Boschong Subscribers, I have spent the last two weeks searching census records for the Bushon families. The 1860 census yielded a few of the Bushon clan. We were surprised that Clinton County, Ohio was full of Virginia descendants with familiar names. The name is misspelled in the early census so I was lucky to find what I have. If someone would like to take on a project of looking for the missing census records for the people below, I would sure appreciate the help. These Bushon all seem to tie together starting in Clinton County and moving in to a few other areas of Ohio including Columbus and Cincinnati. One even went to Indiana and one went to Washington Territory. ------------------------ MARSHALL BUSHON Born: About 1863, Clinton County, Ohio Died: After 1910 Never Married 1860 Federal Census: Ohio Richland Township, PO Sabina, Clinton County Enumerated 17 July 1860 Page 126B Lines 11-15, HH 634/634 Neighbor is Alice Murrell/Morrill Evaline Bushaw 33/Female/Black/----$75/CannotReadOrWrite/TN {Bushon} Charles Bushaw 16Male/Black/DayLaborer/TN Mariah M. Bushaw 10/Female/Black/TN John A. Bushaw 7/Male/Black/TN George A. Murrell 17/Male/Black/DayLaborer/TN {Morrill} ------------------------- 1870 Federal Census: Ohio Richland Township, PO Sabina, Clinton County Enumerated 13 June 1870 Page 600A Lines 33-36, HH 318/318 Evaline Bushall 46/Female/Black/KeepingHouse/OH {Bushon} Maria Bushall 20/Female/Black/OH {Bushon} John Bushall 16/Male/Black/OH {Bushon} MARSHALL BUSHALL 7/Black/Male/OH {Bushon} -------------------------- 1880 Federal Census: Ohio Richland Township, ED 61, Clinton County Enumerated 21 & 22 June 1880 Page 148D Lines 9-10, HH 417/425 & Lines 24-30, HH 420/428 Edward Bushon Male/Black/25/Married/FarmHand/TN/TNTN Anna Bushon Female/Black/27/Wife/KeepingHouse/VA/VA/VA David Morril Male/Mulatto/56/Married/Farmer/TN/TN/TN Catherine Morril Female/Mulatto/39/Wife/KeepingHouse/TN/TN/TN MARSHALL BUSHON Male/Mulatto/17/Ward/AttendedSchool/AtHome/OH/TN/TN Charles Morril Male/Black/69/Brother/Widowed/AtHome/Blind/TN/TN/TN Jesse Boyd Male/Mulatto/69/Married/Miller/Rheumatism/TN/TN/TN George W. Boyd Male/Mulatto/15/Son/AtHome/TN/TN/TN -------------------------- 1910 Federal Census: Indiana Marion City, Ward 2, Center Township, ED 51, Grant County Enumerated 15 April 1910 Page 72A, Sheet 9 Line 50, HH 451/190/282 Household of Anna P. Julius East Second Street Marshall Bushon Boarder/Male/Mulatto/47/Single/Teamster/OH/TN/TN -------------------------- 1860 Federal Census: Ohio Cincinnati, Ward 13, Hamilton County Enumerated 29 June 1860 Page 285B & 286A Lines 32-40 & 1-4, HH 483/807 Sarah Johnston 27/Female/Mulatto/Washer/----$20/OH Baby Johnston 9mos/Female/Mulatto/OH Catherine Bushon 30/Female/Black/Washer/TN Henry Bushon 13/Male/Black/AttendedSchool/TN LEANDER N. BUSHON 11/Male/BlackAttendedSchool/TN Sarah A. Bushon 7/Female/Black/AttendedSchool/VA William Bushon 4/Male/Black/VA Samuel Bushon 1/Male/Black/OH SAMUEL BUSHON 30/Male/Mulatto/Laborer/TN {Probably the fellow with the tombstone below} Jane Bushon 16/Female/Black/AttendedSchool/TN George Bushon 11/Male/Black/AttendedSchool/TN Ella Bushon 7/Female/Black/AttendedSchool/VA William Johnston 38/Male/Black/Laborer/OH ---------------------- 1870 Federal Census: Ohio Cincinnati, Ward 5, Hamilton County Enumerated 1 June 1870 Page 378A Lines 17-18 & 19-22, HH 3/8 & 3/9 Simon Evans 58/Male/Mulatto/Barber/----$100/NC David Evans 17/Male/Mulatto/JourneymanBarber/OH Kate Bushon 42/Female/Black/Washer&Ironer/----$100/TN Sarah Bushon 17/Female/Mulatto/AtHome/VA Ida J. Truman 5/Female/Mulatto/OH Charles Finks 3/Male/Mullatto/OH ---------------------- 1880 Federal Census: Ohio Cincinnati, ED 167, Hamilton County Enumerated 12 June 1880 Page 39B Lines 5-7, HH 224/243/403 Catharine Bushon Mulatto/Female/50/Widowed/Washing&Ironing/TN/TN/TN Sallie Bushon Mulatto/Female/27/Dau/Single/Washing&Ironing/VA/TN/TN Charlie Bushon Mulatto/Male/12/Son/AtSchool/OH/TN/TN ---------------------- LEANDER N. BUSHON Born: About 1848-49, Parentage Unknown Married: Unknown Died: Unknown NOTE: Leander A. Bushong was a very interesting character. He left Ohio at some point, making his way out to Washington Territory by the 1870 census. He must have been very light skinned as he past off as white in some censuses and gave various places of birth. He was born in Tennessee. 1870 Federal Census: Washington Territory Chimacum, Jefferson County Enumerated 10,11, 12, 13 & 15, & 16 August 1870 Page 93B Line 31, HH 351/327 Leander Bushon 21/Male/White/FarmLaborer/Norway/ParentsForeignBorn 1887 Washington State and Territorial Census Thurston County 4 April 1887 Page 75, Line 39 Leander A. Bushon 37/Married/Black/Male/Salesman/BornConn -------------------------- 1889 Washington State and Territorial Census Olympia, Thurston County 1 April 1889 Page 5, Line 36 Leander Bushon 39/Male/Black/Salesman/Single/IL Same census, Page 6, Line 8 Louise Bushong 16/Female/BornWashingtonTerritory ------------------------ SAMUEL BUSHON Born: About 1829, Tennessee, Parentage Unknown Married: Unknown Died: 25 December 1875 Burial: Xenia, Green County, Ohio Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans 1879 - 1903 Xenia, Greene County, Ohio SAMUEL BUSHON Pvt. Company D Regt 117 USCT {United States Colored Troops} Died 25 December 1875 ------------------------ GEORGE E. BUSHON Born: June 1851, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, Parentage Unknown Married:About 1876 Divorced: Between 1894 and 1900 Died: Unknown in Indiana? SARAH HUFFMAN Born: June 1858, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio Died: Unknown 8 CHILDREN: Alpha A. Bushon, Born about 1877 Daisy M. Bushon, Born about 1879 Sarah Louise Luevena Bushon, Born May 1884, married William E. S. Hill Fred Strickland Bushon, Born 5 November 1886 Wayman H. Bushon, Born April 1889 Catherine A. Bushon, Born April 1892 George F. Bushon, Born September 1894 Unknown Bushon ------------------------ 1870 Federal Census: Could not find ------------------------- 1880 Federal Census: Ohio Liberty Township, ED 59, Clinton County Enumerated 14 June 1880 Page 102A Lines 20-23, HH 194/204 George Bushon Mulatto/Male/31/Married/Farmer/TN/TN/TN Sarah Bushon Mulatto/Female/22/Wife/KeepingHouse/OH/KY/KY Alpha A. Bushon Mulatto/Male/2/Son/OH/TN/OH Daisy M. Bushon Mulatto/Female/1/Dau/Scalded/OH/TN/OH {Scaled means she was burned by hot water} ------------------------- George Bushon and wife Sarah divorce between the time their last child was born in 1894 and the 1900 census. Sarah is found still living in Clinton County, Ohio but George Bushon has made his way to Indiana and is found working in a Hotel. 1900 Federal Census: Indiana Covington, Troy Township, ED 73, Fountain County Enumerated 6 June 1900 Page 320B, Sheet 7 Lines 86-94, HH 180/182 Hotel on Washington Street Harriet A. Bowman Head/W/F/June1836/63/Widowed/HotelKeeper/OwnsHmFree/OH/OH/OH David Plant Boarder/W/M/June1866/33/Single/Img1883NA/DryGoodsDealer/GA/GA/GA Ernest S. Phillips Boarder/W/M/Oct1875/24/Single/SalesDryGoods/IN/NC/NC Della Phebus Servant/W/F/Oct1878/21/Single/IN/IN/VA Mary Schular Servant/W/F/Nov1861/38/Single/IN/Germany/Germany Harry Conners Porter&Cabman/W/M/April1883/17/Single/IN/IN/IN Minnie Case Boarder/Laundry/W/F/Sept1869/30/Married/2children0living/IN/TN/OH GEORGE E. BUSHON Servant/Black/Male/June1851/48/Single/RentsHouse/TN/TN/TN {Divorced} Mary Bowen WorksDiningRoom/White/Female/May1880/Single/IN/Ireland/Ireland ------------------------------ 1900 Federal Census: Ohio Wilmington, Union Township, ED 71, Clinton County Enumerated 12 June 1900 Page 176B, Sheet 10 Lines 56-61, HH 236/255 College Street Sarah A. Bushon Head/Mulatto/Female/June1858/41/Divorced/8children8living/OwnsMtgHm/OH/KY/KY Louise Bushon Dau/Black/Female/May1884/16/Servant/OH/TN/OH {Sarah Louise Lavena Bushon} Fred S. Bushon Son/Black/Male/Nov1886/13/AttendedSchool/OH/TN/OH Wayman H. Bushon Son/Black/Male/April1889/11/AttendedSchool/OH/TN/OH Catherine A. Bushon Dau/Black/Female/April1892/8/AttendedSchool/OH/TN/OH George F. Bushon Son/Black/Male/Sept1894/5/OH/TN/OH ----------------------------- ALPHA A. BUSHON Born: About 1877, Clinton County, Ohio Married: Unknown Spouse (Must have divorced) Died: After 1920 1920 Federal Census: Ohio Columbus City, Ward 12, ED 214, Franklin County Enumerated 10 January 1920 Page 270A, Sheet 7 Lines 18-25, HH 280/111/145 William A. Matthews Head/Rents/M/Mulatto/27/Married/LaborerSteelMill/TN/TN/TN Emma Matthews Wife/Female/Mulatto/41/HouseworkHotel/NC/NC/NC Albert E. Fleming HalfBrother/Male/Mulatto/24/Married/TruckmanCoalCo/TN/TN/TN Logan Welch Roomer/Male/Mulatto/48/Single/Img1891NA/LaborerCoalYard/WestIndies/WestIndies/KY William Flack Roomer/Male/Black/54/Single/LaborerStoneQuarry/NC/NC/NC Rheumus Blincoe Roomer/Male/Mulatto/34/Single/HodCarrierBuilding/KY/KY/KY ALPHA BUSHONG Roomer/Male/Mulatto/45/Married/PorterCafa/VA/OH/VA Alpha A. Bushon} James Clements Roomer/Male/Black/28/Single/WaiterHotel/VA/Unknown/VA ----------------------------- GEORGE F. BUSHON Born: September 1894, Clinton County, Ohio Married: Unknown Died: Unknown 1910 Federal Census: Illinois Paris Township, Ward 1, ED 48, Edgar County Enumerated 23 April 1910 Page 153A, Sheet 8 Lines 18-20, HH 424/211/179 Harry West Head/Male/Black/49/Md10yrs/RentsHm/BarberBarberShop/KY/KY/KY Lettie West Wife/Female/Black/44/1children0children/OH/VA/KY George Bushon Nephew/Male/Black/15/StudentAttendedSchool/OH/KY/OH ---------------------------- SARAH LOUISE LAVENA BUSHON Born: May 1884 Married: William Edward S. Hill Died: Unknown WILLIAM EDWARD S. HILL Born: About 1881 Died: Unknown 1910 Federal Census: Ohio Columbus City, Montgomery Township, Ward 4, ED 82, Franklin County Enumerated 20 April 1910 Page 224A, Sheet 5 Lines 22-25, HH 219/105/115 Hughes Street Edward W. Hill Head/Male/Black/28/Md3yrs/CarpenterForContractor/OH/VA/VA Sarah L. Hill Wife/Female/Mulatto/26/2children2living/OH/OH/OH Albert Hill Son/Male/Mulatto/7/AttendedSchool/IL/OH/OH Catherine E. Hill Dau/Female/Mulatto/1/OH/OH/OH ------------- 1920 Federal Census: Ohio Columbus City, Ward 6, ED 119, Franklin County Enumerated 19 April 1920 Page 126A, Sheet 8 Lines 23-27, HH 155 Hughes Street William E. Hill Head/RentsHm/Male/Mulatto/38/CarpenterGeneralWork/OH/VA/OH Sarah Luvena Hill Wife/Female/Mulatto/35/OH/OH/OH Catherine E. Hill Dau/Female/Mulatto/11/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH William E. Hill Jr. Son/Male/Mulatto/9/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH Luella D. Hill Dau/Female/Mulatto/3yrs3mos/OH/OH/OH ------------- 1930 Federal Census: Ohio Columbus City, Ward 7, Ed 25-62, Franklin County Enumerated 9 April 1930 Page 113B, Sheet 8 Lines 88-96, HH 306/152/153 21st Street North William E. S. Hill Head/RentsHm/Male/Neg/48/MdAge23/CarpenterOddJob/OH/OH/OH LOUISE HILL Wife/Female/Neg/44/MdAge22/Housewife/OH/VA/OH {Louise Bushon} Katharine Hill Dau/Female/Neg/21/Single/ElevatorOperatorHotel/OH/VA/OH William E. Hill Jr. Son/Male/Neg/19/Single/TaxiDriver/OH/OH/OH Luella Hill Dau/Female/Neg/13/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH Secile Hill Dau/Female/Neg/10/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH Virginia Hill Dau/Female/Neg/8/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH Wanda Janice Hill Dau/Female/Neg/6/AttendedSchool/OH/OH/OH Gorlia Hill Dau/Female/Neg/1/OH/OH/OH ---------------------------- VIRGINIA E. HILL Born: 15 December 1921, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Married: Unknown Graves Died: 5 February 1998, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Ohio Death Certificate #11258 Name: Virginia E. Graves Died: 5 February 1998, at home, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Female, African American, Widowed, Age 76, Homemaker, High School graduate Born: 15 December 1921, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Father's last name: Hill {Note: William E. S. Hill} Mother's last name: Bushon {Note: Louise Bushon} ------------------------------- WANDA JANICE HILL Born: 16 May 1923, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Married: Unknown Humphrey Died: 23 June 1999, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Ohio Death Certificate #49002 Name: Wanda Jane Humphrey Died: 23 June 1999, at home, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Female, African American, Divorced, Age 76, High School graduate Born: 16 May 1923, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Father's last name: Hill {Note: William E. S. Hill} Mother's last name: Bushon {Note: Louise Bushon} ------------------------------- 1920 Federal Census: Ohio Union Township, ED 128, Clinton County Enumerated 3 January 1920 Page 178A, Sheet 3 Lines 13-16, HH 112/50/56 South Mulberry Minnie Goode Head/OwnsHmFree/Female/Black/44/Single/KeepsBoarder/OH/US/US William J. Thompson Uncle/Male/Black/84/Widowed/US/US/US GEORGE BUSHON Boarder/Male/Black/24/Single/PorterBarberShop/OH/US/US FRED BUSHON Boarder/Male/Black/34/Single/PorterBarberShop/OH/US/US ----------------------------- FRED STRICKLAND BUSHON Born: 5 November 1886, in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, s/o George E. & Sarah A. Bushon Married: After 1920 to Louella J. Divorced: Unknown Died: 5 October 1962, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio World War I Draft Registration 15 July 1918 Fred Strickland Bushon Age 30 Residence: 138 Charles, Wilmington, Ohio Male, Single, African American, Laborer for Western Construction Company Born: 5 November 1886, Wilmington, Ohio Assigned to National Army, 83rd Company, 7th Group Main Training, Depot Cp. Hancock, GA to 21 September 1918; 3rd Provisional Company September, August Replacement Draft Company, Hancock, GA to November 1918; 27 Depot Labor Company to discharge. Private First Class 7 November 1918 American Expeditionary Forces, 29 September 1918 to 3 July. Age 32, Classified White ------------------------- United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers 1866 - 1938 Patient: Fred S. Bushong, Age 46 Residence: 122 Grant Street Spouse: Louella J. Bushon Admission: 13 November 1931 Discharged: 31 May 1933, in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio -------------------------- Ohio Death Index Fred S. Bushon Male, Non-White, Age 75, Divorced, Residence Xenia, Greene County, Ohio Died: 5 October 1962, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio --------------------------- Dayton National Cemetery Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio Military Marker Section 11, Row 6, Site 47 FRED S. BUSHON Ohio PFC 27 Dep Labor Company ASC 5 November 1886 - 5 October 1962 ------------------------------ WAYMAN H. BUSHON Born: April 1889, s/o George E. Bushon and Sarah A. Huffman Marital Status: Single Died: 30 May 1935, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Burial: Evergreen Cemetery 1920 Federal Cenusus: Ohio Columbus City, Ward 13, ED 219, Franklin County Enumerated 2 January 1920 Page 2A, Sheet 2 Lines 4-7, HH 33/23/25 Millie Miles Head/Rents/Female/Black/Widowed/OH/OH/OH Joe J. Miles Son/Male/Black/30/Single/RailroadLaborer/OH/OH/OH Frank J. Miles Son/Male/Black/22/Single/MusicanOrchestra/OH/OH/OH WAYMON BUSHON Boarder/Male/Black/30/Single/WorksInJewelryStore/OH/OH/OH -------------------------------- In the next census we find Wayman serving time in prison. We suspect it had something to do with working in the jewelry store. 1930 Federal Census: Ohio Franklin Township, ED 25-181, Workhouse Farm, Franklin County Enumerated 26 April 1930 Page 206B, Sheet 16 Line 67 Jackson Pike Wayman H. Bushon Male/Black/40/Single/Prisoner/OH/OH/OH ------------------------------- Ohio Death Certificate #30498 Name: Wayman Bushon Died: 30 May 1935, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Aged 46 years, Single, Male, African American, Laborer Residence: 539 East Long Burial: 4 June 1935, Evergreen Cemetery Born: 1889, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio Father: George Bushon, Born Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio Mother: Sarah Huffman, Born Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio ------------------------------- Not sure how this William Bushon fits in but he does 1900 Federal Census: Ohio Dayton, Ward 1, ED 37, Montgomery County Enumerated 11 June 1900 Page 110A, Sheet 15 Lines 37-43, HH 29R2/268/301 Nesley J. Hall Head/Black/Male/Sept1850/49/Md20yrs/Laborer/RentsHm/NC/NC/NC Sarah Hall Wife/Black/Female/Sept1860/39/1child1living/NC/NC/NC Charles M. Ward Boarder/Black/Male/Feb1854/46/Single/StoneMason/OH/VA/VA WILLIAM BUSHON Boarder/Black/Male/May1862/38/Single/SaloonKeeper/OH/OH/OH James H. Lindsey Boarder/Black/Male/April1876/24/Single/Laborer/OH/VA/OH William Woods Boarder/Black/Male/Jan1861/39/Single/HodCarrier/TN/TN/TN Charles Hugley Lodger/Black/Male/Jan1871/29/Single/Waiter/Miss/Louisiana/Louisiana ---------------------------------- TO BE CONTINUED: ---------------------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong