Obadiah Bush
Obadiah Newcomb Bush (born January 28, 1797 in Penfield , Monroe County , New York , † February 9, 1851 at sea) was an American teacher and politician.
Bush was an ancestor of US Presidents George HW Bush and George W. Bush . He was the son of blacksmith Timothy Bush, Jr. (1761–1850) and Lydia Newcomb, and left his hometown during the War of 1812 . On November 8, 1821, he married Harriet Smith (1800–1867) in Rochester , New York. They had seven children, including James Smith Bush .
In Rochester, Bush became a teacher and took part in a committee which appointed arbitrators . He and his brother Henry, a stove fitter, were known to be abolitionists . He was vice president of the American Anti-Slavery Society and supported the Underground Railroad . He moved to the New York State Parliament for the state to be separated from the Union in protest against slavery , whereupon The Rochester Daily Advertiser accused him of declaring anarchy .
In 1849 he left his wife and children behind and traveled to California during the gold rush . Two years later, he was on his way home to meet the family when he died on board a ship and was buried at sea .
literature
- Hugh Brogan, Charles Mosley: American Presidential Families. Sutton, Stroud 1994, ISBN 0-7509-0582-4
- Stephan Mansfield: The Faith of George W. Bush. Tarcher, New York 2003, ISBN 1-585-42309-2
Web links
Obadiah Newcomb Bush in the Pedigree Wiki
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bush, Obadiah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bush, Obadiah Newcomb (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American teacher and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1797 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Penfield , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1851 |
| Place of death | at sea |