Biography of 	BUSH, Louis Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller April 1998

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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions,
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 496-497.  Edited
by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.

Bush, Louis, late of New Orleans, La., was born in New Orleans, May 22,
1877; the son of Reuben G. and Clara Goodyear (Boise) Bush.  The Bush
family has for several generations been prominently identified with the
agricultural, commercial, financial, social and public affairs of the
state.  In the early days of the colony the name of Bush became known as
one closely associated with the varying fortunes of the pioneer settlers in
the southern part of the Louisiana province.  The first of the name came
from France, engaged in the planting business, which has been followed by
their descendants to the present day in the parish of Lafourche.  Hon.
Louis Bush, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, owned a sugar
plantation near Thibodaux, La., and was a most successful merchant in
Lafourche parish.  He occupied a high place among the Democrats, who waged
a determined and prolonged warfare against the radical administration of
Louisiana.  In 1876, after the victory of his party, the Hon. Louis Bush
became a member of the state legislature, and was speaker of the house.
Mr. Bush founded the sugar commission firm of Louis Bush & Sons, which,
after his death, was styled "Louis Bush's Sons."  Reuben G. Bush, father of
Louis Bush (second of name) was born at Thibodaux, in 1853.  He, also, was
a planter and merchant.  July 11, 1876, Reuben G. Bush married in Chicago,
Miss Clara G. Boise, a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., the daughter of Prof.
James R. Boise, of the University of Chicago.  They had 4 children:  Louis
(died Jan. 25. 1914),  James B.,  Reuben G., Jr., and  Ruth E. Bush.  Louis
Bush was reared and educated in New Orleans, but spent a few years in
Chicago, Ill., attending law school.  When the Spanish-American war was
declared in 1898, he enlisted in the navy and served until peace was
concluded.  Except for a period of 8 years in Chicago, in the employ of the
United States Steel corporation, Mr. Bush was in the insurance business in
New Orleans, and at the time of his death was vice-president of the Edwin
Shelby Co., limited.  The marriage of Louis Bush and Miss Eveline Dreuil,
daughter of Emile and Virginia (Russell) Dreuil, of New Orleans, took place
June 28, 1913.