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Obituary of Thomas G. Bush from Scrapbook of Lillian Avis Baum)
(C. Avis Catalog entry #94)


Granite Falls (Minnesota) Tribune

Final Rites for Thomas G. Bush

Funeral services for Thomas G. Bush were held from the Congregational church in this city Friday afternoon with interment in the City cemetery.  Rev. Mr. Wm. Frank Fleming officiated.

The death of Mr. Bush occurred at the Granite Falls hospital Jan. 16, his age being almost 93 years.

Thomas Granville Bush was born near Parkersburg, W. Va., Feb. 12, 1858, the oldest child of Isaac and Louisa Bush.  At an early age he migrated to Grayson county, Texas, where he grew to manhood.  As a young man he engaged in cattle ranching in northern Texas and Indian Territory, now Oklahoma.

On Oct. 1, 1883, he married Mrs. Emma I. Richardson of Fort Sill, Indian Territory.  In 1885, they moved to Minnesota, settling on a farm in Renville county, where they continued to farm until they retired and moved to Granite Falls in 1913.  Mrs. Bush died Sept. 15, 1928.

Mr. Bush served as city assessor in Granite Falls for 16 years.  He was a student of politics and took a keen interest in local government.

Mr. Bush is survived by two sons and three daughters.  The sons are Archibald of St. Paul and Reuben of this city, while the daughters are Sadie Richardson of this city, Margaret of St. Paul and Minnie of Brooklyn, N. Y.  There are two granddaughters, Ione Bush of Duluth and Mrs. Chas. Medlin of St. Louis Park, as well as one great grandson.  There are also two brothers and a sister in Texas.

At the church service two solos were sung by Donald Daby.   The pallbearers included Henry Weflen, W. S. Anderson, Lester Harmre, Emil Formo, Raymond Johnson <article cut off here>

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