LINEAGE: John Bushong of the 1831 Will David Bushong and Elizabeth Mariah Akerd Jacob Bushong and Elizabeth Erwin David Erwin Bushong and Mary Ellen Keen ----------------- Sullivan County Tennessee Marriages Date of Marriage: 14 April 1870 Groom: David E. Bushong Bride: Mary E. Keen ------------------ 1870 Federal Census: Tennessee District 7, PO Edgworth, Sullivan County Enumerated 12 July 1870 Page 442A Lines 20-23 & 24-25, HH 131/131 David Bushong 27/Male/White/Farmer/MdInApril/TN Mary Bushong 20/Female/White/DomesticHouseKeeper/MdInApril/TN {Mary Ellen Keen} His Mother is next door. Eliza Bushong 52/Female/White/KeepingHouse/TN Daniel Bushong 24/Male/White/Farmer/CannotReadOrWrite/TN James Bushong 22/Male/White/TN Jacob Bushong 19/Male/White/TN ------------ 1880 Federal Census: Tennessee District 7, Tennessee Enumerated Page 481B Lines, HH David Bushong Head/Male/White/41/Married/Farmer/TN/TN/TN Mary Bushong Wife/Female/White/29/KeepsHouse/TN/TN/TN {Mary Ellen Keen} Bell Bushong Dau/Female/White/9/AttendingSchool/TN/TN/TN William Bushong Son/Male/White/8/AttendedSchool/TN/TN/TN M. Dewit Bushong Son/Male/White/7/AttendedSchool/TN/TN/TN Eugene Bushong Son/Male/White/5/TN/TN/TN Buena Bushong Dau/Female/White/3/TN/TN/TN Olpha Bushong Son/Male/White/2/TN/TN/TN Eliza Bushong Mother/Female/White/62/TN/TN/TN Daniel Bushong Brother/Male/White/35/Farmer/TN/TN/TN Jacob Bushong Brother/Male/White/30/Single/Teacher/TN/TN/TN ----------- 1900 Federal Census: Tennessee 7th District, ED 108, Sullivan County Enumerated 12 June 1900 Page 73B, Sheet 4 Lines 63-71, HH 81/85 Mary E. Bushong Head/W/F/Jan1852/48/Widowed/13children12living/OwnsMtgFarm/TN/TN/TN Dewitt M. Bushong Son/W/M/Jan1874/26/Single/Teacher/TN/TN/TN Offie P. Bushong Son/W/M/Nov1878/21/Single/Farmer/TN/TN/TN Gary E. Bushong Son/W/M/Sept1880/19/Single/AttendedSchool/TN/TN/TN Hyla N. Bushong Dau/W/F/Aug1883/16/AttendedSchool/TN/TN/TN Grover C. Bushong Son/W/M/Nov1884/15/FarmLaborer/AttendedSchool/TN/TN/TN Dewey F. Bushong Son/W/M/Oct1886/13/FarmLaborer/AttendedSchool/TN/TN/TN Viola G. Bushong Dau/W/F/May1889/11/AttendedSchool/TN/TN/TN David A. Bushong Son/W/M/Jan1890/10/AttendedSchool/TN/TN/TN ----------- The Bristol News Bristol, Tennessee Thursday, 14 November 1895 Mr. D. E. Bushong, a leading citizen of his community, died of Bright's disease, at his home at Indian Springs, Tuesday night at 11 o'clock. The funeral will take place at the residence at 10 o'clock this morning, and will be conducted by Revs. Cox and Keen, Baptist ministers. The deceased was fifty seven years of age. A wife and thirteen children survive him. Mr. Bushong was a farmer and a substantial citizen. He had been a school director in his civil district for twenty years, and was constable of the district at his death, having served in that capacity for six years. He became a member of the Baptist church two years ago. The remains will be interred in Gunning's Cemetery at 12 o'clock today. The Blountville correspondent telephones that Mr. Bushong was a confederate soldier and a member of Captain David McClellan's company, to which company Sheriff McClelland and Dr. N. T. Dulaney, the latter of this place, belonged. ------------ Tennessee Confederate Soldier's Pensions Soldier: David Erwin Bushong Widow: Mary Ellen Bushong Pension #W2918 Sullivan County, Tennessee ------------ Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong