Boschong Subscribers, This is the obit for Elisabeth Bohart Bushong as far as we can tell. There are a few inconsistencies in this research and we cannot for the life of us figure out why John Wesley Bushong kept stating his father was born in Virginia and mother born in Germany when they were both born in Ohio. ------------------- North Baltimore Weekly Beacon North Baltimore, Wood County, Ohio Thursday, 3 September 1885 Page 3, Column 4 DIED Mrs. Jacob Bushong, mother of J. W. Bushong died at her home in Portage township, Hancock county on Monday evening. The funeral services were held at the late residence on Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. The services were conducted by Rev. W. A. Echols. Mrs. Bushong was one of the oldest residents of Portage township, and was highly respected by all who knew her. She leaves a number of relatives and a large circle of friends to mourn her death. She was in her seventy-seventh year. -------------------- ELIZABETH BOHART Born: 1808, Ohio Married: 7 June 1827, Columbiana County, Ohio to Jacob Bushong Died: 31 August 1885, Portage Township, Hancock County, Ohio Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, McComb, Hancock County, Ohio JACOB BUSHONG Born: 7 February 1806, Ohio Died: 25 March 1884, Hancock County, Ohio Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, McComb, Hancock County, Ohio COLUMBIANA COUNTY OHIO MARRIAGE RETURNS The State of Ohio Columbiana County ss I do hereby certify that on the 7th June last I solemnized the marriage contract between Jacob Bushong and Elisabeth Bohart both of Columbiana County. George Hewit, Justice of the Peace 8th August 1827 Returned 28 August 1827 and Recorded by H. Potter, Clerk {Horace Potter} ----------------------- NOTE: The J. W. Bushong referred to in the obit would be John Wesley Bushong who died in Alabama in 1922. ------------------------- Alabama Death Records Name: John Wesley Bushong Date of Death: 20 November 1922 Place of Death: Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama Male, White, Married, Salesman, Place of Burial: 21 November 1922, Citronelle, Alabama Born: 1844 Place of Birth: Ohio Father: Jacob Bushong, Born Virginia Mother: Elizabeth Bohart, Born Germany --------- 1860 Federal Census: Ohio Portage Township, PO Van Buren, Hancock County Enumerated 21 July 1860 Page 91B and 92A Lines 38-40 and 1-5, HH 1308/1268 Jacob Bushong 54/Male/Farmer/OH Elizabeth Bushong 52/Female/OH William J. Bushong 17/Male/LaborerForFarmer/AttendedSchool/OH John W. Bushong 15/Male/AttendedSchool/OH Martha J. Bushong 13/Female/AttendedSchool/OH Emily S. Bushong 11/Female/AttendedSchool/OH Almira Bushong 9/Female/AttendedSchool/OH Sylvester L. Bushong 6/Male/AttendedSchool/OH --------- 1870 Federal Census: Ohio Portage Township, Hancock County Enumertaed 16 June 1870 Page 251A Lines 26-27, HH 50/50 Wessley Bushong 26/Male/White/Farmer/$600-$300/OH Hannah A. Bushong 21/Female/White/KeepingHouse/OH ---------------------------- 1880 Federal Census: Ohio North Batlitmore, ED 90, Wood County Enumerated 2 June 1880 Page 43A Lines 25-27, HH 41/41 Main Street J. W. Bushong White/Male/35/Married/Clerk/OH/VA/OH Hannah A. Bushong White/Female/32/Wife/KeepingHouse/OH/PA/PA Margaret Dorsey White/Female/68/Mother-In-Law/Widowed/PA/Unknown/Unknown --------- 1900 Federal Census: Alabama Citronelle, Precinct 1, ED 79, Mobile County Enumerated 2 June 1900 Page 2A, Sheet 2 Lines 6-7, HH 26/26 Station Street John W. Bushong Head/White/Male/Feb1844/56/Md33yrs/DryGoodsMerchant/OwnHmFree/OH/VA/OH Adele Bushong Wife/White/Female/June1847/52/NoChildrenLiving/OH/PA/PA --------- 1910 Federal Census: Alabama Precinct 1, Citronelle, Mobile County Enumerated 22 April 1910 Page 7A, Sheet 7 Lines 31-32, HH 164/167 John W. Bushong Head/Male/White/65/Md42yrs/MerchantDryGoods/OwnsMtgHm/OH/VA/Germany Hannah A. Bushong Wife/Female/White/61/2children0living/OH/PA/PA ---------- 1920 Federal Census: Alabama Citronelle Village, Precinct 1, ED 73, Mobile County Enumerated --January 1920 Page 17A, Sheet 4 Lines 15-16, HH FM/78/84 Fifth Street John W. Bushong Head/RentsHm/M/W/74/Md/RetiredMerchant/OH/VA/Germany Hannah Bushong Wife/Female/White/72/OH/PA/PA ------------ Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong