Isaac Bush
Married Margaret Foster; came in 1822 from New Jersey. A good education, also beating both drums and playing fife and post horn. Operated "Cheviot Inn," usually termed 'tavern', quite a space in the thirties. Then quit and followed day labor; very expert with axe and scythe and handy butcher. Children: Ephraim, died in the Reeves' house of white swelling; Charlotte, married John Ade, Mary 20, 1851, 1901 had golden wedding; George; James; Mary; Theodore. George in 1836, by accident, cut Reese P. Kendalls' fingers. Died in his teens. (p13)An Incident - While he was moving to the Williams house one load carried the two regimental flags, the dragoon accoutrements and the bass drum. Mr. Bush played the latter the whole course of Pleasant Street, Cheviot, while another drove. Logically, such an unusual occurrence fixed itself indelibly in all youthful memory! A Memory - One July morning in 1841, when father and self were in the front porch, Isaac Bush came along with a scythe one arm, an old style bulge dinner basket on the other and Jim trudging at his heels. Father accosted: "Good morning, Mr. Bush, which way!" "To Columbia; a long stride, " was the response. "You don't take the boy?" added father. " Yes, " he replied, "I assured him it was a long twelve miles, but he insisted and I told him he must 'grin and bear it' if he got tired." Jim smiled at the writer, which meant: "haw! That ain't hard" Boys in those days seldom 'talked' to their elders! He was younger, but more wiry than the writer. The family had relatives at Columbia who expected him to come to hay harvest wherever he could leave home. Mrs. Bush was one of the most lady-like loveable persons we have ever met. An Episode - While they were in the tavern we saw a snapping turtle in the slop-barrel and asked its meaning. "To fatten him" replied Eph, "and we've done it lots of times. Oh no! he won't drown!"
Pioneer Annals of Greene Township, Hamilton County, Ohio
By: Reese P. Kendall, MD, SanJose, California, Published: 1905
Printed by: George F. Degelman, Printer, San Jose, Cal.