Newaygo County MI Archives Biographies.....Bush, Russell April 2, 1803 - 
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Author: Chapman Brothers

RUSSELL BUSH, tanner and farmer on section 32, Denver Township, is a son of 
John and Lydia (Armes) Bush, 

who were natives of Massachusetts, and direct descendants, on both sides, of 
the ancient Puritan families. 

 He was born in Greenfield, Mass., April 2, 1803; and when he was eight years 
old his parents moved to 

Addison Co., Vermont, and settled on a farm, where he went to school until his 
16th year, when he was 

apprenticed to Saxton Warner, a tanner in the town of Bristol, and served four 
years, or until the day he 

was 21 years old.  He then left Bristol and worked at his trade three years, 
when he emigrated to Ontario, 

Can., locating in Beamsville, where he established a bark tanney, which he 
operated five years.  He 

afterward entered a tannery and saw-mill in the vicinity of Toronto, which was 
destroyed by the 

overflowing of the river on which it was situated.  Becoming discouraged at 
his loss, he removed to the 

village of Jordan, in the spring of 1842, near the town of St. Catharines, 
where he built a larger tannery 

than any of the preceeding ones, and carried on a more extensive business.  He 
remained here until 1849, 

then returned to his old location, then known as Port Credit, in the vicinity 
of Toronto, where he 

conducted a large hotel until 1856.  In the winter of that year he came to 
Eaton County, this State, 

settling in the township of Vermontville, where he worked a farm 14 years.  In 
June 1870, he came to this 

county and settled in Hesperia, and established a hardware store, in which he 
was engaged until 1880.  He 

then moved upon a farm of 80 acres in Denver Township, which he had previously 
purchased, and where he is 

now living a retired life.

Sept. 1, 1831, in Canada, Mr. Bush was married to Miss Mary Stillwell, 
daughter of David and Nancy (Lucas) 

Stilwell, natives of England, who was born in New York City, Jan. 11, 1811, 
and died July 14, 1883, 

leaving an aged husband and three children to mourn her loss.  She was a woman 
of powerful intellect, kind 

and genial, and had won a large circle of friends.  There children are:  
William s., born July 28, 1832; 

Lewis, Oct. 10, 1834; Harmon K., Sept. 6, 1836.  In politics Mr. Bush is a 
Republican.

Additional Comments:
1884 Portrait & Bio Album of Newaygo Co.

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