Boschong Subscribers, We are making great progress on some of the early Bushong families! Pieces of the puzzle. Charles Bowen, grandson of Samuel Lindlsey Bushong and wife Elizabeth May, and cousin of Mattie Bushong Good. Lewis Bushong marrying Phebe Haines with the Haines name in the Will of Jacob all pointing back to the Battlefield family. How does it all come together? ---------------- Lewis Bushong (Senior) married 28 October 1846, Logan County, Ohio to Phebe Haines, daughter of Joseph Haines from, we are thinking Augusta County, Virginia who, Joseph, we believe, to be one of the sons of Philip Haines and Eve Bushong, Philip Haines being mentioned in 1812 Will of Jacob Bushong from Augusta County, VA. ------------------ 1850 Federal Census: Cannot find them in census records ------------------- 1860 Federal Census: Ohio Bokes Creek Township, PO Hale, Logan County Enumerated 4 July 1860 Page 207B Lines 25-33, HH 1257/1250 Lewis Bushong 41/Male/Farmer/$200-$400/OH Phebe Bushong 33/Female/OH {Phebe Haines, d/o Joseph Haines} Henry Bushong 13/Male/AttendedSchool/OH Joseph Bushong 11/Male/AttendedSchool/OH William Bushong 9/Male/AttendedSchool/OH Mary Bushong 7/Female/OH Lewis Bushong 6/Male/OH Rachel Bushong 3/Female/OH Essum Bushong 6mos/Male/OH ----------------- When the Civil War broke out Lewis Sr. enlisted and was killed 5 April 1863 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. He is buried at Lexington Memorial Cemetery, Fayette County, Kentucky. ----------------- We find his widow Phebe with the family and her father in 1870: 1870 Federal Census: Ohio West Ridgway, Bokes Township, Logan County Enumerated 30 July 1870 Page 26A Lines 9-17, HH 3/3 Phebe Bushong 43/Female/White/KeepingHouse/$800-$200/OH Henry G. Bushong 23/Male/White/WorkOnFarm/OH Illeg. Bushong 20/Male/White/WorkOnFarm/OH Mary Bushong 17/Female/White/AtHome/OH Lewis Bushong 14/Male/White/WorkOnFarm/OH Rachel Bushong 13/Female/White/AtSchool/OH Ezram Bushong 10/Male/White/AtHome/CannotWrite/OH Walter Bushong 8/Male/White/AtSchool/OH JOSEPH HAINES 83/Male/White/Farmer/-------$500/VA {Born about 1787} ------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong