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Born 1818
From History of Washington County, Iowa from the first white settlements to 1908. Also biographical sketches of some prominent citizens of the county (1909)
CYRUS BUSH.
Cyrus Bush was as hard-headed as a granite boulder and his head was packed full of common sense and sound judgment. He was born in Ohio, February 18, 1818, married Mary Miller, September 20, 1842, and had five children; married Mary Watters, September 22, 1850, and nine children were born to them. On September 6, 1853, the family started for Iowa, got a farm of four hundred and seventy-one acres, and he farmer and kept store at Richmond. He served a few terms on board of supervisors. Everywhere and always a sensible, honest man.
As printed in History of Washington County, Iowa from the first white settlements to 1908. Also biographical sketches of some prominent citizens of the county (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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