D. L. Bush
The Bushes are of German descent, came to the American Colonies about the middle of the last century, and located in Eastern Pennsylvania, where Henry Bush was born in 1754, and married Eva Huffman about 1780. They reared a family of ten children, viz., Sarah, Catharine, George, John, Henry, Jacob, Mary, Charles, Michael, and Elizabeth. Of this family five came to Shelby County; Catharine, the wife of Daniel Vandemark, was the first who came; Charles came in 1821, and located in Sidney. The others came some years later. Daniel L., was born in Pennsylvania in 1794. He married Anna Labor in 1818. They raised a family of twelve children; Daniel was the second of the family; he was born in 1820, and came to Sidney in 1844 and worked at the carpenter trade until 1853, when he received the appointment of postmaster, which he held for a term of eight years. He was then elected treasurer of the county, which office he filled for two terms Since that time he has been justice of the peace two terms, and mayor of Sidney two terms. In 1846 he married Sarah J. Bush (a daughter of Charles Bush), who came to Sidney in 1821. Esq. Bush’s family consisted of five children, viz., Charles E., Albert, Anna, James J., and Eva.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883