BIO: Ambrose Watts THRUSH, Franklin County, PA

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Synopsized from History of the Cumberland Valley, Vol. II,
Counties of Franklin and Cumberland, edited by Dr. George P. Donehoo
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AMBROSE WATTS THRUSH

Prominent physician and surgeon of Chambersburg. The following record of the 
Thrush family has been compiled by Dr. Thrush after much research.

Thrush family of Cumberland Valley  is descended from Leonard Thrush, who with 
his father, Jacob Thrush and four brothers: Peter, Jacob, Richard and John, 
emigrated from the lower Palatinate, landing in Philadelphia on Aug. 24, 1750, 
and shortly thereafter settled in the Cumberland Valley about 5 miles east of 
Shippensburg.  Leonard and his brothers all did service in the Revolutionary 
War.  Leonard raised a family of seven sons and three daughters: Jacob, Leonard 
b. abt 1760 d. 1842 , David, Peter, Barnabus, Martin, Richard, Catherine, 
Rosanna and Susannah. Of these Jacob and Leonard, the eldest two, were privates 
in the Revolutionary War.

Leonard b. 1760 2nd son of Leonard the immigrant was the father of four sons and 
two daughters:  Peter, Jacob, Joseph, Leonard b. 1799 d. 1883, Catherine and 
Mary.

Leonard b. 1799 m. in 1829 to Nancy Fisher b. 1811 d. 1860. She was the youngest 
dau. of John and Mary (Alleman) Fisher.

Leonard Thrush and Nancy Fisher, his wife were the parents of three sons and 
three daughter: Daniel Webster, Elias, David, Mary Ann, Sarah and Emma.

Daniel Webster Thrush b. 1830 d. 1875. From 1863 to 1867 he was the editor and 
proprietor of the "Shippensburg News".

Daniel Webster Thrush m. Mary Ann Bollinger and they were the parents of two 
children, Ambrose Watts Thrush b. 1865 and Nancy Lydia Thrush b. in 1875 d. 
1918.

Dr. Thrush is a member of the sons of the American Revolution, of the 
Kittochtinny Historical Society, also Royal Arcanum. He holds membership in Zion 
Reformed Church. In 1891 he married Mary Jane Kieffer, the dau. of the honorable 
Cyrus T. and Lydia Ann (Britton) Kieffer, of this county.  To this union were 
two children, Walter Kieffer Thrush now with Standard Oil Co. of PA , Mary Lydia 
Thrush m. in 1917 to Rev. Raymond L. Markley, of Altoona. The Markleys now 
reside in Lynchburg, Va. They have two children, Mary Jane and Raymond L., Jr.