Boschong Subscribers, We found this court record for the Guardianship of Gloria Bushong. Gloria Bushong was the daughter of Abraham Lincoln Bushong and Alice Johnson, who married the 18 August 1880. He died 9 October 1893 and his widow Alice Johnson Bushong married Robert Mutter the 11 April 1894. Then she died 13 April 1896. What we didn't know was that Abraham Lincoln Bushong and wife Alice had two daughters, Bertha and Gloria Bushong. After the death of both of their parents they went to live with their grandparents George W. and Mary Johnson. ------------------ Menard County Illinois Probate Volume 14 - 1905 - 1906 Page 130 Petition for Letters of Guardianship In the Matter of the Guardianship of Gloria Bushong, a minor. On this day comes Gloria Bushong a minor above the age of 14 years and presents her request in writing for the appointment of Mary A. Johnson as her Guardian. And also comes the said Mary A. Johnson and presents her petition for said appointment which is ordered filed and recorded. And the court being fully advised in the premises, It is ordered that the Guardians Bond be fixed in the sum of $100.00. And now comes Mary A. Johnson and presents her Guardians Bond in said sum with surities satisfactory to the Court which Bond is approved and ordered filed and recorded. And it is further ordered that Letters of Guardianship issue by the Clerk and under the seal of this Court to mary A. Johnson Guardian of Gloria Bushong a minor and that said Letters be recorded. See Guardians Record Book C Page 251. -------------------- 1880 Federal Census: Illinois Petersburg, ED 138, Menard County Enumerated 11 June 1880 Page 215B Lines 6-9, HH 337/361 George W. Johnson White/Male/46/Married/Laborer/OH/OH/OH Mary Johnson White/Female/44/Wife/KeepsHouse/OH/OH/OH William Johnson White/Male/22/Son/Single/FarmHand/OH/OH/OH Alice Johnson White/Female/20/Dau/Single/Servant/OH/OH/OH 1880 Federal Census: Illinois Petersburg, Township 18 Range 6, ED 136, Menard County Enumerated 4 June 1880 Page 175 C & D Lines 49-50 & Line 1, HH 65/67 Susan Bushon White/Female/57/Widowed/VA/VA/VA George Bushon White/Male/22/Son/Single/Laborer/IL/OH/VA Lincoln Bushon White/Male/20/Son/Single/Laborer/IL/OH/VA {Married 18 August 1880 to the above Alice Johnson} ---------------------- Then between the 1880 and 1900 census they both died leaving two orphaned daughters seen below and the girls are with their Johnson grandparents in the 1900 census below. Rose Hill Cemetery, Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois A. Lincoln Bushong - Died 9 October 1893 Aged 34 years {Abraham Lincoln Bushong} Alice Mutter - Died 12 September 1896 {Wife of Abraham Lincoln Bushong} Lewis Bushong - Died 20 March 1873 {Son of George and Lydia Bushong} Susan Bushong - Died 13 April 1896 {Wife of Lewis, d/o of McFarlins} ----------------------------------------- 1900 Federal Census: Illinois Greenview Village and Township, ED 72, Menard County Enumerated 6 June 1900 Page 176A, Sheet 6 Lines 44-49, HH 120/129 George Johnson Head/W/M/Jan1835/65/Md41yrs/RentsHm/OH/NJ/KY Mary A. Johnson Wife/W/F/June1838/62/3children1living/OH/OH/OH Nora Johnson Granddaughter/W/F/July1886/14/AttendedSchool/IL/OH/OH Bertha Bushong Granddaughter/W/F/March1887/13/AttendedSchool/IL/IL/OH GLORY BUSHONG Granddaughter/W/F/Feb1892/8/AttendedSchool/IL/IL/OH Charles Gibbert Boarder/W/M/March1868/32/S/Img1897Al/CoalMiner/Ger/Ger/Ger -------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong