Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Bush, William Riley September 13, 1862 - 
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Source: Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens, Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold, 1911
Author: Jesse C. Sell

WILLIAM RILEY BUSH, general farmer and a well known citizen of Antis
Township, Blair County, Pa., where he owns sixty-two aces of well improved
land, was born in Love's Valley, Huntingdon County, Pa., September 13, 1862,
and is a son of William Luther and Mary (Glasgow) Bush.
     William Luther Bush was born in Berks County, Pa., and came from there
to Blair County. With the exception of several years spent in Huntingdon
County and two years in Clearfield County, the greater part of his subsequent
life was spent in Blair County. When the Pennsylvania Railroad was being
erected, he operated a steam saw-mill for the company, at Fostoria, but
maintained his home in Antis Township, where later he became a prosperous
farmer His death occurred in 1900 and his burial was in the Logan Valley
Cemetery. He married Mary Glasgow, who was a daughter of Taylor Glasgow and
was born and reared in Blair County. She met an accidental death, in 1897,
being run down by a railroad train. Her burial also was in the Logan Valley
Cemetery. They were highly respected residents of Antis Township. They had
three children, namely: William Riley; Charles Lawson, who lives at Bellwood,
Pa.; and Alice May, who is the wife of Frank Wesley, of Bellwood.
     William Riley Bush was reared in Blair and Antis Townships, having
accompanied his parents to Blair County in 1866. His education was secured in
the public schools. Farming has been his business, one that he has carried on
with care, industry and good judgment, the same having resulted in a large
degree of prosperity.
     Mr. Bush was married May 24, 1898, to Miss Ida Cherry, who was born and
reared in Antis Township. Her parents were Samuel and Jennie (Irwin) Cherry,
the former of whom now resides in Colorado. Mrs. Cherry died in April, 1885,
and her burial was in the Logan Valley Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Bush's children
are as follows: Robert Wilson, Charles Francis, William Leroy, Helen Dorothy
(deceased), Mabel Loretta and Harold Wesley. Mr. Bush is one of his
township's most active and interested citizens. In his political views he is
a Republican and is serving in the office of township supervisor, being
secretary of the board. He is a member of the fraternal organization
designated as the K.O.T.M.

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