Yolo-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Bush, Edwin Rice 1846 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co.

JUDGE EDWIN RICE BUSH, of Woodland, was born in Copiah County, Mississippi,
October 17, 1846, son of Dr. J. P. Bush, a pioneer of California of 1849. The
latter commenced practicing his profession in San Francisco about 1851 or 1852,
and so continued most of the remainder of his life, but died at Woodland, at the
age of seventy-six years.

  At the age of nine years the subject of this sketch removed with his brothers
and sisters to Western Massachusetts to attend school, and then the subject of
this sketch attended for several years Sand Lake Collegiate Institute, in New
York State, situated ten miles east of Albany; he also attended school at
Geneseo, Livingston County, in said State. After attending for a term the law
department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, he entered the office of
the Hon. Scott Lord, at Geneseo, New York. Judge Lord at the time of his death
was one of the most prominent attorneys in the United States, and was at one
time the law partner of Hon. Roscoe Conkling, at Utica, and was elected to
Congress from that Congressional district. Judge Bush remained in Judge Lord's
office about two years, and then, after studying in other offices a short time,
went to the University of Virginia, at Charlottesville, Albemarle County, in
said State, and graduated in the law department in June, 1869. In August, that
year, he came to California and sojourned in San Francisco until the spring of
of 1870, when he came to Woodland, where he has since resided. Here he entered
into partnership, for the purpose of practicing law, with C. S. Frost, which
business relation was broken by the election of Mr. Bush to the office of County
Judge. Shortly after his arrival at Woodland he was elected to the office of
Public Administrator for two terms. In the fall of 1875 he was elected to the
office of County Judge, as above mentioned, and assumed the duties of that
office on the first day of January following, holding that position for four
years At the close of his term, under the new State constitution the county and
district courts were consolidated, and named the Superior Court; and at the
first election thereafter Mr. Bush was chosen the Superior Judge and served a
term of five years. Since that time he has been engaged in the private practice
of the law.

  Politically Judge Bush is a Democrat. He has belonged to Pythian Lodge No. 43,
K. of P. for several years.

  The Judge was married, June 14, 1876, to Mary J. Yerby, a native of
California, and they have three sons.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.

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