
| i. | SAMUEL4 THRUSH. |
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Notes for SAMUEL THRUSH: During the Civil War he was for four years editor and proprietor of The Shippensburg News. A more extended biography is given later on. D. W. Thrush married Feb. 5, 1865, Mary Ann Bollinger, daughter of Joseph and Lydia Ann (Johns) Bollinger. (See Bollinger Family). They had a son and a daughter: Ambrose Watts Thrush (XXX) Nancy Lydia Thrush (XXXI) -48- ELIAS THRUSH Elias Thrush (XX), born October 24, 1832, died May 28, 1859, second son of Leonard and Nancy (Fisher) Thrush, was born on the homestead in Southampton Township, Franklin County. Elias Thrush married Emma Vandersaul of the same vicinity. There was no issue. Sometime after the death of Elias Thrush his widow married Henry Clippinger of Lurgan Township and became the mother of a family of several children. MARY ANN THRUSH Mary Ann Thrush (XXI), born October 24, 1835, on the homestead in Southampton Township, Franklin County, and died in Chambersburg January 13, 1910. She was a daughter of Leonard and Nancy (Fisher) Thrush. She was a consistent member of the Lutheran Church all her lifetime and as a young woman attended the Young Ladies Seminary in Shippensburg. Mary Ann Thrush married Israel Johns Bollinger, son of Joseph and Lydia Ann Bollinger: (See Bollinger family). They were the parents of three daugnters and one son: Bessie F. Bollinger married D. Newton Minick. Newton Thrush Bollinger married Mary Brechbill. Elsie J. Bollinger married Whitfield C. Bishop. Lulu J. Bollinger, a single person. See Bollinger family for more extended biography. Mary Ann Thrush married December 29, 1868. -49- DAVID LEONARD THRUSH David Leonard Thrush (XXII), born 1843 in Southampton Township, Franklin County, the youngest son of Leonard and Nancy (Fisher) Thrush. When a young man he was for a time an apprentice with The Shippensburg News. He returned to the farm and spent all his active years as a farmer. He lived on the homestead until the death of his father and then bought the same and as an owner continued farming on the homestead. His last years were spent retired in Oakville, Pa., where he died in 1913. David Leonard Thrush married Harriet Youndt, b. Nov. 11, 1847, died June 2, 1910, a daughter of John Youndt of Southampton who was born in 1803 and died in 1882. She is buried in a churchyard at Cleversburg, Pa. and her grave is well marked. Where her husband, Martin, was buried is not known. Martin and Peggy (Bowermaster) Thrush had ten children as follows: Geroge W. Thrush, B. 1828, D. 1924 (XXV) John Thrush, married Sarah. They had a large family Samuel Thrush, B. 1845, D. 1927, married Sarah J. Helm, B. 1845, D. 1926 David Thrush Jacob Thrush Rudy Thrush Henry Thrush (XXVI) Barbara Thrush (XXVII) Elizabeth Thrush (XXVIII) Martin Thrush, B. 1850, D. 1923 (XXIX) SOPHIA THRUSH Sophia Thrush (XVI), daughter of Solomon (Jacob-Leonard), was born in Shippensburg, Pa. and married Daniel Duke, of Shippensburg. Daniel Duke, for many years and until his death shortly before the Civil War, was the proprietor of the Union Motel, now the Sherman House, in Shippensburg. Daniel and Sophia Duke had issue:- Henry Duke, lived and died in Shippensburg. He was a painter and interior decorator of some note. The frescoeing of -46- a number of churches and halls in the valley are evidence of his skill in this line. Henry Duke had a family, the oldest son being Carlton Duke. John Duke Robert Duke George Duke, born 1845, now living in Shippensburg, was the youngest son of the family. He was a restaurant proprietor all his active years. He was a great hunter and fisherman and credits his grandfather, Solomon Thrush, with teaching him both arts. He is the only one of his family now (1929) living and makes his home with a granddaughter in Shippensburg. CAROLINE THRUSH Caroline Thrush, a daughter of Daniel and Catherine (Helm) Thrush, was born in Newton Township, Cumb. Co. She married Edward Stahler, whose mother was a Thrush, presumedly Margaret, youngest daughter of David Thrush and a sister of Jacob. Jacob Thrush and his wife, "Aunt Katy" raised Edward Stahler and after his marriage to Caroline Thrush the Stahlers continued to live with "Aunt Katy" until the time of her death in 1901. Edward and Caroline (Thrush) Stahler had two sons and two daughters, namely: John Stahler, married and lives in Shippensburg (1929) married Curtis Stevens. -47- MARY MAGDALENE THRUSH Mary Magdalene Thrush (XVIII), was a daughter of Daniel and Catherine (Helm) Thrush and was born in Newton Township, Cumb. Co. She married Samuel ("Doc") Evinger, born in Perry County. The Evingers lived in the vicinity of Lees X Roads and were the parents of ten children, some of whom yet reside in this same neighborhood. DANIEL WEBSTER THRUSH D. W. Thrush (XIX), oldest son of Leonard and Nancy (Fisher) Thrush, was born Aug. 12, 1830, on the homestead in Southampton Township, Franklin County. He died Aug. 9, 1875, in Southampton Township, Cumb. Co. He taught in the rural schools in early life, then entered Gettysburg College in 1850, intending to prepare for the Lutheran ministry. He taught in college and academics for some years and 1861 was admitted to the Franklin County Bar. Shortly previous to this he had been admitted to the Cumberland County Bar. Township, Franklin Co. They had two sons and no daughters. Leland Thrush married John Thrush married SAMUEL THRUSH Samuel Thrush (XXIII), born July 17, 1825, in Newton Township, Cumberland Co., the oldest son of John and Margaret (Clark) Thrush, was a farmer. He lived for some years in the vicinity of Shippensburg and then removed to Maryland, living on a farm along the Highway between Hagerstown and State Line, Pa. Samuel Thrush died in 1899. His wife was Nancy R. Allen, B. Feb. 2, 1821, D. June 6, 1900. She was a member of the Allen family of Lees X Roads and -50- vicinity. They were the parents of two sons and one daughter. Abner A. Thrush, b July 8, 1851, d. 1917, in Shippensburg. Samuel R. Thrush, b. May 10, 1854, d. 1920, in Shippensburg. Josephine Thrush, b. May 23, 1868, married Ferdinand Senseny, a Civil War veteran, now dead. She lived in Shippensburg. WILSON THRUSH Wilson Thrush (XXIV), born 1833, a son of John and Margaret (Clark) Thrush, was a farmer in the vicinity of Newburg, Cumberland Co. until about 1885 (?), when he removed to the State of Kansas where he lived until the time of his death in 1908. The descendants of Wilson Thrush for the most part reside in Kansas and other western states. Wilson Thrush married Susan Gayman of Franklin County and they had issue: Annie John Gayman (XXXII) Abram L. Samuel Mary Simon Fannie Jennie -51- Nancy Clara Wilson (died when 5 years old) GEORGE W. THRUSH George W. Thrush (XXV), born 1828 in Southampton Township, Cumb. Co., the oldest son of Martin and Peggy Bowermaster Thrush, was a coach smith and the founder of the firm of carriage builders in Shippensburg. The name of this firm was changed on various occasions, but the name of Thrush always headed the firm name. They were for some time the most extensive builders of buggies and carriages in the Cumberland Valley. George Thrush was a most successful businessman and accumulated a considerable estate. He died in 1924 in the ninety-seventh year of his life and was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery. He was twice married, first to a McClure and second to a Burchell. There was no issue by the second marriage. Helen Thrush married Hempbill and lives in Altoona. Wilson H. Thrush married Ella Myers and lives in Shippensburg. They have a family, one daughter and two sons. Annie Thrush married Edward Kitzmiller, now dead. They lived in Shippensburg. No issue. Annie died may 29, 1962. Herbert Thrush married Maude Blair. They have a family. Edna Thrush married Charles Mateer. They live in Shippensburg. No issue. -52- HENRY THRUSH Henry Thrush (XXVI), born in Southampton Township, Cumb. Co., a son of Martin and Peggy (Bowermaster) Thrush, was a coach smith by trade and while living in Shippensburg worked for his brother, George W. In the early 1870's he removed to the State of Indiana where he lived the remainder of his life. Henry Thrush married Ellen Anderson of Shippensburg, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Fisher) Anderson. They raised a family in Indiana. BARBARA THRUSH Barbara Thrush (XXVII), born in Southampton Township, Cumb. Co., a daughter of Martin and Peggy (Bowermaster) Thrush, married first John Bowers and had one son named John Bowers who lived in Waynesboro, Pa. She married second Jeremiah Ott, born in Fulton Co. and had issue as follows: |
| 9. | ii. | BARNABAS THRUSH, b. 1805; d. SPRINGFIELD, CUMBERLAND CO. |
| 10. | iii. | JOHN THRUSH, b. 1793, NEWTON TWP, CUMB. CO; d. 1872, SOUTHAMPTON TWP, CUMB CO. |
| i. | CATHRINE4 THRUSH. |
| ii. | JOHN THRUSH. |
| 11. | iii. | JACOB THRUSH, b. February 10, 1796. |
| iv. | JOSEPH THRUSH. |
| 12. | v. | MARTIN THRUSH, b. December 31, 1804; d. 1850, LEESBURG ROAD. |
| vi. | DAVID THRUSH. |
| vii. | SOLOMON THRUSH. |
| viii. | MARGARET THRUSH. |
| 13. | i. | MARY4 FRY, d. 1805. |
| 14. | i. | SOLOMAN4 THRUSH, b. 1799. |
| 15. | ii. | DANIEL THRUSH, b. 1808, STOUGHTOWNS, CUMBERLAND CO; d. 1880, BELLEVILLE, OHIO. |
| i. | JACOB4 THRUSH. |
| 16. | ii. | JOSEPH THRUSH. |
| 17. | iii. | CATHERINE THRUSH (AUNTY KATY), b. 1801, NEWTON TWP,CUMBERLAND CO; d. 1901, NEWTON TWP, CUMBERLAND CO. |
| 18. | iv. | LEONARD THRUSH, b. October 3, 1799, NEWTON TWP, CUMB. CO; d. January 16, 1883, SOUTHAMPTON TWP, FRANKLIN CO. PA. |
| v. | MARY THRUSH, m. DANIEL STINE. |
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