George BUSH

Family 1: Anna Healy SKINNER
  1. Jesse D BUSH 
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!Wahl, Doris Seymour. The Skinner Kinsmen, The Descendants of Joseph and Martha (Kinne) Skinner. Niagara Falls, NY. n.d. page 63: Was a member of St. Tammany Lodge-First Masonic Lodge in Wayne Co., PA The first temperance tavern in Wayne County was that kept by George Bush, who married Ann Skinner. He was the son of Simeon Bush and was born in Damascus in 1791. His parents were among the pioneers, and his early advantages were small. He was trained as a river steersman, and after following this for a number of years he bought the Lush farm, afterwards occupied by his son, and married Annie Skinner. In 1818 he bought a property on Skinner's Eddy, which he opened as a hotel, creating no little excitement among the raftsmen by announcing that no intoxicants would be sold on the place. In that day liquor was sold everywhere, and its use to excess was not considered more than a slight impropriety. Mr. Bush thought differently, however, and what was a still greater surprise, his tavern became one of the most popular on the river. He took a prominent place in the public affairs of his time, and represented Wayne and Pike Counties in the Legislature in 1842-44. He died in 1873. - Wayne County History - Matthews Note: There were several children of this marriage, but their names are not known to me. - D.[oris] S. W.[ahl] E93.1126.67 Neal 11(1):15 E93.1126.69-79 Neal 11(1):18

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