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Busby, George H – Bushnell, Charles Ira

Busby, George H

congressman, was born July 10, 1794, in Darstown, Pa.

He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1851 to 1853.

Busenbark, W. R

railroad president, was born in March, 1855, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Since 1894 he has been president of the Suwanee River railway.

Bush, Asahel

merchant, banker, was born June 4, 1824, in Westfield, Mass.

He is now one of the most extensive land proprietors in America. He is connected with banks in Portland, Seattle and Tacoma; is controlling owner of the First National bank of Salem, and has a large interest in mills in Oregon City and Portland. In 1851 he began the publication of The Oregon Statesman in Salem, an influential paper of the early days.

Bush, Edward A

clergyman, was born June 5, 1839, in Canada. In 1864 he was rector of St. Francis college, Loretto, Pa., where he remained until 1868, when he was called to St. Michael's seminary. He became rector of St. Peter's church of Allegheny, Pa., in 1894; and soon after promoted to the vicar generalship of the diocese.

Bush, George

theologian, author, was born June 12, 1796, in Norwich, Vt.

He was a Swedenborgian clergyman and a professor of Hebrew in the university of New York. Beside Commentaries on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Joshua, Judges, and the Psalms, his writings include Life of Mohammed; New Church Miscellanies; Priesthood and Clergy Unknown to Christianity; Mesmer and Swedenborg; Treatise on the Millennium; and The Resurrection of Christ. He died Sept. 19, 1859, in Rochester, N. Y.

Bush, J. O. A

journalist, legislator, was born Dec. 1, 1854, in Pike county, Ark. He is a successful journalist of Prescott, Ark., served with distinction in the thirty-first general assembly of Arkansas, and was the author of the law passed by that body to build state railroads.

Bush, James S

physician, legislator, was born Feb. 8, 1816, in New York. He practiced medicine in Scottsville, La.; represented his district a number of years in the state legislature; and helped to pass the ordinance of secession. He served in the confederate army as a surgeon, and died in 1867 at Trenton, La.

Bush, Joseph

artist, was born in 1793 in Franklin, Ky. His most noted paintings are those of Zachary Taylor, Gov. John Adair, Dr. Benj. W. Dudley and Judge Thomas B. Moore. He died Nov. 11, 1865, in Lexington, Ky.

Bush, Rufus T

merchant, philanthropist, was born in Tompkins county, N. Y. He attained success as a noted merchant of Chicago; donated the Hall Memorial library, supplied with than one thousand volumes, to Ridgeway, Mich.; and wrote a short, pithy volume of European travels. He died Sept. 15, 1890, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Bush, Stephen

clergyman, was born May 30, 1818, in Nassau, N. H. In 1853 he became pastor of the Presbyterian church of Cohoes, N. Y.; and in 1868-74 was pastor of the presbyterian church of Green Island, N. Y.

Bushman, M. V

lawyer, was born April 28, 1867, in Gettysburg, Pa. He attended the Gettysburg college, and graduated from the Law University of Maryland. For two years he practiced law in Hagerstown, Md., and then moved to Nevada, Iowa, where he has attained success in his profession.

Bushnell, Charles Ira

author, was born July 28, 1826, in New York city.

He was an antiquarian writer of New York city, among whose works Crumbs for Antiquarians; and Adventures of Sir Christopher Hawkins (edited). He died in 1883 in New York city. are