Boschong Subscribers, Before I start with this post, I would like to say that if anyone has anything further to add to this post or any comments, please feel free to do so. And if anyone runs across Oscar Taylor Bushong in the 1910 census please let us know!!! While researching for this post, we went back to the BOSCHONG Archives and on the 16 May 2010 we posted some information about Annie D. Bushong who married William J. Jones, she being the daughter of Henry Taylor Bushong. We suddenly realize that the family of Henry Taylor Bushong was very complicated. Two Sims sisters married Bushongs. Julia Sims married Oscar Taylor Bushong and Florence Sims married Charles Lee Bushong. And then Oscar Taylor Bushong might have had an affair with their sister Cora or a woman named Cora and fathered a son named Isaac H. Bushong. The part about the affair with Cora Sims at this point is speculation. We always love a good family story and this is a good one. We had a family of Bushongs come to the last Bushong Reunion (2010) and we enjoyed talking with them very much. When they contacted me the first time to tell me they were coming, they told me they descended from Isaac Bushong of Culpeper, Virginia. At first I could not place their Isaac in the Culpeper Bushongs since they had no idea who Isaac's parents were as he was illegitimate and there was always a cover-up in that time frame. It was a challenge since an obit we had found for Isaac noted his parents as Cyrus and Cora Bushong and that threw me off a bit. After some researching through I found that the obit was a little off and the Cyrus referred to was really Oscar Taylor Bushong son of Henry Taylor Bushong and Elizabeth Jane Fincham. Since all of the children of Isaac and Sarah had three names, I'll bet that his full name was Cyrus Oscar Taylor Bushong! From there it went back to Isaac Bushong married to Sarah "Sallie" Swank. As you can see from the obit below, Oscar Taylor Bushong married Julia Sims and their union produced six children. What this obit doesn't reflect is the son that Oscar Taylor Bushong fathered, Isaac H. Bushong born 11 January 1909, born out of wedlock. After that he was in the dog house for sure! Could Julia's sister Cora Sims be the Cora named in the obit or was the name just thrown out there since she was an Aunt to Isaac? And now you will know the rest of the story. And this explains why Oscar Taylor Bushong has been so illusive to research and finally who and why the Isaac Bushong as nephew is shown in the household of Joseph Arthur Bushong and his sister Amanda Bushong in the 1920 census. -------------------------------- OSCAR TAYLOR BUSHONG Born: 10 March 1875, Rappahannock County, Virginia, s/o Isaac Bushong & Sarah Swank Married: 12 June 1902, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Died: 17 March 1914, Unknown JULIA SIMS Born: 27 October 1879, Livingston, Spotsylvania County, d/o Isaac Rufus Sims and Margaret Ann Burke Died: 26 September 1921, Livingston, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Burial: Unknown -------------------------------- Julia, Florence and Cora Sims were the daughters of Isaac Rufus Sims and wife Margaret Ann Burke and are found in 1870 in Fauquier County and in 1880 in Spotsylvania County. 1870 Federal Census: Virginia 1st District, PO Warren, Fauquier County Enumerated 29 July 1870 Page 520A Lines 14-18, HH 749/746 I. Rufus Simms 37/Male/White/Laborer/VA {Isaac Rufus Sims} Margaret A.. Simms 26/Female/White/KeepingHouse/VA CORA L. SIMMS 6/Female/White/AtHome/VA Alberta Simms 1/Female/White/AtHome/VA Lucy Simms 5mosBornDec/Female/White/VA 1880 Federal Census: Virginia Livingston District, ED 137, Spotsylvania County Enumerated 9 June 1880 Page 390D Lines 1-8, HH 141/153 Rufus Sims White/Male/41/Married/Carpenter/VA/VA/VA Margaret Sims White/Female/31/Wife/KeepingHouse/VA/VA/VA CORA SIMS White/Female/15/Dau/HelpToMother/VA/VA/VA Alberta Sims White/Female/10/Dau/VA/VA/VA Lucy Sims White/Female/9/Dau/VA/VA/VA FLORENCE SIMS White/Female/5/Dau/VA/VA/VA {Future wife of Charles L. Bushong} JULIA SIMS White/Female/3/Dau/VA/VA/VA {Future wife of Oscar Taylor Bushong} Robert Sims White/Male/8/Son/VA/VA/VA ------------------------------- The Culpeper Exponent Thursday morning September 29, 1921 {Headline page has different date-28 September 1921} Page 13 Column 2 MRS. JULIA SIMMS BUSHONG "Mrs. Oscar Bushong died in Spotsylvania county on Monday evening, Sept. 26th., at the home of her sister, Mrs. Shepherd, after a long illness. Deceased was Miss Julia Simms before her marriage to Mr. Bushong, who died some years ago. Of their union six children survive, the oldest one of the four sons, Glen Bushong, being a youth of about seventeen years of age. Two daughters, Misses Vesta and Gladys Bushong, who have been boarding in town with Mrs. N. H. Smith, and attending the High School. The other three boys are Oscar, Elmer and Ralph." NOTE: Mrs. Oscar Bushong was Julia Sims and Mrs. Shepherd was Mrs. Walter D. Shepherd, her sister Alverta Sims both daughters of Isaac Rufus Sims and wife Margaret Ann Burke. ----------------- 1880 Federal Census: Virginia Stonewall District, Ed 131, Rappahannock County Enumerated 17 June 1880 Page 352D Lines 11-21, HH 219/231 & 219/232 Patrick Fincham White/Male/56/Married/Carpenter/VA/VA/VA Eveline Fincham White/Female/46/Wife/KeepingHouse/VA/VA/VA John W. Fincham White/Male/23/Son/Single/Carpenter/VA/VA/VA Henry Bushong White/Male/30/SonInLaw/Married/Carpenter/VA/VA/VA Betty Bushong White/Female/28/Dau/Married/AtHome/VA/VA/VA {nee Fincham} Edgar Bushong White/Male/7/GrandSon/VA/VA/VA Anna Bushong White/Female/5/GrandDau/VA/VA/VA {Future wife of William J. Jones} OSCAR BUSHONG White/Male/4/GrandSon/VA/VA/VA {Oscar Taylor Bushong} John Robert Bushong White/Male/1/GrandSon/VA/VA/VA James A. Lewis White/Male/43/Boarder/Single/Tinner/VA/VA/VA Thomas H. Grady White/Male/22/Boarder/Single/Blacksmith/VA/VA/VA ------------------------------------ 1900 Federal Census: Virginia Salem District, ED 11, Culpeper County Enumerated 19 June 1900 Page 109B, Sheet 9 Lines 79-87, HH 172/172 Henry Bushong Head/W/M/June1847/52/Md28yrs/HouseCarpenter/OwnsHmFree/VA/VA/VA Bettie Bushong Wife/W/F/Dec1849/50/8children6living/VA/VA/VA Annie Bushong Dau/W/F/April1873/27/Single/VA/VA/VA {Soon to be wife of William J. Jones} OSCAR BUSHONG Son/W/M/March1877/23/Single/FarmLaborer/VA/VA/VA {Oscar Taylor Bushong} William Bushong Son/W/M/Jan1879/21/Single/FarmLaborer/VA/VA/VA Luther Bushong Son/W/M/Feb1883/17/FarmLaborer/VA/VA/VA Blanche Bushong Dau/W/F/May1886/14/AttendedSchool/VA/VA/VA {Blanche Amanda} July Bushong Dau/W/F/May1890/10/AttendedSchool/VA/VA/VA {Julie} Eveline Fincham MotherInLaw/W/F/May1830/70/Widowed/VA/VA/VA Next Door is Julia Sims's widowed mother Margaret Sims and some of her siblings. Margaret Simms Head/W/F/March1847/53/Widowed/6children5living/Seamstress/RentsHm/VA/VA/VA Robert Simms Son/W/M/Aug1877/23/Single/FarmLaborer/VA/VA/VA Florence Simms Dau/W/F/Jan1878/22/Single/VA/VA/VA {Future wife of Charles Lee Bushong} George Burke Brother/W/M/May1851/49/Widowed/FarmLaborer/VA/VA/VA ---------------- Oscar Taylor Bushong married Julia Sims 12 June 1902 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia LDS Virginia Marriages (1785 - 1940) County: Spotsylvania County Date of Marriage: 12 June 1902 Groom: O. T. Bushong Single, White, Age 26, Born Culpeper County, VA, s/o H. T. & Betty J. Bushong Bride: Julia B. Sims Single, White, Age 22, Born Spotsylvania County, VA, d/o J. R. & M. A. Sims ----------------- ISAAC H. BUSHONG Born: 11 January 1909, Culpeper County, Virginia, s/o Oscar Taylor Bushong and Unknown woman possibly Cora Sims. Died: Sunday, 9 February 1986 in Baltimore, Maryland Married: Twice M/1: Unknown M/2: Grace Harrison, d/o T. Elmer Harrison and Cora Scott ------------------ In 1909 Oscar Taylor Bushong has fathered Isaac H. Bushong. I could not find any of the family in the 1910 census. In the 1920 census Julia Sims Bushong is living alone with her children in Culpeper County. She died in 1921. ------------------- 1910 Federal Census: Cannot find any of them in this census. I'm sure his wife was pretty mad at him at this point. ----------------- We tried to tract down an Isaac Bushong under that name in the 1910 census to no avail and we also looked at the various Cora's in the census in Culpeper County. There were a lot of Cora's but only one which peaked our interest and could be the sister Cora Sims with a child in the household at an age for a candidate as Isaac. She was married at this time to an older man. The child was born in New York where Oscar Taylor Bushong's brother Charles Lee Bushong was living at that time period. So did Cora go off to New York to have Isaac and then come back married as Mrs. Ellis Mills and is the child Ellis W. Mills really Isaac H. Bushong? I could not find any of them in the next census and of course we find Isaac living with his Aunt and Uncle Bushong. Just remember at this point, this is pure speculation and not proven as fact at all. The Annie Taylor acting as a nurse was a distant relative in the Bushong family. 1910 Federal Census: Virginia Cedar Mountain, Ed 17, Culpeper County Enumerated 5 May 1910 Page 105B, Sheet 13 Lines 15-99, HH 229/236 Ellis Mills Head/Male/White/52/Md14yrs/Farmer/OwnsFree/England/England/England CORA MILLS Female/White/43/2children1living/VA/VA/VA Ellis W. Mills Son/Male/White/3/NY/England/VA {Is this Isaac H. Bushong under another name?} Annie G. Taylor Nurse/Female/White24//Single/VA/VA/VA Charles McClarey HiredManOddJobs/Male/White/66/Widowed/VA/VA/VA ----------------- Oscar Taylor Bushong died 17 March 1914 but his where about at that time and burial place are still unknown. His youngest son Oscar Ambler Bushong is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Culpeper County, Virginia TOMBSTONE Oscar Ambler Bushong Born: 29 January 1913 Died: 29 August 1980 ------------------------------------ 1920 Federal Census: Virginia Catalpa, ED 17, Culpeper County Enumerated 13 February 1920 Page 195A, Sheet 20 Lines 1-6, HH FM/683 Julia B. Bushong Head/Female/White/37/Widowed/VA/VA/VA {Julia Sims} Glenway Bushong Son/Male/White/16/DeliveryBoyGroceryStore/VA/VA/VA Vesta C. Bushong Dau/Female/White/14/AttendedSchool/VA/VA/VA Gladys M. Bushong Dau/Female/White/11/AttendedSchool/VA/VA/VA Ralph L. Bushong Son/Male/White/8/AttendedSchool/VA/VA/VA Oscar A.. Bushong Son/Male/White/6/AttendedSchool/VA/VA/VA ------------------- In the 1920 census Oscar Taylor Bushong's son, Isaac H. Bushong is living with his brother and sister Joseph Arthur Bushong (Uncle) and Amanda Bushong (Aunt). 1920 Federal Census: Virginia Cedar Mt. District, ED 18, Culpeper County Enumerated 26 January 1920 Page 206A, Sheet 11 Lines 18-21, HH FM/208/208 Joseph A. Bushong Head/OwnsFarmFree/M/W/55/Single/GeneralFarmer/VA/VA/VA Amanda Bushong Sister/F//W/60/Single/VA/VA/VA ISAAC H. BUSHONG Nephew/M/W/10/AttendedSchool/VA/VA/VA {Son of Oscar Taylor Bushong} Nellie J. Johnson Boarder/F/W/21/Single/TeacherPublicSchool/VA/VA/VA ----------------------- By the 1930 census Isaac H. Bushong and a White cousin have gone to Baltimore County, Maryland to work. 1930 Federal Census: Virginia Election District 15, Sparrow's Point Town, ED 3-76, Baltimore County Enumerated 14 & 15 April 1930 Page 182B, Sheet 1 Lines 72-75, HH 819/13/13 William W. Yowell Head/RentsFarm/M/W/48/MdAge32/GeneralFarmer/VA/VA/VA Sarah H. L. Yowell Wife/F/W/51/MdAge35/MD/MD/MD ISAAC BUSHONG Lodger/M/W/21/Single/CraneOperatorSteelPlant/VA/VA/VA Woodrow W. White Lodger/M/W/20/Single/PipeInspectorSteelMill/VA/VA/VA ------------------------ The York Dispatch York, Pennsylvania Monday, 10 February 1986 ISAAC H. BUSHONG Isaac H. Bushong, 77, of 4009 Ardley Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, died Sunday at his home. He was the husband of the late Grace Harrison Bushong, a native of York County. Mr. Bushong was born in Culpeper, VA., and was the son of the late Cyrus and {Oscar} Cora Bushong. He was a retired employee of Bethlehem Steel Company, Baltimore. He was a member of Warren Lodge 51, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; St. John's Royal Arch Chapter 19; Maryland Commandery No. 1, Knights of Columbus; and Concordia Council No. 1, R and SM, all of Baltimore. Mr. Bushong was also a member of the National council of Senior Citizens, Workmen of the World and the United Steelworkers of America. Survivors include a son James A. Bushong, Washington, DC, five grandsons and a great grandson, three sisters, all of Virginia. Viewing will be 1 to 2 pm Tuesday at Fawn United Methodist Church, Fawn Grove. Funeral will be 2 pm Tuesday at the church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. ----------------------- The York Dispatch York, Pennsylvania Thursday, 6 June 1985 MRS. ISAAC H. BUSHONG Mrs. Grace H. Bushong, 72, died at 9:25 pm Wednesday at Leader Nursing and Rehabilitation Cener, Dallastown. She was the wife of Isaac H. Bushong, 4009 Ardley Avenue, Baltimore, and was a patient at the Leader Center three years. She was born in Pylesville, Maryland, and was a daughter of the late T. Elmer and Cora Scott Harrison. Survivors include a stepson James Bushong, Washington DC, five step grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs. J. Lewis Brown, York; Mrs. Joseph R. Wilson, Millersville; and Mrs. Marvin Lowe, Pylesville, Maryland. The Orsburn Funeral Home 19 S. Main Street, Stewartstown is in charge of arrangements. NOTE: Burial was with husband in Fawn Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, York, Pennsylvania. Stepson James A. Bushong lives in Hawaii and his sons came to the Bushong Reunion 2010. ------------------------ If you want to refresh your memory on any of the family that we have posted so far of Isaac Bushong and Sarah Swank check the BOSCHONG Archives for the months December 2004, January 2005, August 2005, February 2009, September 2009, December 2009, and May 2010 to name a few. -------------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong