female/TN ------------------------- 1880 Federal Census: Tennessee Bristol, Sullivan County Page 524A Charley Crackell Self/70/Male/Black/Married/VA/TN/MS Milly Crackell Wife/66/Female/Black/KeepsHouse/TN/TN/TN Charley Crackell GrandSon/6/Male/Black/VA/TN/MS JOHN BUSHONG Male/70/Widowed/Black/Laborer/VA/VA/VA {Somehow related to William Bushon of Clinton County, Ohio, we are pretty sure} ------------------------- Clinton County Ohio Deed Book 17 Page 469 - 470 4 October 1870 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That I, Evaline Crockett of the county of Clinton in Consideration of the sum of One Dollar in hand paid by William Bushon of the same place do freely remise, release and forever Quit Claim unto the said William Bushon his heirs and assigns forever, all my title, interest and estate legal and Equita in the following premises with the appurtenances situate in the County of Clinton Ohio and bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a Stone corner of Thomas S. Jacksons land in the Center of the road and in the line of Henry Crampton land thence with said road and line of Thomas S. Jacksons South 86 degrees East 59 and 76 one hundreds poles corner to Eva Crockett's land thence with the line North 45 East 51 and 12 one hundreds poles to a corner in S. J. Spencer line thence North 89 degrees West 89 and 60 one hundreds 59 and 99 one hundreds poles to a corner to S. J. Spencers thence South 1 degree 50 West 47 and 32 one hundreds poles to the Beginning CONTAINING Eighteen acres and 21 one hundreds poles ALSO the following described piece of land in the County of Clinton and part of C. Wallaces Survey Number 13727. BEGINNING at a corner of George Harris land in the center of William Sumburgh and Westboro Road thence with said Harris line South 1/2 degree West 28 poles and 1 1/2 feet to a Stone corner thence with another of his lines East 17 poles and 3 1/2 feet to a Stone corner in the line of Nancarrow Survey Number 9334 thence South 2 degrees West 40 poles 14 1/2 feet to a Stone corner in the line of said Survey where a fir oak 12 inches in diameter bears North 33 degrees West 14 links thence South 89 degrees West 76 and 36 one hundreds poles to a Stake where a gum 7 inches bears South 58 degrees West 17 links in the line of the stake or Adams land and corner to Thomas S. Jackson land thence with his line North 2 degrees East 73 and 68 one hundreds poles to a stone in the center of the aforesaid Road and corner to said Jacksons land thence with the center of said Road South 86 degrees East 81 and 6 one hundred poles to the Beginning CONTAINING Thirty and 39 one hundreds Acres of land. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4th day of October A.D. 1870. Eva Crockett, Seal Signed Sealed and Acknowledged in presence of: H. Silderbark J. B. Ourly State of Ohio Clinton County ss Be it remembered that on the 4th day of October 1870 personally appeared before me J. B. Ourly a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Eva Crockett the grantor in the foregoing Deed and acknowledged the signing and sealing thereof to be her Voluntary act and deed for the use and purposes therein mentioned. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and seal aforesaid. J. D. Ourly, J.P. ----------------------------- Researched, Transcribed and Submitted by Gloria Bushong

COLUMBIANA COUNTY OHIO MARRIAGE RETURNS I do hereby certify that I solemnized the marriage contract between Christian Airhart and Susanna Boushong the 23rd of August in the year of our Lord 1831. Minister of the Gospel H. E. T. Voigt Returned 4th November 1831 and recorded by G. C. Coffin, Clerk -------------------- Boschong Subscribers, While trying to figure out Susannah Bushong of the above marriage, we searched census records looking for this couple and could not find them in the 1850 census under those names. Has anyone else found them? If not, then this means one of three things. They both died before 1850, or they are using other names besides Christian and Susannah or one of them died and the other remarried going by one of his other names. Like John Christian Airhart? We are looking into the premise that Susannah Bushong might have been the daughter of Jacob Bushong and Rachel Keller of Fayette County, Ohio. Susannah is a family name in the Bushong family. She might have died before her father Jacob Bushong's Will was made in 1838 but then again possibly not since Samuel was not named and we know him to be a son. We already know that this couple had more children then we can account for. Jacob Bushong and Rachel Keller were married in 1811. If their first born daughter was Susannah born around 1818/19 then she would have been about 20 when she married in 1831 and would not show up on the census records for Jacob and family. Her husband could have been older as the John Airhart below was born around 1798. For the time being this is all speculation but wanted to throw it out there in case someone has found something that might prove or disprove this premise. See Archives for posts December 2004, May 2007, June 2007, January 2008, July 2008, May 2009 and September 2009 for further information on Jacob Bushong married to Rachel Keller. Since we could not find Christian Airhart in the 1850 census we had to look for another Airhart old enough to marry in 1831 but possibly going under another name and with a second wife. We found a candidate in Fayette County where Jacob Bushong married Rachael Keller lived and who could fit the bill. 1850 Federal Census: Ohio Wayne Township, Fayette County Enumerated 12 August 1850 Page 103A & B Lines 29-42 & 1, HH 588/588 John Airhart 52/Male/Farming/VA {Is this the husband of Susannah Bushong?} Mary Airhart 40/Female/VA {Second wife?} Elizabeth Airhart 18/Female/OH {Daughter of Susannah Bushong?} Eliza A. Airhart 15/Female/OH Ann M. Airhart 13/Female/OH Sarah Airhart 8/Female/OH John Airhart 7/Male/OH Jacob Airhart 5/Male/OH Martha E. Airhart 4/Female/OH Solomon Airhart 3/Male/OH William H. Airhart 2/Male/OH Alexander Cowhick 27/Male/Laborer/Iowa Mary Cowhick 21/Female/VA Margaret Keller 24/Female/VA Mary C. Keller 4/Female/OH ---------------------- Thoughts on this? ----------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong

The Putnam County Sentinel Ottawa, Ohio Thursday, 16 December 1880 Page 3 ANOTHER PIONEER GONE George Bushong, Senior, died 11 December 1880, at the advanced age of 93 years, 10 months and 11 days. He was born in the State of Kentucky. He came to Ross County, Ohio with his parents when but a youth, opened a farm in Pleasant township, and went through all the privation of a pioneer life of this county. Mr. Bushong served as a soldier in the War of 1812 and was drawing a pension at the time of his death. He was a member of the Christian church for a number of years, and a few hours before he died he said all was well, the way was clear. His funeral was preached at Pendleton to an attentive congregation. He was interned by the side of his companion in the cemetery near Pendleton. Obit courtesy of Damon Hostetler ------------------- GEORGE BUSHONG Born: 31 January 1787, Big Benson Creek, Mercer County, Virginia now Kentucky, s/o John Bushong and Janette Summers Died: 11 December 1880, Putnam County, Ohio Buried: Old Pandora Cemetery, Putnam County, Ohio Married: 16 February 1809, Ross County, Ohio to Lydia Rush. Married by John Johnston, Justice of the Peace This couple had 13 children. LYDIA RUSH Born: About 1791, Lincoln County, Virginia now Kentucky, d/o Lewis and Rosannah Rush Died: 18 December 1864, Putnam County, Ohio Buried: Old Pandora Cemetery, Putnam County, Ohio Note: Due to vandalism where tombstone broke from it's base, Lydia's tombstone is in the possession of Damon Hostetler by authority of the Pandora City Counsel after a meeting with them. ------------------- TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS OLD PANDORA CEMETERY Putnam County, Ohio LYDIA Wife of G. Bushong Died 18 December 1864 Aged 73 years Military Marker GEORGE BUSHONG Ohio Sgt. 2 OH Militia War of 1812 1787 - 1880 ---------------------- Submitted by Gloria Bushong

Boschong Subscribers, I would like to recommend the following book and PBS program to help you to better understand the past and how it helps with our genealogical research. ALBION'S SEED By David Hackett Fischer The book helps to better understand documents in early Virginia and other states where our Bushong's lived. For instance, did you know that when you see a witness signature to a Deed or Will, that the witness could be as young as 16 years of age? ------------------------- PBS Program AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES Henry Louis Gates Jr. This program helps with understanding how DNA can be a roadmap to the past. ------------------------ Gloria Bushong