Levi Bush Jr (1867 - 1926)

Born 5 Jun 1867 in Williams, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 1926 at about age 58 in Oxford, Harlan, Nebraska, United States

Biography

Levi was born in 1867 to Levi and Atalia (Van Wye) Bush in Williams Co., Ohio. His father fought in the Civil War. Levi Sr was discharged on 30 Nov 1866 and died seven months later on June 1, 1867. Levi Sr. was buried on June 4, 1867. Levi, Jr. was born the day after his father was buried. This left Attalia with three children from five year old Phillip to a newborn.^[1]

Phillip Bush - b. ca. 1862

Susan M Bush - b. ca. 1864

Levi Bush - b. 1867

By 1880, Levi's mother had married (2) Benjamin F. Janes. They were living in Eureka Township, Adair, Iowa.^[2] Levi Jr married Alma Breithaupt on 1 Jan 1893 in Furnas, Nebraska.^[3] In 1900, they were living with Alma's younger brother. They had one child: Lloyd.^[4][5][6] Levi died in 1926.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJF-WMR : 28 May 2021), Levi Bush in entry for Atalia Bush, 1870.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDK2-Z4Q : 14 January 2022), Levi Bush in household of Benjamin F. Janes, Eureka Township, Adair, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm
3. ↑ "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZP-VV21 : 8 June 2021), Levi Bush, 1893.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3B9-WDJ : 9 March 2022), Levi Bush in entry for Frank L Breithauft, 1900.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML4D-QBT : accessed 16 June 2022), Levi Bush, Oxford, Furnas, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 84, sheet 5B, family 108, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 846; FHL microfilm 1,374,859.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCV2-29D : 2 February 2021), Levi Bush, 1920.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68355195/levi-bush : accessed 15 June 2022), memorial page for Levi Bush (1867–1926), Find a Grave Memorial ID 68355195, citing Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Harlan County, Nebraska, USA ; Maintained by RWAL (contributor 47339417).

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 14 September 2010.