Obadiah Bush

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Obadiah Newcomb Bush
Born	(1797-01-28)January 28, 1797 Penfield, New York
Died	February 9, 1851(1851-02-09) (aged 54)

Obadiah Newcomb Bush (January 28, 1797 – February 9, 1851) was an American prospector and businessman. He is an ancestor of the Bush political family.

Biography

Early life

Born in Penfield, New York to blacksmith Timothy Bush the Younger (1761–1850) and Lydia Newcomb, he left home during the War of 1812. On November 8, 1821, he married Harriet Smith (1800–1867) in Rochester, New York. They had seven children, among them James Smith Bush.

Career

In Rochester, New York, he became a schoolmaster and was on a committee that nominated candidates for justice of the peace. He and his brother Henry, a manufacturer of stoves, were known abolitionists. He served as vice president of the American Anti-Slavery Society and supported the Underground Railroad. He petitioned the New York State Legislature to secede from the Union in a protest against slavery, after which The Rochester Daily Advertiser accused him of encouraging anarchy.

In 1849, he traveled to California due to the gold rush, leaving wife and children behind. After two years, he was on his way home to reclaim his family and take them west, when he died aboard the ship and was given a sea burial.

References

Mansfield, Stephen (2004). The Faith of George W. Bush. Tarcher. ISBN 1-58542-378-5.

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Prescott Bush ancestors Dorothy Walker Bush ancestors	Samuel Prescott Bush (1863–1948) James Smith Bush (1825–1889) Obadiah Newcomb Bush (1797–1851) George Herbert Walker (1875–1953) David Davis Walker (1840–1918) George E. Walker (1797–1864) Thomas Walker (1758–1799)

Samuel P. Bush & Flora Sheldon	Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895–1972) (m.) Dorothy Wear Walker (1901–1992) Robert Bush Mary House Bush Margaret Clement Bush James Bush

Prescott Bush (1895–1972)	Prescott Bush Jr. (1922–2010) George Herbert Walker Bush (m.) Barbara Pierce Nancy Walker Bush Ellis (m.) Alexander B. Ellis II (1922–1989) Jonathan James Bush (m.) Josephine Bradley William Henry Trotter Bush

George H. W. Bush (1924–) Nancy Walker Bush Ellis (1926–) Jonathan Bush (1931–)	George Walker Bush (m.) Laura Lane Welch Pauline Robinson Bush (1949–1953) Jeb Bush (m.) Columba Garnica Gallo Neil Mallon Bush (m./div. 1st) Sharon Smith; (m. 2nd) Maria Andrews Marvin Pierce Bush (m.) Margaret Molster Dorothy Walker Bush (m./div. 1st) William LeBlond ; (m. 2nd) Robert P. Koch John Prescott Ellis Alexander Ellis III Josiah Wear Ellis Nancy Walker Ellis Billy Bush (m.) Sydney Davis Jonathan S. Bush

George W. Bush (1946–) Jeb Bush (1953–) Neil Bush (1955–) Marvin Bush (1956–) Dorothy Koch (1959–)	Barbara Pierce Bush Jenna Welch Bush (m.) Henry Hager George Prescott Bush (m.) Amanda Williams Noelle Bush John Ellis Bush, Jr. Lauren Bush (m.) David Lauren Ashley Bush Pierce Bush Marshall Bush (adopted) Walker Bush (adopted) Sam LeBlond Ellie LeBlond Robert Koch Gigi Koch

See also	David Davis

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Name	Bush, Obadiah Newcomb
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Date of birth	January 28, 1797
Place of birth	Penfield, New York
Date of death	February 9, 1851
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