Boschong Subscribers, I just hung up the telephone after talking to Vicki at the Elkhart City Cemetery. The question of who Charles Bushong of the obit of 1904 is answered! FORGET THE PREVIOUS POST ABOUT CHARLES T. BROCKWAY. HE IS NOT THIS MAN. Check the BOSCHONG Archives for the posts dated August 2009 and June 2010 for further information on the family of Charles Bushong. -------------------- The South Bend Weekly South Bend, Indiana Saturday, 9 January 1904 Page 7 LAKE SHORE BRAKEMAN DEAD BLOOD POISONING AFTER AN OPERATION KILLS CHARLES BUSHONG ELKHART, Indiana, 1 January -- Charles Bushong,a Lake Shore railroad brakeman,who suffered a broken arm three weeks ago at Englewood, Illinois, resulting in an amputation at the shoulder,is dead in the Union hospital,Englewood,from an abscess on the left hip. The abscess was caused by blood poisoning, resulting from the amputation. The remains were brought here for interment. ------------------- CHARLES BUSHONG Born: April 1882, Ohio, Son of George Bushong and Eliza J. Harnish Died: December 1903, Illinois Buried: 3 January 1904, In family plot at Grace Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart County, Indiana {Now part of Elkhart City Cemetery} ------------------- ELKHART CITY CEMETERY Grace Lawn Cemetery Section Large BUSHONG Monument Block R, Lot 241 George Bushong 1851 - 1932 Eliza J. Bushong 1852 - 1930 Charles Bushong No information on TS Cemetery record states age 22 Eva M. Bushong {Eva Magdalena "Lena" Bushong} 1887 - 1915 ------------------------ Researched and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong