Chowan County, NC - Bush Family Bible ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BUSH FAMILY BIBLE OF CHOWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA (Dated from 1770) Transcribed by MARY LOU WOLFARTH, granddaughter of Abram Twine Bush of Edenton North Carolina The Bible was in the possession of the John Twine Bush family when they copied it for me in 1973. BUSH FAMILY BIBLE (William Bush to his son John Twine Bush) BIRTHS William Bush born May 24, 1770 Gilly Bush born Jan 2, 1773 William T Bush son of William and Salley was born Nov, 19, 1795 Mary Bush born Dec 24, 1800 Gilly Bush born Jan John Bush born Oct 4, 1798 Children of William T Bush and Leah Rountree Rountree Bush Aug 15, 1821 Children of William T Bush and Martha Twine Elisha Twine Bush born June 20, 1830 Andrew Jackson Bush born Oct 6, 1833 Richard T. Bush born April 25, 1837 Quinton T, Bush born May 24, 1840 Abram Twine Bush born July 30, 1844 John Twine Bush born May 19, 1795 BIRTHS John T Bush, son of William and Martha Bush born May 19th A. D. 1848 Eliza Jane Bush, daughter of John L. Winslow and Harriett P. Winslow born Sept 10th A.D. 1858 Mary Lethia Bush daughter of John and Eliza Jane Bush born Aug 15, A.D. 1878 John Ira Bush, son of John Bush and Eliza Jane Bush born March 15th A.D. 1883 Rose Ella Bush daughter of John and Eliza Jane Bush born July 24th A.D. 1883 Martha Jane Eunice, daughter of John and Eliza Jane Bush born June 26th 1887 Annie Beatrice Bush daughter of John Bush and Mara Isabella Elliott was born Sept 11th 1893 Charles Maynard Bush son of John T Bush and Mary Isabella was born Nov 10th 1899 MARRIAGES John Bush and Margaret Felton married Dec 19, 1822 John Bush and Martha Ann Evans married Nov 23, 1826 William Bush and Martha Twine married July 27th 1827 Elisha T. Bush and Sarah Martha Bush married Dec 24, 1850 James P Bush and Taloula Skinner married May 26th 1864 John Ira Bush and Dora Dean Allsbrook married Sept 8th, 1910 Alton Thomas Bush married Rosa Lee Phelps May 11th 1940 Myrtle Eloise Bush married Howard L. Ritter Myrtle Eloise Bush married David J. Langley Jan 25, 1947 DEATHS John Ira Bush died Jan 3, 1947 Western Branch Cemetery Portsmouth Treasey Walton died Feb 3rd 1845 Martha Bush Feb 9, 1849 John T. Bush Feb. 9, 1850 William Bush died March 24, 1851 John Bush d Jan 13, 1851 John J. Bush April 4th 1862 Rountree Bush in Richmond March 12, 1863 Elisha T. Bush 1879 Mary Lethia Rodman April 4, `904 Charles Maynard Bush drowned July 31, 1919 Sarah Martha, wife of Elisha T. Bush died Nov 8th, 1865 age 34 Eliza Jane Bush Dec 27th 1887 Mary I Bush Feb 20th, 1919 John I. Bush Jan 3, 1947 Abram Twine Bush Oct 6th, 1923 BIRTHS Jackson T. Bush, son of John and Margareth Felton born Sept 16, 1823 Salley Ann Bush daughter of John and Martha born Feb 1, 1827 Sarah Martha Bush daughter of John and Martha born July 24th, 1831 Margaret Ann Bush daughter of John and Martha born April 20th, 1829 Sarah Martha Bush daughter of John and Martha born July 24th 1831 John J. Bush born Aug 1th 1834 James P. Bush son of John and Mratha born July 17th, 1838 Sarah Jane Bush daughter of John and Martha born 25th of September 1841. William H. Bush son of John and Martha was born Oct 1844 Addilia Cornelia Bush daughter of John and Martha born Jan 1st 1849 Martha Elizabeth Bush daughter of James P. Bush and Taloula his wife born Feb 16th 1865 BIRTHS The children of John Ira Bush and Dora Allsbrook Laura Jane Bus born July 31 1914 Died Aug 10, 1914 Resting Place: Oak Grove Cemetery Portsmouth, Va. Alton Thomas Bush born July 12th, 1916 Myrtle Eloise Bush born June 12th 1918 ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mary Lou Wolfarth ___________________________________________________________________