Butternut Ridge Cemetery

Butternut Ridge Cemetery
Butternut Ridge Cemetery First Burial 1821

Saturday, February 14, 2015

The Bush Family


John S Bush was born in Wymondham, England on the 23 of December 1824. We find him next in Eaton Quebec Canada where he marries Alnetta Sunbury daughter of Daniel and Polly (Otis) Sunbury in 1848.  They arrive in America in 1856 and we next find them in the Township of Olmsted in the 1860 Census living next to his parents John and Sarah (Barnes) Bush on Columbia Road.      

In about 1860 John Bush purchased 11 and 1/2 acres of land on Columbia road. He started farming vegetables and selling them off a wagon. The exact date the house was built is not known. The a part of the house might have been there when they bought the property.  John S and Alnetta had three children. Horace Bush was born on the 18th of October 1850 In Quebec. Jennie Bush was born in Quebec on the 6th of January 1855. Their last child is George Bush was born in the Township of Olmsted on the 6th of June 1858.


 

 

 
The house in the early 1900's                                                      The house now
 
Horace Bush Married Annis Palmer daughter of George W and Melissa (Belle) Palmer on the 12th of July 1872.  They had 7 children who carried on the tradition of truck farming. In a newspaper his daughter remembered when he was selling from his wagon they started crossing the railroad track and noticed a train coming. They crossed the tracks very fast and she remarked that after the baskets spilled that they would be selling tossed salad today  

Jennie Bush Married John Demaline Son of William Dimaline and Adalissa Heston. Over the generations the spelling of the name has changed Most of the current Generation uses the e not the i in their name. They had 2 Children. This part of the family was a connecter of 7 Surnames in the North Olmsted First Families tree.  

George W Bush Married Marie Wicks daughter of Louis and Polly (Scribner) Wicks They had one child

John S, Horace and George W. and their wives were interned in Butternut Ridge Cemetery while Jennie and her husband were interned in Coe Ridge Cemetery.

The family leased land from The Limpert family (where Great Northern Strip is now). They sold a lot of their produce In the market in Cleveland per a daughter of Burt. She said they raised Corn, radishes, Cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes. The produce was originally sold from a wagon in the streets of Lakewood  
 
You can see all the family connections in the North Olmsted First Families Tree. If you are not a member Of Ancestry.com®  all you need is a Library card and be in the library. The libraries have a Library Edition of Ancestry.com® the North Olmsted branch Has Instructions for NOFF to help you. If you would like to have a set of instructions send a request to buttenutridgecemetery@gmail.com





                                      The original version of a truck farm truck

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