  Ingaby Bush 1846 - 1923 Anderson Bush 1846 - 1932 (Texas Social Security Death Index - death: March 29, 1928) "They were faithful and true and their works do follow them." The Whitewright Sun Thursday, April 5, 1928 pg.6 FARMINGTON RESIDENT, 60 YEARS, DROPES DEAD Sherman - Anderson Bush, 82, resident of Farmington for 60 years, dropped dead late Thursday while walking to a neighbor's house. Two sisters, Mrs. C.A. Cartwright, Van Alstyne, and Mrs. Jess Ring, Weslaco and a brother, M.L. Bush, Oklahoma, survive.
The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois) Monday, August 15, 1898 pg. 3 MRS. HOWSER'S BODY FOUND Texas Woman Who Mysteriously Disappeared Committed Suicide Special Dispatch to The Inter Ocean Fort Worth, August 14 - The dead body of Mrs. Mary Howser, whose myserious disappearance from the home of her brother, Mart Bush, a week ago has caused so much excitement at Van Alstyne, was found this morning hanging to a post in a secluded spot, an apron having been twisted about the neck. The undisturbed condition of the ground indicated that the woman died without a struggle and the physicians think she had been dead for several days, evidently since the night of her disappearance. El Paso Daily Herald Tuesday, August 16, 1898 pg. 2 The latest information from Van Alstyne is that the searching parties have about given up hope of ever hearing of Mrs. Howser, whose mysterious disappearance from that place Saturday evening has had the whole community agog ever since. - - - Sherman Register Sedalia Weekly Democrat (Sedalia, Missouri) Thursday, August 18, 1898 pg. 10 HANGED WITH AN APRON Mrs. Mary Howser's Suicide Effected in an Unusual Manner Fort Worth, Texas, August 15 - The dead body of Mrs. Howser, whose strange disappearnce from the home of her brother, Mart Bush, Saturday a week ago cause so much excitement at Van Alstyne, was found yesterday hanging by the neck, an apron having been twisted about it, and the other end tied to a post in the fence. The undisturbed condition of the ground indicated that the poor woman sank down to strangulation without a struggle. The place selected was in a large inclosure, some distance from the highway or even a by-path, and in the midst of a dense cluster of weeks. The discoloration and state of decompostion of the body was such as to indicate that the deed was committed on the night of the disappearance. The physicians failed to find any marks of violence on the body. The Caldwell News-Chronicle Friday, August 19, 1898 pg. 6 TEXAS NEWS NOTES The dead body of Mrs. Mary Howser, whose recenty disappearance caused great excitement at Van Alstyne, has been found hanging to a fence post in a secluded spot, where the stench attracted the searchers. Her apron had been twisted about her neck and tied to the post not over four feet from the ground. No marks of violence. Shiner Gazette Wednesday, August 24, 1898 pg. 6 TEXAS CONDENSED Mrs. Mary Howser, whose disappearance from the home of her brother, Mart Bush, on the 6th, caused much excitement at Van Alstyne, was found hanging to the post of a fence on the 13th, an apron being twisted about her neck. The body was badly decomposed and it is thought she hanged herself on the day of her disappearance.  Hall Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
