PART 1 OF 3 ---------------- Good Morning Boschong Subscribers, Here is a silly piece of trivia: How many of you know that the central area of Texas is known as Hill country. That's how the Texans refer to it. I learned that from Linda Gale Hill whose family I am posting about who came from Kerr County in Hill country. -------------- I have posted too much on this family to list them all but See BOSCHONG Archives for January 2005, August 2005, April 2007, June 2007 and September 2009 to name a few. This is the lineage going back to Luther David Bushong who ran away from home in Virginia, making his way to Texas, and settling and kept a Journal which I have posted long ago. -------------- I called the library in El Paso and ordered the obits for Silas E. Bushong and wife Rose and they arrived yesterday. For those of you who are wondering why Silas E. Bushong died in San Francisco instead of El Paso, it is because he was a conductor on the railroad that traveled from El Paso to San Francisco and was separated from his wife Rose. He was living in San Francisco with his daughter Lola Maloney at the time of his death and when he was in El Paso stayed at the Milner Hotel. You will notice that his obit does not say where he died nor does it mention his wife and children. --------------- LINEAGE: Henry Bushong and Barbara Lohr Henry Bushong and Betsy Brew Isaac A. Bushong and Sarah "Sallie" Swank Luther David Bushong and Martha Jane Crawford Silas Eugene Bushong and Rose Davis Lola, Dolly and Ella Mae Bushong --------------------- SILAS EUGENE BUSHONG Born: 16 April 1880, Kerr County, Texas Died: 3 August 1941, San Francisco, California Married: 1900, Kerr County, Texas, to Rose Davis In later years separated ROSE DAVIS Born:11 February 1880, Kerr County, Texas, d/o Cyrus Davis and Mary Taylor Died: 7 November 1958, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas Both Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas -------------------- 1880 Federal Census: Texas Precinct 3 & 4, Kerr County, Texas L. D. Bushong Self/Male/White/Married/28/Farmer/VA/VA/VA {Luther Davis Bushong} M. J. Bushong Wife/Female/White/26/Arkansas/Tennessee/Tennessee {Martha Jane Crawford} Ed. E. Bushong Son/Male/White/5/Texas {Edgar Edward Bushong} Amelia Bushong Dau/Female/White/3/Texas {Cornelia Amelia Bushong} Nettie E. Bushong Dau/Female/White/2/Texas {Nettie E. Bushong} SILAS E. BUSHONG Son/Male/White/3mos/Texas {Silas Eugene Bushong} --------------------- 1889 Federal Census: Territory of Washington Port Gamble Precinct, Kitsap County Line 18-24 Luther Bushong 37/Male/White/Farmer/BornVA Martha Bushong -----Female/White/Housewife/BornArkansas Edward Bushong -----Male/White/BornTexas Cornelia Bushong -----Female/White/BornTexas Nettie Bushong -----Female/White/BornTexas SILAS BUSHONG -------Male/White/BornTexas {Silas Eugene Bushong} Clarence Bushong -----Male/White/BornTexas ------------------------- 1900 Federal Census: Texas Justice Precinct 5, ED 44, Kerr County Enumerated 25 June 1900 Page 107A, Sheet 16 Lines 45-47, HH 241/245 Silas E. Bushong Head/M/W/April1880/20/MdLessThenYr/FarmLaborer/RentsHome/TX/VA/TX {Silas Eugene Bushong} Rosa C. Bushong Wife/F/W/Feb1880/20/NoChildren/TX/MO/TX Clarence C. Bushong Brother/M/W/July1883/16/FarmLaborer/TX/VA/TX ----------------------- NOTE: I could not find them in the 1910 census but this is what the family would look like. Silas Eugene Bushong was a brakeman for the Texas and Pacific Railroad and then later a conductor. 1910 Federal Census: Texas El Paso, El Paso County Silas E. Bushong Age 30 Rose C. Bushong Age 30 Lola Bushong Age 9 Dolly F. Bushong Age 8 ------------------------- The El Paso Herald El Paso, Texas Monday Evening, 15 March 1915 Page 8, Column 2 HEART TROUBLE CAUSES DEATH OF LITTLE GIRL Dolly Frances Bushong, 13 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Bushong, 608 North Ochoa Street, died on Sunday evening after a lengthy illness. Death was due to heart trouble. The funeral will take place this afternoon at 4:30 o' clock. ----------------- The El Paso Herald El Paso, Texas Wednesday, 17 March 1915 Page 6, Column 2 We wish to thank our many friends for their sympathy and kindness through the sickness and death of our daughter, Dolly Frances, and for their many floral offerings. MR. AND MRS. S. E. BUSHONG LOLA BUSHONG ----------------------- TO BE CONTINUED: --------------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong