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Reverend James Smith Bush

Reverend James Smith Bush

Male 1825 - 1889  (64 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document


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  • Name James Smith Bush 
    Title Reverend 
    Born 15 Jun 1825  Rochester, Monroe, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation James graduated Yale University in 1844. The first of what would become a long family tradition. He is among the Yale alumni who founded the "Wolf's Head Society" After graduating from Yale he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1847. His wife Sarah died during child birth 18 months after her marriage to James Bush. This event inspired James to study divinity with the rector of the Episcopal church. He was ordained Deacon and in 1855 he was appointed rector. 
    Died 11 Nov 1889  Ithaca, Tompkins, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Rev. James S. Bush Death.
    Rev. James S. Bush Death.
    Wilkes Barre (Pennsilvania) The Evening Leader, Tuesday, November 12, 1889 page 1. part of a larger column tited "The News in Brief".
    Rev James S. Bush Death 2.
    Rev James S. Bush Death 2.
    The Wilkes Barre (Pennsylvania) News, Tuesday, November 12, 1889 page 3.
    Buried Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Person ID I1437  Nagel
    Last Modified 22 Dec 2017 

    Father Obadiah Newcomb Bush 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Harriet Smith 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F2531  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Freeman 
    Married 1851 
    Family ID F1020  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Harriet Eleanor Fay,   b. 29 Oct 1829, Savannah, Chatham, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1924, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 24 Feb 1859  New York, New York, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. James Freeman Bush,   b. 15 Jun 1860, Essex County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1913  (Age 52 years)  [Birth]
     2. Samuel Prescott Bush,   b. 4 Oct 1863, Orange, Essex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1948, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)  [Birth]
     3. Harriet Montfort Bush,   b. 14 Nov 1871
     4. Eleanor Howard Bush,   b. 7 Nov 1873,   d. 1957  (Age 83 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F223  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart