Part 4 of 4 ------------------------- TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS Boyce Cemetery, Powells Fort, Shenandoah County, Virginia William Bushong Died 31 March 1875 Aged 70 years 7 months 19 days Rachel Bushong Died 18 August 1894 Aged 81 years 1 months 10 days --------------------- Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia Father Abraham Bushong Son of William and Rachel Bushong Born 18 March 1835 Died 15 August 1914 At Rest Mother Adelaide Virginia Beloved Wife of Abraham Bushong Born 12 June 1837 Died 18 May 1911 Asleep in Jesus Double Stone BUSHONG Virgil S. Bushong Born: 3 February 1877 Died: 20 April 1941 Elizabeth W. Bushong Born: 29 June 1884 Died: 4 April 1960 BUSHONG Charles Edward Bushong 14 August 1867 21 October 1949 Uncle Charlie BUSHONG Our Beloved Sister Minnie B. Bushong 15 September 1865 21 December 1933 At Rest Double Stone BUSHONG John A. 1868 - 1942 Pearl R. 1877 - 1955 ----------------------------- Virgil Silman Bushong married Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Campbell, d/o Henry J. Campbell and Mary Wood and in the 1910 census, they are living in Grand Valley Township, Texas County, Oklahoma. They had one child together named Virginia born after April 1910. Virgil was called home to Virginia because of his parents ill health and when he arrived found the farm in need of care. His wife and he separated and she later married 15 January 1917 in Warren County, Virginia to James F. Aleshire. Virgil S. Bushong later married 1 June 1918 to Elizabeth Warren and they moved to Mt. Gilead. They had two daughters, Adelaide Stone Bushong and Alice Taylor Bushong 1910 Federal Census: Virginia Grand Valley Township, ED 253, Texas County Enumerated 23, 25 & 26 April 1910 Page 87B, Sheet 5 Lines 91-92, HH 117/117 V. S. Bushong Head/W/M/33/Married2yrs/GeneralFarmer/OwnsFarmFree/VA/VA/VA {Virgil Silman} L. C. Bushong Wife/W/F/26/VA/VA/VA {Lizzie Campbell Bushong} 1920 Federal Census: Virginia Springfield Mag. District, ED 72, Page County Enumerated 3 January 1920 Page 251A & B, Sheet 1 & 2 James Aleshire Head/RentsHm/M/W/29/Married/FiremanLumberMill/VA/VA/VA Elizabeth Aleshire Wife/Female/White/35/VA/VA/VA {Lizzie Campbell Bushong Aleshire} VIRGINIA BUSHONG Dau/Female/White/9/AttendedSchool/Oklahoma/VA/VA 1930 Federal Census: Virginia Markksville Mag. District, ED 6, Page County Enumerated 19 April 1930 Page 72B, Sheet 9 Lines 79-83, HH 198/203 Robert T. Rodabush Head/OwnsHm/M/W/64/MdAge28/GeneralFarmer/VA/VA/VA Lula A. Rodabush Wife/F/W/62/MdAge22/VA/VA/VA Guy L. Rodabush Son/M/W/36/MdAge34/FarmLaborerHomeFarm/VA/VA/VA VIRGINIA B. RODABUSH DauInLaw/F/W/18/MdAge16/Oklahoma/VA/VA Alda M. Rodabush Granddau/F/W/1ykr1mos/VA/VA/Oklahoma ----------------------------------- Guy Lee Roudabush Born: 29 October 1898, Page County, Virginia Married: About 1927 to Virginia Bushong, d/o Virgil Silman Bushong & Elizabeth Campbell Died: 21 January 1974, Hyattsville, Prince George, Maryland We still have not found a death record for wife Virginia Bushong Roudabush. ---------------------------------- Obit for Mother of Guy Lee Roudabush and mother-in-law of Virginia Bushong The Page News and Courier Friday, 17 October 1941 Death of Mrs. Lula Ann Roudabush The death of Mrs. Lula Ann Roudabush on Thursday night of last week was received with deep regret by her many friends. Mrs. Roudabush died at the old Suthard place near Pine Grove, where she had spent the best part of her life. Mrs. Roudabush was born in September 1869, the daughter of Calvin and Eliza Jane Parks Suthard. In early life she married Robert Trenton (Nube) Roudabush and except for a few years spent in Stanley she spent her entire life at the old Suthard place near Pine Grove. She was a devoted member of the Graves Chapel Methodist Church. Last rites were held Saturday afternoon at two o'clock at the Methodist Church in Stanley with the Rev. W.J. Whitesell officiating. Burial was at Grave's Chapel. Besides her husband she is survived by the following children, Mrs. C.E. (Sudie) Louderback, of Shenandoah; Frank Roudabush, of Dundalk, Md., and Guy Lee Roudabush, at home. Two children deceased are Mrs. J.R. (Edith) Meadows, of Baltimore and Claude Roudabush, who died about two months ago in North Carolina. She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Frank Huffman, of Marksville. --------------------------------------- Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong