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Bush, Charles M. (1860-1926)
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The History of Upshur County West Virginia
From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time
by W. B. Cutright
Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907

Page 401

CHARLES M. BUSH, born October 24, 1860, at Gaston, Lewis County. Son
of Nathaniel Bush, whose wife was Martha Jackson, a daughter of
Jacob J. Jackson, the son of John Jackson, Jr., the son of John
Jackson, Sr.

Nathaniel Bush was a son of Jacob Bush, the son of George F. Bush,
who, prior to 1800, owned considerable land on the Buckhannon river,
below Buckhannon town. His father was John Bush, after whom the Fort
of that name, located below Buckhannon, was called.

Nathaniel Bush, once a sheriff of Lewis County, was the father of
nine children, whose names were: A. C., who married Tillie Dawson
and lives in Clay County, Kansas; J. E., who married Lilian Nichols
of Lewis Co.; P. A., who lives in Clay City, Kansas; Fanny, the wife
of W. J. Matheny of Terra Alta; Mollie, the wife of D. B. Lawson of
Berlin; A. L., who lives in California; Flora, at home; Isaac, dead;
and Charles M., subject of sketch, who now lives at Buckhannon, a
mechanic in the employ of the Viehmier Planing Mill Company, and
whose wife was Sarah Stalnaker, a daughter of Marshall Stalnaker,
direct decendant of the Stalnaker family, among the first settlers
of Randolph County.

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Marriage License, Barbour County, WV (Page 330)
Charles M. Bush (age 27, born in Lewis County, WV)
Sarah Stalnaker (age 21, born in Barbour County, WV)
were married March 17, 1887 at the minister's house
Minister: Joseph Teter, a Minister of the Gospel

From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #17961
FULL-NAME: Charles M. Bush
BIRTH-DATE: October 24, 1860
BIRTH-PLACE: Lewis Co.
DEATH-DATE: December 7, 1926 at age 66y-1m-13d
DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV
MARITAL-STATUS: Married
OCCUPATION: Laborer
FATHER: Nathaniel Bush (born in Lewis Co.)
MOTHER: Martha A. Jackson (born in Lewis Co.)
CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Old age and complications
INFORMANT: Mrs. C. M. Bush
BURIAL: Peterson Cemetery

(wife of Charlie Bush)
From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #9994
FULL-NAME: Sarah Bush
BIRTH-PLACE: Lewis Co.
DEATH-DATE: July 11, 1934 at 76 years of age
DEATH-PLACE: Hospital, Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV
MARITAL-STATUS: Widow (widow of Charlie Bush)
OCCUPATION: Housework
FATHER: unknown
MOTHER: unknown
CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Colapse from heat / Heart (myocarditis) 
BURIAL: Peterson

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