Johnson County KS Archives Biographies.....Busch, Herman 1839 - 
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Author: Ed Blair

 Herman Busch, a prominent farmer of Olathe township, who has spent over forty 
years of his life in Johnson county, is a native of Germany, born in Brunswick 
Hanover, June 22, 1839. He is a son of John and Zena (Bolmon) Busch. The 
father was a farmer, and Herman spent his boyhood days on the farm and 
attended school. In  1860 he immigrated to America and located near Eaton, 
Preble county, Ohio, and worked as a farm laborer in that section of the 
Buckeye State for seven years. He then rented land and farmed on his own 
account in Preble county until 1872 when he answered to the call of the West, 
and came to Kansas, settling in Olathe township, Johnson county. Here he first 
bought eighty acres and has added to it, from time to time, until he now owns 
over 500 acres of well improved and productive land, and is one of the 
prosperous farmers of Johnson county. He has carried on general farming' and 
stock raising and has also been quite an extensive hog raiser. Mr. Busch was 
married September 26, 1867, to Anna Kackaboid, a native of Brunswick Hanover, 
Germany. Two children have been born to this union, Katie married William 
Pudt, who is now engaged in managing Mr. Busch's farm, and Ella married Herman 
Voigts, a farmer in Mission township. Politically Mr. Busch is a Republican, 
but in recent years has been inclined to view politics from an independent 
standpoint. He has not aspired to hold political office, but has preferred to 
devote his energies to his own private affairs which, no doubt, has been a 
prominent factor in his success in life. He has, however, at different times 
held school offices, and has always been interested in the advancement of 
education. He is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church at Lenexa, of 
which he has been trustee for several years.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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