Westmoreland County PA Archives Biographies.....Bash, John H. September 11, 1819

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JOHN H. BASH, one of the well-known Citizens and remarkably successful farmers
of Mt. Pleasant township, is a son of Michael and Sarah (Rugh) Bash and was born
on the farm on which he now resides in Mt. Pleasant township, Westmoreland
county, Pa., September 11, 1819. His paternal grandfather, Martin Bash, was a
native of eastern Pennsylvania and settled near Pleasant Unity, in Unity
township, where he died. He purchased a farm of one hundred and fifty acres of
land which is now owned by a Mr. Summers. He was a Lutheran, a whig in polities
and married Margaret Akerman.

   Hon. Jacob Rugh, maternal grandfather, was born in the Lehigh Valley, this
Slate, and settled when a young man, near Greensburg where he owned three
hundred acres of land. He was a democrat, served in the Legislature of
Pennsylvania, held membership in the Lutheran church, and married Sevilla
Mechlin of his native county. Michael Bash (father) was born in 1789 and died
August, 1802. He was an industrious farmer, an old-line whig and an active
member and worthy deacon of the Evangelical church. His children were: John, who
died in infancy; John H., Jacob, who married a Miss Huffman, followed farming
ami died February 22, 1889; Michael R., died at two years of age; and Susanna,
widow of Jacob Roadman of near Kecksburg.

   John H. Bash was reared on his father's farm and trained to habits of
industry and economy. His educational advantages consisted of three months
attendance upon the old subscription schools, where he learned to read and write
and obtained a fair knowledge of the fundamental rules of arithmetic. He has
always been engaged in farming and stock-raising, and has been very successful
in all of his farming operations and business ventures. He commenced farming for
his father but soon engaged in that line of business for himself, and now owns
three large and productive farms: one of 105, another of 194 and the third of
134 acres of land. He is a republican in politics but is no office-seeker. He is
a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church and is well-known for his push,
enterprise and business ability. He is careful and correct in all of his
dealings, has shown himself to be a good manager and possesses a very fair
competency.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Compiled and Published by John M. Gresham & Co.
Samuel T. Wiley, Chief Assistant
1890


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