Obadiah Bush: Difference between revisions

| honorific_suffiximage = Obadiah Bush.jpg

| caption = Obadiah Newcomb Bush

| death_place = Cape Horn (Seasea)

| occupation = Prospector and, businessman

| organizationspouse = {{marriage|Harriet Smith|1821}}

| children = 78, including [[James Smith Bush|James]]

| relatives = Capt. Timothy Bush Sr. <br><small>(paternal grandfather)</small><br>[[George H. W. Bush]] <br><small>(great-great-grandson)</small> <br> [[George W. Bush]] <br><small>(great-great-great-grandson)</small><br>''See [[Bush family]]''

'''Obadiah Newcomb Bush''' (January 28, 1797 – February 9, 1851) was an American prospector, businessman and businessmanancestor of the [[Bush political family]]. He iswas anthe ancestorfather of the[[James Smith Bush]], grandfather of business magnate [[Samuel Prescott Bush]], politicalgreat-grandfather familyof former U.S. Senator [[Prescott Bush]], great-great-grandfather of former U.S. President [[George H. W. Bush]], and great-great-great-grandfather of former Texas Governor and U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] and former Florida Governor [[Jeb Bush]].

Obadiah Newcomb Bush was born on January 18, 1797, in [[Penfield, New York]]. His father, Timothy Bush Jr. (1766–1850), was a blacksmith; his mother was Lydia Newcomb (1763–1835). His paternal grandfather, Capt. [[Timothy Bush|Timothy Bush Sr.]] (1735–1815), was an [[American Revolution]] militia captain.<ref>{{cite web|last=Obrock|first=Paul E.|website=Obrock-Larson Genealogy|url=http://www.obrockgenealogy.com/8/12265.html|date=12 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123200115/http://www.obrockgenealogy.com/8/12265.html|archive-date=23 JanJanuary 2015|title=Captain Timothy Bush Sr.}}</ref>

Bush served in the [[War of 1812]].<ref name="amanoffaith17">{{cite book|last1=Aikman|first1=David|title=A Man of Faith: The Spiritual Journey of George W. Bush|date=2004|publisher=Thomas Nelson|location=Nashville, Tennessee |isbn=978-0-8499-1811-7 |oclc=54356660|page=17|url=https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=1aguGZT2AOYC&pg=PA17&dqq=%22Obadiah+Bush%22&hlpg=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwik0KP0mLDMAhVsBsAKHfKSAXsQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=%22Obadiah%20Bush%22&f=falsePA17}}</ref>

InBush became a schoolmaster in [[Rochester, New York]], he became a schoolmaster.<ref name="amanoffaith17"/> He also served on a committee that nominated candidates for [[justice of the peace]]. He and his brother [[Henry Bush|Henry]], a manufacturer of stoves, were known [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]]s. He served as vice president of the [[American Anti-Slavery Society]] and supported the [[Underground Railroad]].<ref>{{factCite web|datetitle=MayAmerican 2017Anti-Slavery Society American Abolitionists and Antislavery Activists|url=http://www.americanabolitionists.com/american-anti-slavery-society.html|access-date=2021-02-19|website=www.americanabolitionists.com}}</ref> He petitioned the [[New York State Legislature]] to secede from the Union in a protest against slavery, after which ''[[The Rochester Daily Advertiser]]'' accused him of encouraging [[anarchy]].{{fact|date=May 2017}} [[Abigail Bush]] was the wife of his brother Henry.

In 1849, he travelled to [[California]] "with the [[California Gold Rush#Forty-niners|forty-niners]] during the [[California Gold Rush|gold rush]]".<ref name="bush41aportrait39">{{cite book|last1=Bush|first1=George W.|title=[[41: A Portrait of My Father]]|date=2014|publisher=Ebury Publishing|location=London|isbn=9780553447781|oclc=883645289|page=[https://archive.org/details/41portraitofmyfa0000bush/page/39 39]|quote=His great-great-grandfather Obadiah Bush had traveled west with the forty-niners during the Gold Rush.}}</ref>

Bush married Harriet Smith (1800–1867) in [[Rochester, New York]] on November 8, 1821. They had seven children, among them [[James Smith Bush]].<ref name="amanoffaith17"/> "[He] anticipated a generations-long family tradition of servingFollowing his nationyears in the military by helping garrisonas a fortschoolmaster in Buffalo, New York, duringBush thetraveled [[War of 1812]]. A schoolmaster afterto the war,West ObadiahCoast. did well enoughSeeking to settlerelocate onthere the West Coast. [but] firstpermanently, he choseset toout return tofor the East Coast by sea to wrap up his affairs, taking the notoriously stormy route around [[Cape Horn]]. Bush Tragically,died Obadiahsome Bush diedtime en route in 1851.", Heand was apparently buried at sea.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Aikman |first1=David |title=A Man of Faith: The Spiritual Journey of George W. Bush |date=2004 |publisher=W Publishing Group |location=Nashville, TN |isbn=9781418516390 |page=[https://archive.org/details/manoffaithspirit00aikm/page/17 17] |edition=1st |url=https://booksarchive.google.co.ukorg/books?iddetails/manoffaithspirit00aikm|url-access=1aguGZT2AOYC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=falseregistration }}</ref>

*{{cite book|title=The Faith of George W. Bush|first=Stephen|last=Mansfield|publisher=Tarcher|year=2004|isbn=1-58542-378-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/faithofgeorgewbu00step}}

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