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Bush, Isaac W

educator, merchant, business man, was born April 20, 1835, in Danby, N. Y. He received his education at the Michigan State Normal school.

He has traveled extensively throughout America and British Columbia; and is now a successful merchant of Howell, Mich., where he has been supervisor, justice of the peace, postmaster and commissioner of schools for his county. He was one of the organizers of the Detroit and Lansing Railroad company, of which he was director and secretary of the board of directors. He received the democratic nomination for state senator.

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