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Surnames: Bush, Stevens, Blackledge, Bayless, McGeorge, Toole, Davis, Kilgore and others.
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There was a large and influential Bush family in Sheffield township in the early days of
the county. This is the William Bush family. William Bush was born near Sheffield,
Massachussets. He married Elizabeth Stevens and moved several times in New York and
Indiana. In Indiana, he first settled at Connorsville, where he surely knew William and
John Connor. In the fall of 1824, the Bush family moved to Sheffield township in what
would be Tippecanoe County. WIlliam was elected Justice of the Peace at the first
election, and was elected president of the county Board of Justices. He was one of the
founders of the town of Dayton, Indiana, platting a strip of lots on the south side of the
new town that he named Marquis after the Marquis de Lafayette.
His children were
John Bush b. 1805 d. Placerville, CA
Jared Bush 1809-47 m. 1832* Charlotte Blackledge 8 children
William S. Bush 1810-?1850? m. 1834* Jane Kilgore 5 ch
David S. Bush 1811-43 m. 1837* Judith McGeorge she m2 1850*Philip Waters
Ezra Bush 1813-70 m. 1837* Sarah Anne Bayless 3 ch
m2 Martha McGeorge 2 ch
Elizabeth Bush 1815-? m.1836* Thomas Toole
Luther Bush 1818-47 died Peru IN in a mill accident
Orlando Bush (M.D.) 1829-? m. Ada Davis 2 ch
* means the marriage is listed on the Indiana Marriages Through 1850 Web site of the
Indiana State Library.
Other Bushes on this site who married in Tippecanoe Co through 1850 (listed on the Ind.
St. Library site) are
Bush Abraham m. Tullis Mary B 9-10-1829
Bush Lucinda m. Patton David 7-14-1829
Bush Martin m. Cavner Sarah 3-16-1845
Bush Michael m. Slayback Alsha 4-27-1837
Bush Samuel m. Campbell Christina 5-13-1832
Bush Samuel m. Michael Helen M. 9-10-1840
I don't know who any of these other Bushes were or how they are related.
I apologize in advance for any errors in this information. I have not documented it
strenously, but I think it is pretty accurate. Sources: Indiana State library web site;
records of Ralph Bush; bios in county history books from Tippecanoe county, IN and
Champaign Co, IL; census and cemetery records; History of Hamilton Co, IN; Tippecanoe Co,
IN land records; communication with Katheryn Lindsey.
Susan