RNT Family History
Bushong, John Junior[1, 2]
1797 - 1885 (87 years)-
Name Bushong, John Suffix Junior Born 16 Oct 1797 , , Kentucky 
Gender Male Buried Apr 1885 Oakland Union Cemetery, Miltonvale, Cloud, Kansas Died 20 Apr 1885 Miltonvale, Cloud, Kansas Person ID I21171 McClure-Harris Last Modified 29 Dec 2004
Father Bushong, John Senior, b. 17 Aug 1760, , Wilmington, Delaware , d. 24 Oct 1825, Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio (Age 65 years) Relationship Birth Mother Young, Jannet, b. Abt 1761, , , Kentucky , d. Jun 1822, Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio (Age 61 years) Relationship Birth Married 06 Apr 1785 , Lincoln, Kentucky Notes - SOURCE: Marriage Index Lincoln County, KY 1728-1850, listed asJohnyBeshong & Jannet Summers.
Family ID F7073 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Rush, Eleanor Ruth, b. Abt 1797, d. Abt 1832 (Age 35 years) Married 23 May 1816 , Ross, Ohio Children 1. Bushong, Henry Andrew, b. 17 Jun 1817, , , Ohio , d. 11 Nov 1889, Grand Prairie Township, Jefferson, Illinois (Age 72 years) [Birth]2. Bushong, Lewis Augustus Edy Senior, b. 09 May 1818, , Ross, Ohio , d. 05 Apr 1863, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky (Age 44 years) [Birth]3. Bushong, Mary, b. 20 Jan 1820, , , Ohio [Birth]4. Bushong, Julia, b. 16 Apr 1821, d. 04 Feb 1852, Jasper County, (?) Iowa (Age 30 years) [Birth]5. Bushong, Eliza, b. 28 Dec 1823, , Ross, Ohio , d. 1889, Richfield, Morton, Kansas (Age 65 years) [Birth]6. Bushong, Lydia, b. 12 Mar 1826, d. 18 Feb 1842 (Age 15 years) 7. Bushong, James, b. 13 Apr 1828, d. 12 Oct 1855 (Age 27 years) Last Modified 10 Feb 2004 Family ID F7253 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 van Voorhis, Rachael, b. 12 Feb 1809, , , Ohio , d. 22 May 1885, Miltonvale, Cloud, Kansas (Age 76 years) Married 06 Aug 1833 , Logan, Ohio Notes - BUSHONG BULLETIN Vol 16, No. 1 (Spring 2000) p 15
Marriages, Book A. 1818-1846
Children 1. Bushong, George W., b. 15 Jun 1834, , Logan, Ohio , d. 23 Apr 1909, , , Kansas (Age 74 years) [Birth]2. Bushong, Reverend Peter B., b. 05 Mar 1836, , Logan, Ohio , d. 31 May 1924, Miltondale, Cloud, Kansas (Age 88 years) [Birth]3. Bushong, John D., b. 10 Feb 1838, , , Ohio , d. 29 Aug 1912, , , Iowa (Age 74 years) [Birth]4. Bushong, Joseph, b. 12 Nov 1840, , , Ohio , d. 27 Dec 1840 (Age 0 years) [Birth]5. Bushong, Samuel, b. 30 Dec 1841, , , Illinois , d. 17 Jan 1926 (Age 84 years) [Birth]6. Bushong, William W., b. 30 Nov 1847, Ohio , d. 12 Oct 1855 (Age 7 years)7. Bushong, Matilda Ann, b. 28 Aug 1850, , Putnam, Ohio [Birth]Last Modified 10 Feb 2004 Family ID F7254 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Headstones 
Bushong, John
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Notes - Individual: Bushons, John, Jr.
County/State: Ross Co., OH
Location: Franklin Twp
Page #: 269
Year: 1820
John Bushong was in Putnam County, Ohio, Riley Township in 1850.Thatrecord also shows Kentucky as his birth place.
1850 Census Record, OH, Putnam County, Riley Township, Page 84
John Bushong 52 Kentucky
Rachel 41 Ohio
George (14), Peter (14), John (12), Samuel (8), William (2) all born in Ohio
SOURCE: jandjsmith@webzone.net (James & Joan Smith) We have photos and transcriptions of several tombstones.
John Bushong d. 4/20/1885 at 87yrs.6 mos. 4dys.;
Rachael d.5/22/1885 at 76 yrs. 3 mos. 10 dys. Same stone.
Samuel Bushong 12/30/1841-1/17/1926 and Phebe A. (Mendenhall)Bushong11/01/1845-2/28/1903. Samuel is a brother of John D. Bushong(my greatgrandfather). There is a civil war star beside their stone,and on the stone is engraved: "Co. F. 10th. IA Vol. Inft. 1861-1865.
Peter B. Bushong (Rev.) 1836-1924, another brother of my John D., is also buried there.
There is evidence that indicates John Bushong Jr., b. 1797, to John Bushong and Janet Summers , was not born in Ohio, as some reports indicate, but in KY. I have entered the proper data in my own records,and offer the below information so that others may make corrections as well:
1860 Iowa Census, Pg. 803, DW. 665, Fam.637 lists:
John Bushong, 63, Farmer, born Kentucky
Rachell Bushong, 51, Domestic, born Ohio
Samuel Bushong, 18, M. Farm Laborer, born ILLINOIS
Matilda Bushong, 8, F. born Ohio
? C. Vanvories, 9, M. born Ohio
John D. Bushong, 22, M. Com. Laborer, born Ohio
The 1870 Iowa Census, Pg. 334 shows John Bushong living in JasperCo.,Lynn Grove Twp.
A biographical report for George W. Bushong states that he and his father had a farm of eighty acres, and that in 1878 George was living with him,in Jasper Co., Iowa.
"Early Deaths Cloud County, Kansas, Before 1903," Pg. 12 states:John Bushong, d. 4/20/85...87 yrs.6mo4d. Cause of death not given.Source: An early Miltonvale Newspaper. Buried Oakland UnionCemetery-b. KY10-16-97-wife Rachel-son Peter.
"Cloud County, Kansas Cemeteries, Vol II," (Aurora, Colfax, Meredith,Oakland and Starr Twps.) , Pg. 67 under Oakland Union Cemetery states:John Bushong, b. blank, d. 20 Apr 1885 87 yr6mo4 d, b. KY.
- Individual: Bushons, John, Jr.
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Sources - [S186] GEDCOM file imported on 14 Aug 2002., Shane Symes.
- [S608] 1880 United States Census, 274B (Reliability: 3).
Jesse C. STALLINGS Self M Male W 33 IN Farmer NC NC
Matilda STALLINGS Wife M Female W 29 OH Keeping House KY OH
Cara STALLINGS Dau S Female W 7 IA At School SWE SWE
John BUSHONG Father M Male W 82 KY At Home VA VA
Rachael BUSHONG Mother M Female W 71 OH Helping In House PA PA
Frank BUSHONG Nephew S Male W 19 IA Farm Laborer OH IN
Grant BUSHONG Nephew S Male W 16 IA Farm Laborer OH IN
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Source Information:
Census Place Meredith, Cloud, Kansas
Family History Library Film 1254377
NA Film Number T9-0377
Page Number 274B
- [S186] GEDCOM file imported on 14 Aug 2002., Shane Symes.