SOURCE: History of the upper peninsula of Michigan : containing a full account of its early settlement, its growth, development, and resources, an extended description of its iron and copper mines : also, accurate sketches of its counties, cities, towns, and villages ... biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers.
Collection: Michigan County Histories Pages 506

MICHAEL BUSH, Deputy Sheriff, was born in Canada in 1834, northwest of the city of Ottawa. He was brought up in Canada, and engaged in the lumber business in the village of Buckingham, county of Ottawa, P. Q., and came to the United States in 1876, and located in Escanaba, Mich. Came to Commonwealth in 188p; was appointed Deputy Sheriff in April, 1882. Is Coroner of Florence County; Constable of the town of Commonwealth; agent for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark, N. J.; also agent for the Monarch Line of Steamers between New York and London.