Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Bush, J E
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

J. E. BUSH, dealer in grain, Joliet; is a son of Stephen N. BUSH, who came to Joliet 
from Washington Co., N.Y., in 1861; he was born in Washington Co., N.Y., Nov. 5, 1835; 
he prepared for college at Whitehall Academy in his native county, and in 1856, entered 
Williams College, Mass., graduating in 1860; he came to Joliet the same year; spent two 
years in a grocery store; one year as teller of the First National Bank, and, in 1864, 
purchased the elevator built by Abijah Cagwin (which was the first elevator built in 
Will Co.), and engaged in the grain business; this elevator has a capacity of 30,000 
bushels; in 1872, he erected the elevator near the Michigan Central Depot with a capacity 
of 20,000 bushels; he handles upward of half a million bushels of grain per annum. He 
was married in 1863 to Miss Marian C. WOODRUFF, daughter of George WOODRUFF, of Joliet; 
she died in 1876, leaving two children - - George W. and Jennie C. Mr. BUSH was married 
again in 1877 to Miss Bella G. KENYON, daughter of John KENYON, of Wheatland, Ill.; they 
have one child - - John K.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

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