Delila Jane Fix Bush

1848 - 1929  (80 years)

• Name	Delila Jane Fix Bush
  Born	18 Jul 1848	Kankakee County, Illinois
  Gender	Female
  Died	11 Feb 1929	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I2776	Rossville
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2019

  
  

  Family ID

  F805

  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Nixon Bush, Sr.,   b. 3 Nov 1847,   d. 20 Jul 1934  (Age 86 years)
  Married	2 Jan 1870
  Children	+ 1. Isador Bush,   b. 8 Mar 1877, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 29 Dec 1965, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 88 years) + 2. John Nixon Bush,   b. 30 Oct 1873, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 6 Jan 1953, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 79 years)   3. William H Bush,   b. 1871,   d. 31 Aug 1961  (Age 90 years) + 4. Nora May Bush Navarre,   b. 26 May 1881,   d. 4 Sep 1965  (Age 84 years)   5. Grace Bush Baird   6. Lucy Bush Mitchell,   d. 23 May 1952   7. Jane Bush Canaven
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2016 14:02:09
  Family ID	F797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Jul 1848 - Kankakee County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Bush, Delia Delila Jane Bush (Note: headstone lists her as Delila) -------- MRS. JOHN BUSH, PIONEER, DIED MONDAY -------- Funeral services for Mrs. Delia Jane Bush, a pioneer resident of this state and for nearly 60 years a resident of this community, who died Monday afternoon at the family home, were held at the Methodist Episcopal church Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Bush was born in Kankakee, Ill., in 1848 and came to Kansas with her parents in the year 1856, settling near Big Springs, Kansas. Mrs. Bush, whose maiden name was Fix., was married to Mr. John Bush, January 2, 1870. She died Feb. 11, 1929, after a several months illness, leaving beside the husband, seven children, Mrs. Jan Canaven, Sacramento, Calif.; Mrs. Lucy Mitchell, Silver Lake, Mrs. Nora Navarre, Topeka; Mrs. Grace Beard, Wichita; and William, Nixon and Isadore Bush of Rossville. There are also 17 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. One sister, Mrs. Louisa Farris of Topeka, surviving her. Mrs. Bush was 80 years of age. Rev. Gordon S. Pritchett conducted the services with the assistance of a quartette composed of Mrs. E. G. Griswold, Mrs. William Butters, Mr. A L. Ruff and Mr. Pritchett. Mrs. Butters sang a solo, “One Sweetly Solemn Thought,” with Miss Lucie Griswold at the piano. Burial was in the Rossville cemetery.