See BOSCHONG Posts for November 2004 and 18 November 2007 for further information on Jacob D. Bushong. ----------------- JACOB D. BUSHONG Born: August 1849, Sullivan County, Tennessee, s/o Jacob Bushong and Elizabeth "Eliza" Ervin. Died: 12 June 1924, Bloomfield, Cooke County, Texas Burial: 13 June 1924, Bloomfield Cemetery, Bloomfield, Cooke County, Texas Married Twice: M/1: 10 January 1886, Cooke County, Texas to Mrs. Eliza Akard Davenport M/2: 16 October 1902, Cooke County, Texas to Susan E. Sanders ------------------ Cooke County Texas Tax Rolls 1886 1887 1894 1896 ------------------- Texas Death Certificate #18989 Cooke County, Texas J. D. Bushong Died: 12 June 1924, Bloomfield, Cooke County, Texas Male, White, Married, Aged 74 yrs Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage Born: August 1849, Tennessee Informant: J. H. Sanders ------------------ The Post-Signal Pilot Point, Texas Friday, 3 March 1911 Page 4, Column 5 BLOOMFIELD Everything in the burg is very quiet, the people are all busy since the rain. Jo Taylor and J. D. Bushong went to Gainesville Monday. The writer and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bushong were all the guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Breener Sunday. We certainly spent a most pleasant day. ----------------- The Post-Signal Pilot Point, Texas Friday, 9 December 1910 Page 10, Column 1 & 2 BLOOMFIELD We are having some very smokey, foggy weather. it is hoped we may get a good rain soon. Mrs. Boles of Gribble Springs is here at the bedside of her sister, Mrs. J. D. Bushong who is sick. COLUMN 3 - SAME PAPER Mrs. J. D. Bushong is yet very sick. ---------------------- The Post-Signal Pilot Point, Texas Friday 21 July 1911 Page 4, Column 4 BLOOMFIELD Johnny Bowles of Gibble Springs has been visiting his Aunt, Mrs. Bushong of this place the last few days. -------------------------- The Post-Signal Pilot Point, Texas Friday, 11 August 1911 Page 4, Column 2 RURAL CORRESPONDENCES BLOOMFIELD Homer Bushong has returned to old Bloomfield again. --------- Jacob Bushong married Eliza Akard Davenport in January 1886 and their son Homer Vernon Bushong was born 26 October 1886 in Cooke County, Texas. Between the time of the birth of this child and 1900, his first wife died. He is found as a widower in the 1900 census. 1900 Federal Census: Texas Pilot Point, Justice Precinct 3, ED 33, Cooke County Enumerated 9 June 1900 Page 163B, Sheet 6 Lines 89-90, HH 111/112 Jacob Bushong Head/W/M/Aug1849/50/Widowed/OwnsFarmFree/DealerGroceries/TN/TN/TN Homer V. Bushong Son/W/M/Oct1886/13/FarmLaborer/TX/TN/TN ----------------- 15 October 1902 in Cooke County, Texas, Jacob D. Bushong marries Susan E. Sanders, d/o Patrick Sanders and Nellie Burden. Susan E. Sanders was born 22 December 1869 in Bloomfield, Cooke County, Texas Died: 21 August 1924 and is buried in Bloomfield-Jones Cemetery, Cooke County, Texas 1910 Federal Census: Texas Justice Precinct 3, ED 55-13, Cooke County Enumerated 27 April 1910 Page 163A, Sheet 9 Lines 30-32 Pilot Point and Bloomfield Roads Jacob D. Bushong Head/M/W/60/MdTwice/Md7yrs/OwnsHomeFree/MerchantGeneralStore/TN/TN/TN Susan E. Bushong Wife/F/W/40/MdOnce/TX/KY/MO Homer V. Bushong Son/M/W/23/Single/LaborerFarmWorkingOut/TX/TN/TX --------------------- 1920 Federal Census: Texas Justice Precinct 3, ED 38-13, Cooke County Enumerated 11 February 1920 Page 150B, Sheet 1 Lines 94-95, HH FM/-/23 J. D. Bushong Head/M/W/70/Married/RetailMerchant/TN/TN/TN Sue Bushong Wife/F/W/42/Married/TX/KY/IND ------------------------- Obits for both Jacob and second wife Susan in November 2007 post. ------------------------ Researched and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong