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BIOGRAPHIES - - -
- Abraham
Bushey
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- Abraham
Bushey was born Feb. 14,
1819, in Cumberland County, PA. He came to
- Cass
Township, Richland County with his family in 1835/1836. He and
his younger
- brother
Jacob, (born Oct. 6, 1824) learned the carpentry trade from their
father.
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- On
Nov. 24, 1840, Abraham married Barbara Fireoved who was born August 26, 1820.
- (Five
years later, Abraham's brother Jacob married Barbara's sister
Elizabeth). Barbara
- and
Abraham were to have two daughters, Sarah A. who married Henry
Wentz Jr.,
- and
Mary J. who married W. S. Finecle.
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- After
helping on the farm and following his trade in Cass township
for many years,
- Abraham
moved to Shelby in ca. 1865, where he became involved in the
area
- business.
In the mid 1870s, Abraham was elected as a Sharon Township Trustee
- and
served in that capacity for several terms. He continued his occupation
as a
- builder,
carpenter, contractor, and won the contract for building the
current
- Morton
School
building in the summer of 1883.
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- Abraham
also became one of the directors of the Underwriter's Mutual
Fire Insurance
- Company
(later the Shelby Mutual Insurance Company), while his son-in-law
- Henry
Wentz Jr. was the company
secretary.
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- Barbara
died on March 27, 1897, and Abraham died February 16, 1904.
- Both
are interred at the Oakland Cemetery, Shelby, Ohio.
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