Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed.,
1886.  Monroe County.

JACOB BUSHONG was born January 9, 1836, in Winston County, Miss.  At the
age of two years he removed with his parents to Monroe County, and
located on the waters of the East fork of Little Barren River, in the
State of Kentucky.  He was during the late war a member of Company B,
Fifth Kentucky Cavalry, with which he served for three years, six months
and nineteen days.  His father, George Bushong, was born December 12,
1807, in Monroe County, on the farm where he now resides.  At twenty
years of age, removed to Pickens County, Ala., and after eleven years'
residence there and in Mississippi, he returned to Kentucky, where he
now resides.  He is a son of George Bushong, Sr., who was born in
Virginia about 1765, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and of German
descent.  George Bushong, the father of Jacob, first married, about
1828, Nancy, daughter of William Parker.  To them were born Joseph A.,
Martha (Hammer), William D., George W., Jacob, Henry, Perry, Nancy J.
(Sartin), Sarah E. (Bumgarner), and Mary C. (Page).  His second marriage
took place about 1860, with Mrs. Patsey Maxey, daughter of Benjamin
Biggerstaff. To them one child was born, John, deceased.  His third
marriage took place in 1862, with Mrs. Mary Simpson, daughter of William
Rush. They have no children.  Jacob Bushong married, June 14, 1868,
Mary, daughter of Jesse and Edie Hedrick, of Monroe County.  She was
born March 24, 1847.  To them have been born Bessie E., George W.,
Willie D. G. and Nancy P. E.  Our subject began life without any
assistance and by his own labor has become the owner of 300 acres of
good land, in fine condition; he also owns and operates a grist-mill on
the east fork of Little Barren River.  He is a farmer, and has for some
time been a miller, in connection therewith.  He is a member of the
Christian Church, and in politics a Republican.

Biggerstaff Bumgarner Bushong Hammer Hedrick Maxey Parker Rush Sartin
Simpson Page
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Pickens-AL VA Winston-MS

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