Bush Family Cemetery

Hardin County, Kentucky

The Bush Cemetery is located off Ring Road in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, KY. From I-65, take Highway 62 East, to Ring Road, to Alex Lane (marked as a dead end). The cemetery is at the end of Alex Lane. This cemetery has some very old markers. The Bush family is remotely connected to Abraham Lincoln through Sarah BUSH Johnston (second w/o Thomas Lincoln and step-mother of young Abraham).
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and Edith Bastin

Name
Birth Date
Death Date
Notes
ASH, Alex T.
Nov 19, 1866
Jun 26, 1939
SSA: Arvilla BUSH, His wife
ASH, Annie Laura
Sep 5, 1867
May 3, 1891
W/o G. H. ASH
ASH, Arvilla Bush
Dec 2, 1866
Apr 11, 1943
SSA: Alex T. Ash
ASH, Bessie Lee
Nov 28, 1892
Sep 17, 1898
D/o Lee & E ASH
ASH, C. R.
Mar 26, 1891
Jun 22, 1891
s/o A. T. & A ASH "A little time on earth he spent, Till God for him His Angel sent" C. Adams (possible the manufacturer or carver?) footstone "CRA"
ASH, Delia
Dec 24, 1862
Jan 31, 1865
D/o M. & S.E. Ash “Age 2 yrs, 1 mo, 7d's”
ASH, Elizabeth
Aug 25, 1895
Mar 1, 1904
D/o A. T. & A. Ash "She was the sunshine of our home" footstone "EA"
ASH, Elizabeth
1839
1880
SSA: John R. ASH “His Wife”
ASH, Elizabeth D.
1860
1946
.
ASH, G. H.
1854
1916
“At Rest”
ASH, Harry
1899
1916
S/o GH & Lizzie ASH “At Rest”
ASH, Infant Son
Apr 5, 1905
Apr 17, 1905
S/o A.T. & A. ASH “"A little bud of love to bloom with God above" footstone "IA"
ASH, Infant
.
.
Broken stone “---of –T & A
ASH, John R.
1832
1914
SSA: Elizabeth, His Wife
ASH, Malachi
Aug 29, 1831
Mar 12, 1897
SSA: Sarah E. ASH “FATHER”
ASH, Sarah E.
Aug 22, 1840
Nov 17, 1896
SSA: Malachi ASH “MOTHER”
ASH, Wm H
Aug 29, 1869
Aug 6, 1916
.
BUSH, Ben I.
Mar 18, 1881
Dec 27, 1925
.
BUSH, Bettie Lee
Nov 10, 1877
Dec 2, 1886
D/o C.C.B. & Dorcos J. BUSH “She was good as she
BUSH, Brooks Y.
Dec 16, 1897
Aug 14 1898
S/o AC & SJ BUSH footstone "BYB"
BUSH, C. C.
Feb 24, 1833
Dec 4, 1905
SSA: Dorcas J. BUSH “FATHER”
BUSH, Charles R.
Aug 9, 1860
May 4, 1905
"He was the sunshine of our home" footstone "CRB"
BUSH, Claudia E.
1883
1937
d/o TW & Margaret BUSH “At Rest”
BUSH, Deborah
Dec 31, 1808
Dec 18, 1855
W/o Saml BUSH Broken stone (calculation of age at break) ----, o mth, 18 d's
BUSH, Dorcas J.
Apr 13, 1841
July 17, 1929
SSA: CC Bush “His Wife” “MOTHER”
BUSH, Edward
Mar 6, 1891
Dec 9, 1918
“At Rest”
BUSH, George W.
Oct 8, 1836
Jan 16, 1869
“aged 32 y's, 3 m's, 8 d'ys”
BUSH, Infant Dau
May 1, 1886
May 1, 1886
D/o AC & SJ BUSH “B&D May 1, 1886”
BUSH, Infant Son
May 12, 1884
May 12, 1884
s/o AC & SJ BUSH SSA: Infant Dau Bush “B&D May 12, 1884”
BUSH, John T.
Jan 3, 1845
Aug 3, 1921
“At Rest” SSA: Mary S., His wife
BUSH, Maggie Clark
Jun 18, 1860
Aug 4, 1905
w/o TW BUSH
BUSH, Mary S.
Sep 23, 1856
Jan 17, 1932
“At Rest” SSA: John T., His Wife
BUSH, Matilda
Mar 2, 1813
Oct 2, 1875
W/o Wm BushA tall stone with a 'Book of Life' and inscription at the top of the stone; very dim & weathered. "Brown, N. Albany" is the tombstone company(New Albany, IN) "She was a kind and affectionate wife. Her smiles cast their rays of cheerfulness throughout our household. She is gone to her reward to live with God forever." footstone (broken) "MB"
BUSH, Nellie
Oct 27, 1897
July 16, 1898
D/o CR & RE Bush "A little bud from earth to far, Has gone to heaven to blossom there." footstone "NB"
BUSH, Rob Owen
Sep 25, 1858
Jan 21, 1862
S/o Columbus C & Dorcas J. BUSH Broken stone - laid down, partially buried. Aged 3 y's, 3 (rest is not readable)
BUSH, Ruby
Oct 11, 1900
Mar 7, 1907
D/o CR & RE Bush footstone "RB"
BUSH, Samuel
May 19, 1809
May 30, 1870
“Aged 61 y's, 11 d's”
BUSH, Shelby Thomas
May 24, 1896
Jan 14, 1951
“FATHER” SSA: Yvonne Barnes
BUSH, Thomas W.
Feb 26, 1854
May 9, 1923
“At Rest”
BUSH, William
---- 18, 1806
Aug 4, 1877
Broken stone The "A" lot markers end here.
BUSH, Yvonne Barnes
July 2, 1909
.
“MOTHER” SSA: Shelby Thomas BUSH
DEANO
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.
Appears to be a hand made cement with embedded pebbles spelling
GIBBS, Ellen D.
1857
1919
“Mother” “At Rest”
HAWKINS, Margaret Bush
Aug 28, 1871
May 16, 1935
.
HUFFMAN, Almada BUSH
1863
1948
“Mother”
HUFFMAN, Clara S.
Mar 2, 1892
May 10, 1929
SSA: Robert W.
HUFFMAN, Ernest P.
1891
1911
S/o J.R. & A.W. HUFFMAN
HUFFMAN, Josheph R.
1849
1920
"Father"
HUFFMAN, Mary B.
Nov 7, 1883
Jun 14, 1903
"Through all pain at times she'd smile, A smile of heavenly hath, And when the angels called her home, She smiled farewell to earth." D/o J.R. & A.W. HUFFMAN footstone "WBH"
HUFFMAN, Robert W.
Feb 14, 1889
Aug 26, 1950
SSA: Clara S.
LENNON, Charles H.
1860
1927
.
LENNON, Frances B.
1866
1837
"At Rest" W/o C.H. LENNON
TERRILL, Infant Daughter
.
.
Inf Dau/o J. R. & A. E. TERRILL
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