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Ancestors of John Franklin Bush, Sr.

Generation No. 4

      8. Jonathan Bush¹³, born March 24, 1780 in Orange Co., VA¹³; died March 06, 1857 in Clark Co., KY¹³. He was the son of 16. John Bush and 17. Elizabeth Walton. He married 9. Mary Stevens Rawlings March 29, 1801 in Clark Co., KY¹³.

      9. Mary Stevens Rawlings¹³, born April 14, 1785 in Spotsylvania Co., VA¹³; died February 02, 1814 in Clark Co., KY¹³. She was the daughter of 18. John Rawlings and 19. Nancy Holladay.

Children of Jonathan Bush and Mary Rawlings are:

4	i.	Robert Rawlins Bush, Sr., born December 13, 1803 in Clark Co., KY; died April 1860 in De Kalb Co., MO; married Clarissa Ware December 13, 1824 in Clark Co., KY.
	ii.	Wyatt Bush, born December 28, 1805 in Clark Co., KY; died May 15, 1899; married Ellen Lehatre; born February 03, 1807.
	iii.	John R. Bush, born August 28, 1808 in Clark Co., KY.
	iv.	Owen Bush, born July 15, 1809 in Clark Co., KY; died March 11, 1810 in Clark Co., KY.
	v.	Nancy Holladay Bush, born January 20, 1811.
	vi.	James Simpson Bush, born March 03, 1812 in Clark Co., KY; died 1877; married Mary Jane Adams.
	vii.	Owen R. Bush, born January 02, 1814 in Clark Co., KY.

      10. Caleb Ware¹³, born Aft. 1775 in VA¹³; died Abt. 1847 in Howard Co., MO¹³. He was the son of 20. Markham Ware and 21. Clary Lindsay. He married 11. Martha Emerson August 30, 1800 in Clark Co., KY¹³.

      11. Martha Emerson¹³, born October 31, 1776¹³; died 1836 in Howard Co., MO ^14,¹⁵. She was the daughter of 22. Tilley Emerson and 23. Catharine Simpson.

Notes for Caleb Ware:
The will of Caleb Ware, dated August 5, 1846, and probated Sept. 27, 1847, in Howard County, Mo., made the following dispositions of slaves among members of the family: to daughter Clarissa Bush, a girl named Sally and a woman named Winny; to son John H. Ware, two males, Adam ($200) and Beverly ($600); to son James Ware, a girl named Alen Eada (or Elen Eada) ($200); to son James Ware a boy named Jack and a male named Alexander; to daughter Mary Bennett, a woman named Mary; to daughter Louisa Pulliam, a slave named Caroline. Slaves named Winny, Ritt, Beverly, Jack, Alexander, Adam, Howard, and Elen Eada were to remain with Caleb's wife, Martha, during her lifetime. The ultimate transfer of Ritt and Howard was not stated.

Children of Caleb Ware and Martha Emerson are:

		i.		Mary Jane Ware, born in Clark Co., KY; married Levi Bennett September 24, 1834 in Howard Co., MO.
		ii.		John Henry Ware, born January 01, 1807 in Clark Co., KY; died March 09, 1891 in Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO; married (1) Sary Ann Marney June 24, 1841 in Boone Co., MO; born Abt. July 01, 1822; died August 18, 1878; married (2) Jane Aft. 1847; born Abt. 1824.

More About John Henry Ware:
Occupation: Lawyer and judge

	iii.	James Francis Ware, born Abt. 1810 in Clark Co., KY; died 1859 in Sea voyage from CA to NY via isthmus of Panama; married Mary Hooper Gibbs December 14, 1842 in Boone Co., MO; born February 22, 1827 in Howard Co., MO; died November 04, 1895 in Chillicothe, Livingston Co., MO.
5	iv.	Clarissa Ware, born Abt. 1805 in Clark Co., KY; died March 17, 1890 in De Kalb Co., MO; married Robert Rawlins Bush, Sr. December 13, 1824 in Clark Co., KY.
	v.	Louisa J. Ware, born Abt. 1818 in Clark Co., KY; married William M. Pulliam November 17, 1840 in Howard Co., MO; born Abt. 1813 in NC.
	vi.	Thomas Jefferson Ware, born May 11, 1824 in Clark Co., KY; died April 02, 1868 in Gridley, Butte Co., CA; married (1) Susan E. Harding February 07, 1844 in Linn Co., MO; married (2) Louisa Y. Gibbs Aft. 1846; born Abt. 1833; married (3) Barbara Maul December 06, 1858 in Yuba Co., CA.

More About Thomas Jefferson Ware:
Burial: Gridley-Biggs Cemetery, Butte Co., CA

12. John Shouse¹⁵, born September 17, 1796 in Woodford Co., KY¹⁵; died June 24, 1862 in Clay Co., MO¹⁵. He was the son of 24. Henry Shouse and 25. Sally Elizabeth Watts. He married 13. Sarah E. Slaughter May 08, 1819 in Franklin Co., KY¹⁵.

13. Sarah E. Slaughter¹⁵, born February 14, 1792 ^16,¹⁷; died September 22, 1875 in Clay Co., MO¹⁷. She was the daughter of 26. George Slaughter and 27. ? Cochran.

Notes for Sarah E. Slaughter:
Parentage of Sarah Slaughter has not been proved but is likely based upon a study of the names of her children, proximity to the places George Slaughter, Jr., lived, and the inability to fit her into the family of Gabriel Slaughter's brother, Charles (as claimed by Thomas R. Shouse, her grandson), or anyone else named "Charles Slaughter" in the areas she lived. For example, she not only named her eldest son "George" [with no sons named Charles she named her second son Willis (named, I believe, after a great-uncle, Willis Field]. A remaining unsolved question is how her eldest daughter, Matilda, has a date of birth preceding Sarah's marriage to John Shouse. Perhaps Sarah was only a Slaughter by marriage, in which case the proposed connection to George Slaughter would be invalid. Another possibility is that she is the Sally Slaughter (daughter of Jesse Slaughter) who married Lewis Slaughter (son of Francis Lightfoot Slaughter). I have not found any information about what happened to Lewis and Sally, where they moved, or where they died. But naming customs would have made it likely that our Sarah would have used at least one of those names (Jesse, Lewis, Francis, Lightfoot), among her children, and she used none of them. But she did use names associated with the family of George Slaughter.\

Children of John Shouse and Sarah Slaughter are:

Matilda Shouse, born April 03, 1815; died March 1890 in Clay Co., MO; married David Piburn; born December 24, 1817; died July 17, 1897 in Clay Co., MO..

Notes for Matilda Shouse:
This given name occurs from time to time in both the Field and Slaughter families and does not appear to provide any clue to the identity of Sarah's mother. It does not appear in earlier generations of the Cochran family so far as I can tell. The name of her other daughter, Elizabeth, which is also her own middle name, is a better possibility, but it is just as likely that she did not name one of her daughters after her mother.

		ii.		George H. Shouse, born February 10, 1820.
		iii.		Willis Shouse, born October 15, 1822 in KY; died January 15, 1844 in Clay Co., MO; married Mary Carroll October 15, 1841 in Clay Co., MO.
		iv.		John Watts Shouse, born April 12, 1825; died September 07, 1919 in Clay Co., MO; married Elizabeth Writesman June 01, 1848 in Clay Co., MO.

Notes for John Watts Shouse:
John served in both the Mexican war (as a private on Doniphan's Expedition) and in the civil war. He was probably in the State Guard at the war's beginning and then served in the confederate army until he was captured in 1863. He escaped from prison at Springfield, Mo., and never returned. After the war he received a presidential pardon.

	6	v.		Thomas Jefferson Shouse, born June 04, 1832; died September 03, 1913 in Union Star, De Kalb Co., MO; married Angeletta Cook February 05, 1852.
		vi.		Elizabeth Shouse, born May 06, 1836; died May 18, 1864; married John Lewis McQuiddy February 26, 1852 in Clay Co., MO.

      14. John Cook, Jr.¹⁷, born 1800 in KY¹⁷. He was the son of 28. John Cook and 29. Mary Green. He married 15. Louisiana Buster October 21, 1833 in Russell County, Kentucky¹⁷.

      15. Louisiana Buster¹⁷, born 1814 in Kentucky¹⁷. She was the daughter of 30. John Buster and 31. Martha Tate.

Children of John Cook and Louisiana Buster are:

7	i.	Angeletta Cook, born May 27, 1834 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY; died July 04, 1913; married Thomas Jefferson Shouse February 05, 1852.
	ii.	William B. Cook, born 1838 in KY.
	iii.	Martha M. Cook, born 1840 in KY.
	iv.	John E. Cook, born 1841 in Russell Co., KY; died February 15, 1911 in North McAlister, Pittsburg Co., OK; married Mary J. Hickland July 14, 1867 in Andrew Co., MO.

Notes for John E. Cook:
Pension file indicates that he had black hair and black eyes. Since he went to Oklahoma, this may have some relation to the claim of Cherokee Indian blood in the family.

More About John E. Cook:
Military service: Bet. 1863 - 1866, Private, Co. B, 12th Mo. Cav. (Union)

		v.		Shelby E. Cook, born 1842 in KY.
		vi.		Susan E. Cook, born 1845 in KY.
		vii.		Thomas S. Cook, born 1849 in KY.

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