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Cemeteries of Madison County, Vol. III, page 109
Bush Cemetery
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Carpenter. James W. Carpenter. 1852 - 1948. (James W. Carpenter m. Mildred Russell 5 Mar. 1874.
Carpenter. M. P. Carpenter. May 15, 1855 - Sept. 2, 1921 [This was Mildred P. (Russell) Carpenter.] She was called “Aunt Bea” and was a sister of Tom Russell who was Richard L. Russell's father.
Carpenter. Mary C. Carpenter. Dec. 20, 1876 - Died 1886.
Carpenter. Two infants of Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Carpenter. (No other information).
Drake. Unlettered fieldstone. [There are Drakes buried in this cemetery in unmarked graves. This grave may be the first husband (a Drake) of a Miss Hunt who married, second, a Malone.]
Malone. This is the grave of the Miss Hunt who married a Drake then a Malone.
... Unlettered fieldstone.
... Unlettered fieldstone. (A child's grave).
Webster. Father. Ollie Webster. 1894 - 1969.
Webster. Mother. Bessie Webster. 1898 - 1930.
Row 4, North to South.
... There are five unlettered fieldstones here marking graves. Identities unknown.
Williams. May Williams died 1918. (Funeral marker).
Motes. Georgia Idell Motes. Born April 12, 1943. Died April 12, 1943 aged 10 weeks. (Copied exact.)
Dunn. P. B. Dunn. Feb. 8th 1881. [This is Peter Bart Dunn who married Martha Jane Russell] on 10 Feb. 1870 (MB-5). [Martha Jane was the sister of Tom Russell; her burial place is unknown but may be near Laceys Spring in Morgan County. ] The name and death date of P. B. Dunn was carved on a fieldstone.
Note: The following three graves were not actually in this row but was at the head of P. B. Dunn's grave and in Row 5; the row curves somewhat around a tree and is difficult to follow.
Bush. William H. Bush. (Unlettered fieldstone.) This is the grave of William “Bill” Bush who married Elizabeth Russell, the sister of Tom Russell, on 10 June 1869 (MB-5).
Bush. Elizabeth (Russell) Bush - “Aunt Bet.” - Wife of William H. Bush who donated land for this cemetery.
Smith. Unlettered fieldstone. [This is the grave of Lizzie (Bush) Smith, dau. of William & Elizabeth Bush.
... Three unlettered fieldstones here. Identity unknown.
Maddux. Nannie A. Maddux. Born Aug. 7, 1873 - Died May 2, 1916. [She was married first to W. P. Vann, and second to a Maddux. Harvey Esslinger is her brother.]
Vann. W. P. Vann. Dec. 15, 1872 - Sept. 22, 1904. [The first husband of Nannie A. Maddux.]
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