- Robert P. Bush
Robert P. Bush (
March 31 ,1842 Branchport,Yates County, New York -January 8 ,1923 Elmira,Chemung County, New York ) was an American physician, soldier and politician.Life
He was the son of Dr. Wynans Bush (1799-1889) and Julia Ann Loomis Bush (1805-1898). He was educated at academies in Franklin and Cortland. He Graduated from
Bellevue Medical College and the medical school of Buffalo University. Afterwards he settled in Horseheads and practiced medicine there.He enlisted as a private in the 12th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, and fought the
Battle of Bull Run , theBattle of Yorktown , theSeven Days' Battles , theBattle of Fredericksburg , and theBattle of Antietam . Then he re-enlisted in the 185th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, and became a captain, and later a major. He was captured during theBattle of Hatcher's Run by theConfederate Army , and subsequently exchanged.On September 1, 1870, he married Laretta Ludlow (1847-1925).
He was School Commissioner of Chemung County from 1875 to 1878, Excise Commissioner for the Town of Horseheads from 1878 to 1882, and Coroner of Chemung County in 1883.
In 1876, 1877 and 1883 he was the Master of the Horseheads Old Oak # 364 masonic lodge.
He was a Democratic member from Chemung County of the
New York State Assembly from 1886 to 1892, in 1894, from 1911 to 1913, and in 1916 and 1917. As a friend of GovernorDavid B. Hill , he was elected Speaker in 1892.In 1920, he was President of the Board of Trustees of the Soldiers and Sailors' Home at
Bath, New York , and testified at a hearing before Lt. Gov.Harry C. Walker , denying charges of mismanagement and cruelty.He died from
pneumonia at the Amot Ogdon Hospital in Elmira, and was buried at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Horseheads, N.Y.ources
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bush.html The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Bush ] at politicalgraveyard.com Political Graveyard
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9406E5DF103AE533A2575BC2A9649D94609ED7CF] A character study of the Speaker-to-be, in NYT on December 28, 1891
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E03EED61E3CE73AA15756C0A9679C94639ED7CF] Democratic assemblymen's caucus, in NYT on January 5, 1892
* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cwbush/robertpb1842p310.htm American Biographical Archive p310 ] at freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com Short bio, at Rootsweb
* [http://www.horseheadsmasons.com/index.php?pr=Archive Horseheads Old Oak Lodge #364, Horseheads, NY Website ] at www.horseheadsmasons.com Horseheads Old Oak lodge
* [http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/NYFingerLakes/1999-03/0921440536 RootsWeb: NYFingerLakes-L Re: (NYFingerLakes-L) GERTRUDE BUSH BRADLEY in King's Ferry/Genoa,Cayuga Co, and PennYan, Yates Co ] at archiver.rootsweb.com Bush ancestry, at Rootsweb
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C04E5DC1738E13ABC4B51DFB566838B639EDE] The hearing at Bath, in NYT on March 23, 1920
* [http://www.joycetice.com/cemc/maplgr07.htm Maple Grove Cemetery - Tombstone Readings 2000 / 2001 ] at www.joycetice.com Burial record, at Joyce Tice's Tri-Counties Genealogy site
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