Earl P. Bugher1

b. 22 February 1913, d. 7 December 1918
Family
Father*John Bugher2,3 b. 14 Jul 1884, d. 17 Apr 1929
Mother*Lottie Russell2,4 b. Jul 1889, d. 12 Dec 1918
Birth*22 February 1913Earl P. Bugher was born on 22 February 1913 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska.2,1 
(Younger Son) Illness28 November 1918 On Thanksgiving day, 28 November 1918, tragedy began for the Bugher family of 4612 Thirty-Fifth Street, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, when their whole family was stricken with the Spanish influenza. Earl's father recovered enough to care for his family and was obliged to remain at home to nurse them instead of going to his work at a packing house. Bertha, Earl's elder sister, died of the Spanish influenza on December 5 and two days later, Earl died of the same disease. Their mother, Lottie, died early Thursday morning, December 12, also of Spanish influenza. On 13 December, Earl's father was reported to be ill, and in the house of a neighbor, with tuberculosis of the throat and had only recently regained his voice. Earl's brother, George, who was 10 years old, was ill with Spanish influenza, and his sister, Clara, who was 5 years old, was in Nicholas Senn hospital in Omaha with the disease.5 
(Son) Historical Note The 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in history at its time. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919. In the United States, it was first identified in military personnel in the Spring of 1918. It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States.

Mortality was high in people younger than 5 years old, 20-40 years old, and 65 years and older. The high mortality in healthy people, including those in the 20-40 year age group, was a unique feature of this pandemic. While the 1918 H1N1 virus has been synthesized and evaluated, the properties that made it so devastating are not well understood. With no vaccine to protect against influenza infection and no antibiotics to treat secondary bacterial infections that can be associated with influenza infections, control efforts worldwide were limited to non-pharmaceutical interventions such as isolation, quarantine, good personal hygiene, use of disinfectants, and limitations of public gatherings, which were applied unevenly.

The Bugher family of Omaha, Nebraska, even though the epidemic was raging in the fall of 1918, planned with the rest of the nation to celebrate Thanksgiving on 28 November 1918. There were parades, sporting events, "flag raisings" and family and friend gatherings everywhere, from small towns to cities. Many newspapers reported it was the "Best Thanksgiving in History."

100 years later, in our world, the COVID-19 epidemic, which began to be recognized internationally in early 2020, has cast a long and persistent shadow over Thanksgiving and other family and national events. For a variety of reasons, though, the Spanish influenza didn't have a similar effect in 1918 on Thanksgiving or on subsequent holidays.

“The Great War” had ended two weeks earlier, and as University of Pennsylvania historian David Barnes pointed out, since this was the war to end all wars, World War II wasn’t yet a gleam in the national eye. And while the Spanish influenza was still killing, it appeared to be in retreat. Historian Kenneth C. Davis wrote that the national attitude was “We have a lot to be thankful for. The war is over, we’re still alive.” And he added that by Thanksgiving, people were eager to forget an epidemic they didn’t quite understand in the first place. Celebration was just what everyone needed!

Separated by almost exactly 100 years, the Spanish influenza and COVID-19 pandemics are both different and similar. They both induced specific degrees of denial, and each struck fear and apprehension in the hearts and minds of people around the world. While the Spanish influenza pandemic and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic are not one and the same as viruses, the means by which they spread, and the overall reactions of society display some common features.

Those people living during the time of the Spanish influenza were divided into two camps about wearing masks, social distancing, personal hygiene and taking other protective measures – those wanting to protect themselves and to take measures to slow the spread of disease, and those wanting the right to choose what and what not to do, in order to protect their personal liberties. In the time of the Spanish influenza, the two main arguments against masks were that wearing one would alarm others into believing a mask-wearer was infected with the disease and, second, that wearing a mask was an impediment to smoking.6,7,8 
(Brother) Death5 December 1918Earl's sister, Bertha, died of Spanish influenza on 5 December 1918 at about age 11.9,5 
Death*7 December 1918He died of Spanish influenza on 7 December 1918 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, at age 52,5 
Burial*9 December 1918 and was buried as Earl R. Bugher, with no grave marker, next to his sister, Bertha, in a baby grave on 9 December 1918 in Section 5, Infant Lot 170, of Graceland Park Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska.2,9 

Citations

  1. [S2397] Nebraska, U.S., Birth Ledgers, 1904-1911, Birth Index, 1912-1994, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Earl P Bugher, Male, on 22 February 1913 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, son of John Bugher, citing Certificate# 07001 and Birth Certificate Type: Normal, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; Lincoln, Nebraska; Nebraska Birth Index, 1912-1994. Hereinafter cited as Nebraska, U.S., Birth Ledgers, 1904-1911, Birth Index, 1912-1994.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Earl R. Bugher, Memorial# 226115389. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, John Bugher, Memorial# 100799080.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lottie Bugher, Memorial# 226115416.
  5. [S2398] John Bugher Family 1918 Thanksgiving Illness and Deaths, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Omaha Daily Bee, (Omaha, Nebraska), Friday, 13 December 1918, page 7, headline shouts that "Mother, Daughter and Son Die of Flu; Father and Two Sons are Idle"; tragedy began for the John Bugher family of 4612 Thirty-Fifth Street, Omaha, Nebraska, on Thanksgiving when the whole family was stricken with the Spanish influenza; Mr. Bugher recovered sufficiently to care for his family and was obliged to remain at home to nurse them instead of going to his work at the packing house; Bertha, oldest daughter, died of influenza on December 5 and two days later, Earl, the youngest son, died of the same disease; Mrs. Bugher died early Thursday morning, December 12, of Spanish influenza; at the time of the news report, Mr. John Bugher was ill in the house of a neighbor with tuberculosis of the throat and had only recently regained his voice; son George, age 10 years, was ill with influenza; and daughter Clara, age 5 years, was in Nicholas Senn hospital with influenza; story was also published by The Gretna Breeze, (Gretna, Nebraska), on Friday, 20 December 1918, page 4, because the Bugher family had lived in that vicinity of Nebraska before moving to Omaha. Hereinafter cited as John Bugher Family 1918 Thanksgiving Illness and Deaths.
  6. [S2399] Spanish Influenza and Thanksgiving 1918, online at https://www.ajc.com, The American Journal-Constitution, accessed on 20 July 2022 at https://www.ajc.com/news/…, the month before Thanksgiving 1918, the so-called Spanish flu was blamed for killing 11,000 people in Philadelphia alone; epidemic that ultimately claimed an estimated 675,000 American lives — probably a tremendous underestimate since it didn’t include countless deaths involving preexisting conditions — was on fire in the fall of 1918; yet on November 28, 1918, the nation celebrated Thanksgiving; exuberantly. Hereinafter cited as Spanish Influenza and Thanksgiving 1918.
  7. [S2400] Spanish Influenza 1918 Pandemic (H1N1 virus), online at https://www.cdc.gov, CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, accessed on 20 July 2022 at https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/…, reporting historical information about the 1918 influenza pandemic, the most severe pandemic until Covid-19. Hereinafter cited as Spanish Influenza 1918 Pandemic (H1N1 virus).
  8. [S2401] Parallels Between the Spanish Flu and Covid-19 Pandemics, online at https://www.myamericannurse.com/, American Nurse Journal, accessed on 21 July 2022 at https://www.myamericannurse.com/…, separated by almost exactly 100 years, each struck fear and apprehension in the hearts of people all over the world. Hereinafter cited as Parallels Between the Spanish Flu and Covid-19 Pandemics.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Bertha Bugher, Memorial# 226115358.

Edward Bugher1

b. March 1893
Family
Father*Isaiah Bugher1 b. Jan 1855, d. 1930
Mother*Emma Tree1 b. 6 Feb 1858, d. 18 Jul 1934
Birth*March 1893Edward Bugher was born in March 1893 in Iowa.1 
(Son) Census US 19002 June 1900Edward was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 2 June 1900 in the household of his parents in Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska. He was 7 years old and had attended school for 7 months of the census year.1 

Citations

  1. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1900; Census Place: Columbus, Platte, Nebraska; Roll: 937; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0158; FHL microfilm: 1240937. (Important note: The Isaiah Bugher family was split by the census taker and recorded on two different sheets. Isaiah, Emma, Law A. and Nettie are on image# 2 of 20, lines 97-100 of what the census taker called page 1-B, and Lizzie, John, Lillian and Edward are on image# 1 of 20, lines 47-50 of what the census taker called page 1-A.). Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.

Fred Bugher1

b. 17 September 1891
Family
Father*Isaiah Bugher1 b. Jan 1855, d. 1930
Mother*Emma Tree1 b. 6 Feb 1858, d. 18 Jul 1934
Birth*17 September 1891Fred Bugher was born on 17 September 1891 or 1893 in Swaledale, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. Some sources reported1891 as the year of his birth, and other sources reported 1893 as the year. Because his brother, Edward, according to the 1900 census, was born in March 1893, and the date of birth for Fred has remained consistent among our sources as 17 September, we believe 1891 to be the correct year of Fred's birth. His mother would not have had a child in March, and another child in September, of the same year.2,3,4,5,6,7,8 
(Son) Census US 19104 May 1910Fred was enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 28 April or 3 and 4 May 1910 in the household of his parents in Cody Lake, Logan County, Nebraska. He was 17 years old, able to read and write, had not attended school within the census year, and worked as a farm laborer.9 
Marriage*He married Rosie Thankful Hines, daughter of Edward T. Hines and Sarah I. Morford.10,11 
(Married Son) Census US 192028 January 1920Fred was enumerated with his wife and children on the 1920 census taken between 25 and 28 January 1920 in the household of his parents in Stapleton, Logan County, Nebraska. He was 27 years of age and worked with his father for wages as a farmer on the home farm. Fred's wife, Rosie, was 24 years of age, and their children, Hazel, Laurence and Anne, were ages 6, 4, and 2 years, respectively.1 

Family

 Rosie Thankful Hines b. 18 Nov 1894

Citations

  1. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1920; Census Place: Stapleton, Logan, Nebraska; Roll: T625_997; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 200. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Fred Bugher, Memorial# 27437814, reporting his date of birth as 17 September 1891. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S1768] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, online at www.ancestry.com, registration dated 25 April 1942 at Torrington, Wyoming of Fred Bugher of Torrington, Goshen County, Wyoming, USA, age 51, self-employed farmer, born on 17 September 1891 in Mason City, Iowa, USA, his wife, Rosie, would always know his address, his height was 6 2, eyes were Blue, hair was Brown, weight was 170 and his complexion was Ruddy, referencing The National Archives at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) For the State of Wyoming, Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, Group# 147, Box or Roll# 5. Hereinafter cited as U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942.
  4. [S1456] Social Security (U.S.) Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, online at www.ancestry.com, Social Security information for Fred Bugher, born on 17 September 1891 and died in 1 November 1962. Hereinafter cited as Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
  5. [S29] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, online at Ancestry.com, death of Fred B. Bugher on 1 November 1962, born on 17 September 1891, application issued before 1951 in Wyoming. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014.
  6. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1920; Census Place: Stapleton, Logan, Nebraska; Roll: T625_997; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 200, estimating Fred's year of birth as 1893.
  7. [S223] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online at www.ancestry.com, draft registration card dated 5 June 1917 in Stapleton, Nebraska for Fred Bugher, age 24, born on 17 September 1893 in Swaledale, Iowa, residence in 1917-1918 in Logan County, Nebraska, USA, occupation was a laborer in a round house with Union Pacific Railroad, married with children; his physical build was medium, height was medium, hair was black, eyes were brown, referencing U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Logan County, Nebraska. Hereinafter cited as U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  8. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1900; Census Place: Columbus, Platte, Nebraska; Roll: 937; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0158; FHL microfilm: 1240937. (Important note: The Isaiah Bugher family was split by the census taker and recorded on two different sheets. Isaiah, Emma, Law A. and Nettie are on image# 2 of 20, lines 97-100 of what the census taker called page 1-B, and Lizzie, John, Lillian and Edward are on image# 1 of 20, lines 47-50 of what the census taker called page 1-A.), reporting the date of Edward's birth as March 1893. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  9. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and "Emmerilla" Bugher, Year: 1910; Census Place: Cody Lake, Logan, Nebraska; Roll: T624_850; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0185; FHL microfilm: 1374863. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  10. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Rosie Thankful (Hines) Bugher, Memorial# 27437815.
  11. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Fred Bugher, Memorial# 27437814.

George Leonard Bugher1,2

b. 31 March 1908
Family
Father*John Bugher1,3 b. 14 Jul 1884, d. 17 Apr 1929
Mother*Lottie Russell1,4 b. Jul 1889, d. 12 Dec 1918
Birth*31 March 1908George Leonard Bugher was born on 31 March 1908 in Smithfield, Gosper County, Nebraska.1,2 
(Son) Illness28 November 1918 On Thanksgiving day, 28 November 1918, tragedy began for the Bugher family of 4612 Thirty-Fifth Street, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, when their whole family was stricken with the Spanish influenza. George's father recovered enough to care for his family and was obliged to remain at home to nurse them instead of going to his work at a packing house. Bertha, George's elder sister, died of the Spanish influenza on December 5 and two days later, Earl, his younger brother, died of the same disease. Their mother, Lottie, died early Thursday morning, December 12, also of Spanish influenza. On 13 December, George's father was reported to be ill, and in the house of a neighbor, with tuberculosis of the throat and had only recently regained his voice. George, who was 10 years old, was ill with Spanish influenza, and his sister, Clara, who was 5 years old, was in Nicholas Senn hospital in Omaha with the disease.5 
(Son) Historical Note The 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in history at its time. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919. In the United States, it was first identified in military personnel in the Spring of 1918. It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States.

Mortality was high in people younger than 5 years old, 20-40 years old, and 65 years and older. The high mortality in healthy people, including those in the 20-40 year age group, was a unique feature of this pandemic. While the 1918 H1N1 virus has been synthesized and evaluated, the properties that made it so devastating are not well understood. With no vaccine to protect against influenza infection and no antibiotics to treat secondary bacterial infections that can be associated with influenza infections, control efforts worldwide were limited to non-pharmaceutical interventions such as isolation, quarantine, good personal hygiene, use of disinfectants, and limitations of public gatherings, which were applied unevenly.

The Bugher family of Omaha, Nebraska, even though the epidemic was raging in the fall of 1918, planned with the rest of the nation to celebrate Thanksgiving on 28 November 1918. There were parades, sporting events, "flag raisings" and family and friend gatherings everywhere, from small towns to cities. Many newspapers reported it was the "Best Thanksgiving in History."

100 years later, in our world, the COVID-19 epidemic, which began to be recognized internationally in early 2020, has cast a long and persistent shadow over Thanksgiving and other family and national events. For a variety of reasons, though, the Spanish influenza didn't have a similar effect in 1918 on Thanksgiving or on subsequent holidays.

“The Great War” had ended two weeks earlier, and as University of Pennsylvania historian David Barnes pointed out, since this was the war to end all wars, World War II wasn’t yet a gleam in the national eye. And while the Spanish influenza was still killing, it appeared to be in retreat. Historian Kenneth C. Davis wrote that the national attitude was “We have a lot to be thankful for. The war is over, we’re still alive.” And he added that by Thanksgiving, people were eager to forget an epidemic they didn’t quite understand in the first place. Celebration was just what everyone needed!

Separated by almost exactly 100 years, the Spanish influenza and COVID-19 pandemics are both different and similar. They both induced specific degrees of denial, and each struck fear and apprehension in the hearts and minds of people around the world. While the Spanish influenza pandemic and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic are not one and the same as viruses, the means by which they spread, and the overall reactions of society display some common features.

Those people living during the time of the Spanish influenza were divided into two camps about wearing masks, social distancing, personal hygiene and taking other protective measures – those wanting to protect themselves and to take measures to slow the spread of disease, and those wanting the right to choose what and what not to do, in order to protect their personal liberties. In the time of the Spanish influenza, the two main arguments against masks were that wearing one would alarm others into believing a mask-wearer was infected with the disease and, second, that wearing a mask was an impediment to smoking.6,7,8 
(Brother) Death5 December 1918George's sister, Bertha, died of Spanish influenza on 5 December 1918 at about age 11.9,5 
(Brother) Death7 December 1918His brother, Earl, died of Spanish influenza on 7 December 1918 at age 5.10,5 
(Son) Death12 December 1918His mother died of Spanish influenza on 12 December 1918 at age 29. Funeral arrangements were delayed while awaiting the arrival of family members, including his father's parents who lived in Stapleton, Logan County, Nebraska.4,5,11,12 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, George Lenord Bugher, Memorial# 147829235. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S1967] U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, online at www.ancestry.com, registration of George Leonard Bugher of Monmouth, Polk, Oregon, USA, age 34, born on 31 March 1906 at Smithfield, Nebraska, USA, registered on 16 October 1940 in Oregon, USA, describing him as 5 7 in height, weighing 150, Light complexion, Hazel eyes and Brown hair, other members of his household included Nettie May Bugher, referencing U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, WWII Draft Registration Cards for Oregon, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947, Records of the Selective Service System, 147, Box 15. Hereinafter cited as U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, John Bugher, Memorial# 100799080.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lottie Bugher, Memorial# 226115416.
  5. [S2398] John Bugher Family 1918 Thanksgiving Illness and Deaths, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Omaha Daily Bee, (Omaha, Nebraska), Friday, 13 December 1918, page 7, headline shouts that "Mother, Daughter and Son Die of Flu; Father and Two Sons are Idle"; tragedy began for the John Bugher family of 4612 Thirty-Fifth Street, Omaha, Nebraska, on Thanksgiving when the whole family was stricken with the Spanish influenza; Mr. Bugher recovered sufficiently to care for his family and was obliged to remain at home to nurse them instead of going to his work at the packing house; Bertha, oldest daughter, died of influenza on December 5 and two days later, Earl, the youngest son, died of the same disease; Mrs. Bugher died early Thursday morning, December 12, of Spanish influenza; at the time of the news report, Mr. John Bugher was ill in the house of a neighbor with tuberculosis of the throat and had only recently regained his voice; son George, age 10 years, was ill with influenza; and daughter Clara, age 5 years, was in Nicholas Senn hospital with influenza; story was also published by The Gretna Breeze, (Gretna, Nebraska), on Friday, 20 December 1918, page 4, because the Bugher family had lived in that vicinity of Nebraska before moving to Omaha. Hereinafter cited as John Bugher Family 1918 Thanksgiving Illness and Deaths.
  6. [S2399] Spanish Influenza and Thanksgiving 1918, online at https://www.ajc.com, The American Journal-Constitution, accessed on 20 July 2022 at https://www.ajc.com/news/…, the month before Thanksgiving 1918, the so-called Spanish flu was blamed for killing 11,000 people in Philadelphia alone; epidemic that ultimately claimed an estimated 675,000 American lives — probably a tremendous underestimate since it didn’t include countless deaths involving preexisting conditions — was on fire in the fall of 1918; yet on November 28, 1918, the nation celebrated Thanksgiving; exuberantly. Hereinafter cited as Spanish Influenza and Thanksgiving 1918.
  7. [S2400] Spanish Influenza 1918 Pandemic (H1N1 virus), online at https://www.cdc.gov, CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, accessed on 20 July 2022 at https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/…, reporting historical information about the 1918 influenza pandemic, the most severe pandemic until Covid-19. Hereinafter cited as Spanish Influenza 1918 Pandemic (H1N1 virus).
  8. [S2401] Parallels Between the Spanish Flu and Covid-19 Pandemics, online at https://www.myamericannurse.com/, American Nurse Journal, accessed on 21 July 2022 at https://www.myamericannurse.com/…, separated by almost exactly 100 years, each struck fear and apprehension in the hearts of people all over the world. Hereinafter cited as Parallels Between the Spanish Flu and Covid-19 Pandemics.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Bertha Bugher, Memorial# 226115358.
  10. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Earl R. Bugher, Memorial# 226115389.
  11. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1920; Census Place: Stapleton, Logan, Nebraska; Roll: T625_997; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 200. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  12. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and "Emmerilla" Bugher, Year: 1910; Census Place: Cody Lake, Logan, Nebraska; Roll: T624_850; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0185; FHL microfilm: 1374863. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.

Isaiah Bugher1

b. January 1855, d. 1930
Family
Birth*January 1855Isaiah Bugher was probably born about January 1855 in Henry County, Illinois.2,3,4,5,6 
Marriage*28 January 1875He married Emma Tree on 28 January 1875 in Rockwell, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.1,7,8,9 
Census US 1880*25 June 1880Emma and Isaiah Bugher were enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 25 June 1880 in Pleasant Valley, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. Isaiah was 24 years of age and a farmer, and Emma was 21 years of age and keeping house. Their two daughters, Laura and Nettie, who were ages 4 and 2 years, respectively, were enumerated with their parents.1 
Census US 1900*2 June 1900Emma and Isaiah Bugher were enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 2 June 1900 in Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska. Isaiah was 45 years of age and a farmer, and Emma was 43 years of age. They rented their farm, reported they had been married for 27 years, and that Emma had given birth to 10 children, 9 of whom were living. Six of their children were enumerated with them in 1900. Their son, Law A., was 24 years of age, single, and worked as a farm laborer, probably with his father on the family farm. Their daughter, Nettie, who had married and was enumerated with her husband, Joseph William Faubion, and new-born son two days later in Kansas, was also enumerated with her parents in Nebraska as 22 years of age, single, and working as a servant. The couple's daughter, Lizzie, was 19 years old and was working as a servant, and John, Lillian and Edward were ages 15, 11 and 7 years, respectively, and all three were attending school. John and Lilliam had attended for 8 months of the census year, and Edward had attended for 7 months of the census year. Everyone in the Bugher household was able to read and write. The couple's eldest daughter, Laura (Bugher) Foster, was also married and was enumerated with her husband, Frank T. Foster, and three children in Gosper County, Nebraska.10 
Census US 1910*4 May 1910Emma Rilla and Isaiah Bugher were enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 28 April or 3 and 4 May 1910 in Cody Lake, Logan County, Nebraska. Isaiah was 55 years of age and a general farmer working on his own account, and Emma was 54 years of age. They owned their farm free of mortgage, had been married for 35 years, and Emma had given birth to seven children, all of whom were living. Their two youngest sons, Fred and Leonard, ages 17 and 11 years, respectively, were enumerated with their parents in 1910. Both boys were able to read and write, and neither had attended school within the census year. Fred was working as a farm laborer and Leonard was not working.11 
Census US 1920*28 January 1920Emma and Isaiah Bugher were enumerated on the 1920 census taken between 25 and 28 January 1920 in Stapleton, Logan County, Nebraska. Isaiah was 65 years of age and worked as a general farmer on his own account, and Emma was 62 years of age, and they owned their farm with a mortgage. Two of their sons, a daughter-in-law, and three grandchildren, were enumerated with them in 1920. Their son, Leonard, was single, 21 years of age, and his occupation was recorded as "none". Their married son, Fred, was 27 years of age and worked with his father for wages as a farmer on the home farm. Fred's wife, Rosie, was 24 years of age, and their children, Hazel, Laurence and Anne, were ages 6, 4, and 2 years, respectively.6 
Death*1930He died in 1930 in Nebraska at about age 759 
Burial* and was buried in Bayard Cemetery, Bayard, Morrill County, Nebraska.9 

Family

 Emma Tree b. 6 Feb 1858, d. 18 Jul 1934
Children 1.Law A. Bugher10 b. Apr 1876
 2.Laura Bugher1 b. 10 Apr 1876
 3.Nettie Bugher+1 b. 21 May 1878, d. 9 Jun 1928
 4.Mary Elizabeth Bugher10 b. 25 Feb 1881, d. 29 Dec 1949
 5.John Bugher+12,9 b. 14 Jul 1884, d. 17 Apr 1929
 6.Lillian Bugher10 b. 3 Jul 1889
 7.Fred Bugher6 b. 17 Sep 1891
 8.Edward Bugher10 b. Mar 1893
 9.Leonard Bugher6 b. 28 Jan 1899

Citations

  1. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1880; Census Place: Pleasant Valley, Cerro Gordo, Iowa; Roll: 332; Page: 337C; Enumeration District: 048. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1880; Census Place: Pleasant Valley, Cerro Gordo, Iowa; Roll: 332; Page: 337C; Enumeration District: 048, estimating the year of Isaiah's birth as 1856.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Isaiah Bugher, Memorial# 40725734, reporting his year of birth as 1858. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  4. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1900; Census Place: Columbus, Platte, Nebraska; Roll: 937; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0158; FHL microfilm: 1240937. (Important note: The Isaiah Bugher family was split by the census taker and recorded on two different sheets. Isaiah, Emma, Law A. and Nettie are on image# 2 of 20, lines 97-100 of what the census taker called page 1-B, and Lizzie, John, Lillian and Edward are on image# 1 of 20, lines 47-50 of what the census taker called page 1-A.), reporting Isaiah's birth as January 1855. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Rilla Bugher, Year: 1910; Census Place: Cody Lake, Logan, Nebraska; Roll: T624_850; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0185; FHL microfilm: 1374863, estimating the year of Isaiah's birth as 1855. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1920; Census Place: Stapleton, Logan, Nebraska; Roll: T625_997; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 200. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  7. [S1508] Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Isaiah Bugher and Emma Tree on 28 January 1875 in Rockwell, citing FHL Film# 1481034, Reference ID: 2:3WBM69H. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Emma Rilla (Tree) Bugher, Memorial# 40725639.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Isaiah Bugher, Memorial# 40725734.
  10. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1900; Census Place: Columbus, Platte, Nebraska; Roll: 937; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0158; FHL microfilm: 1240937. (Important note: The Isaiah Bugher family was split by the census taker and recorded on two different sheets. Isaiah, Emma, Law A. and Nettie are on image# 2 of 20, lines 97-100 of what the census taker called page 1-B, and Lizzie, John, Lillian and Edward are on image# 1 of 20, lines 47-50 of what the census taker called page 1-A.).
  11. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and "Emmerilla" Bugher, Year: 1910; Census Place: Cody Lake, Logan, Nebraska; Roll: T624_850; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0185; FHL microfilm: 1374863.
  12. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, John Bugher, Memorial# 100799080.

John Bugher1

b. 14 July 1884, d. 17 April 1929
Family
Father*Isaiah Bugher1,2 b. Jan 1855, d. 1930
Mother*Emma Tree1,3 b. 6 Feb 1858, d. 18 Jul 1934
Birth*14 July 1884John Bugher was born on 14 July 1884 or in May 1855 in Rockwell, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.4,5 
(Son) Census US 19002 June 1900John was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 2 June 1900 in the household of his parents in Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska. He was 15 years old and had attended school for 8 months of the census year.6 
Marriage*1 November 1905He married Lottie Russell, daughter of Alexander Russell and Mary Ann Jones, on 1 November 1905 in Oconee, Platte County, Nebraska. They were married by the by Reverend Joseph W. Angell, pastor of the Presbyterian church.7 
Illness*28 November 1918 On Thanksgiving day, 28 November 1918, tragedy began for the family of Lottie and John Bugher of 4612 Thirty-Fifth Street, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, when their whole family was stricken with the Spanish influenza. John recovered enough to care for his family and was obliged to remain at home to nurse them instead of going to his work at a packing house. Bertha, the couple's elder daughter, died of the Spanish influenza on December 5 and two days later, Earl, the couple's younger son, died of the same disease. Their mother, Lottie, died early Thursday morning, December 12, also of Spanish influenza. On 13 December, John was reported to be ill, and in the house of a neighbor, with tuberculosis of the throat and had only recently regained his voice. His son, George, who was 10 years old, was ill with Spanish influenza, and his daughter, Clara, who was 5 years old, was in Nicholas Senn hospital in Omaha with the disease.8 
Historical Note* The 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in history at its time. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919. In the United States, it was first identified in military personnel in the Spring of 1918. It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States.

Mortality was high in people younger than 5 years old, 20-40 years old, and 65 years and older. The high mortality in healthy people, including those in the 20-40 year age group, was a unique feature of this pandemic. While the 1918 H1N1 virus has been synthesized and evaluated, the properties that made it so devastating are not well understood. With no vaccine to protect against influenza infection and no antibiotics to treat secondary bacterial infections that can be associated with influenza infections, control efforts worldwide were limited to non-pharmaceutical interventions such as isolation, quarantine, good personal hygiene, use of disinfectants, and limitations of public gatherings, which were applied unevenly.

The Bugher family of Omaha, Nebraska, even though the epidemic was raging in the fall of 1918, planned with the rest of the nation to celebrate Thanksgiving on 28 November 1918. There were parades, sporting events, "flag raisings" and family and friend gatherings everywhere, from small towns to cities. Many newspapers reported it was the "Best Thanksgiving in History."

100 years later, in our world, the COVID-19 epidemic, which began to be recognized internationally in early 2020, has cast a long and persistent shadow over Thanksgiving and other family and national events. For a variety of reasons, though, the Spanish influenza didn't have a similar effect in 1918 on Thanksgiving or on subsequent holidays.

“The Great War” had ended two weeks earlier, and as University of Pennsylvania historian David Barnes pointed out, since this was the war to end all wars, World War II wasn’t yet a gleam in the national eye. And while the Spanish influenza was still killing, it appeared to be in retreat. Historian Kenneth C. Davis wrote that the national attitude was “We have a lot to be thankful for. The war is over, we’re still alive.” And he added that by Thanksgiving, people were eager to forget an epidemic they didn’t quite understand in the first place. Celebration was just what everyone needed!

Separated by almost exactly 100 years, the Spanish influenza and COVID-19 pandemics are both different and similar. They both induced specific degrees of denial, and each struck fear and apprehension in the hearts and minds of people around the world. While the Spanish influenza pandemic and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic are not one and the same as viruses, the means by which they spread, and the overall reactions of society display some common features.

Those people living during the time of the Spanish influenza were divided into two camps about wearing masks, social distancing, personal hygiene and taking other protective measures – those wanting to protect themselves and to take measures to slow the spread of disease, and those wanting the right to choose what and what not to do, in order to protect their personal liberties. In the time of the Spanish influenza, the two main arguments against masks were that wearing one would alarm others into believing a mask-wearer was infected with the disease and, second, that wearing a mask was an impediment to smoking.9,10,11 
(Father) Death5 December 1918John and Lottie's daughter, Bertha, died of Spanish influenza on 5 December 1918 at about age 11.12,8 
(Father) Death7 December 1918Their son, Earl, died of Spanish influenza on 7 December 1918 at age 5.13,8 
(Husband) Death12 December 1918John became a widower when Lottie (Russell) Bugher died of Spanish influenza on 12 December 1918 at age 29. Funeral arrangements were delayed while awaiting the arrival of family members, including John's parents who lived in Stapleton, Logan County, Nebraska.14,8,15,16 
Marriage*2 May 1925He married second, as her second husband, Mrs. Alta May (Parker) Butler on 2 May 1925 in Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri. They were married by Charles S. Smith, a Minister of the Gospel.1,17,18 
Death*17 April 1929He died of carcinoma of the bladder on 17 April 1929 in Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri, at age 441,19 
Burial* and was buried in Lile Cemetery, Gallatin.1 

Family 1

 Lottie Russell b. Jul 1889, d. 12 Dec 1918
Children 1.Bertha Bugher12,1 b. 1907, d. 5 Dec 1918
 2.George Leonard Bugher20,1 b. 31 Mar 1908
 3.Clara Lorella Bugher21,1 b. 7 Oct 1909
 4.Earl P. Bugher13,1 b. 22 Feb 1913, d. 7 Dec 1918

Family 2

 Alta May Parker b. 27 Oct 1882, d. 10 Apr 1966

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, John Bugher, Memorial# 100799080. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Isaiah Bugher, Memorial# 40725734.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Emma Rilla (Tree) Bugher, Memorial# 40725639.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, John Bugher, Memorial# 100799080, reporting his date of birth as 14 July 1884.
  5. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1900; Census Place: Columbus, Platte, Nebraska; Roll: 937; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0158; FHL microfilm: 1240937. (Important note: The Isaiah Bugher family was split by the census taker and recorded on two different sheets. Isaiah, Emma, Law A. and Nettie are on image# 2 of 20, lines 97-100 of what the census taker called page 1-B, and Lizzie, John, Lillian and Edward are on image# 1 of 20, lines 47-50 of what the census taker called page 1-A.), reporting John's birth as May 1885. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1900; Census Place: Columbus, Platte, Nebraska; Roll: 937; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0158; FHL microfilm: 1240937. (Important note: The Isaiah Bugher family was split by the census taker and recorded on two different sheets. Isaiah, Emma, Law A. and Nettie are on image# 2 of 20, lines 97-100 of what the census taker called page 1-B, and Lizzie, John, Lillian and Edward are on image# 1 of 20, lines 47-50 of what the census taker called page 1-A.).
  7. [S1824] Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 1 November 1905 in Oconee, Platte County, Nebraska, USA, of John Bugher of Oconee, age 21, born about 1884 in Iowa, son of "Izna" Bugher and Emma Tree, and Lottie Russell of Oconee, age 16, born about 1889 in Iowa, daughter of John A. Russell and Pearl E. Crow, recorded in Platte County, referencing State Library and Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska. Hereinafter cited as Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908.
  8. [S2398] John Bugher Family 1918 Thanksgiving Illness and Deaths, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Omaha Daily Bee, (Omaha, Nebraska), Friday, 13 December 1918, page 7, headline shouts that "Mother, Daughter and Son Die of Flu; Father and Two Sons are Idle"; tragedy began for the John Bugher family of 4612 Thirty-Fifth Street, Omaha, Nebraska, on Thanksgiving when the whole family was stricken with the Spanish influenza; Mr. Bugher recovered sufficiently to care for his family and was obliged to remain at home to nurse them instead of going to his work at the packing house; Bertha, oldest daughter, died of influenza on December 5 and two days later, Earl, the youngest son, died of the same disease; Mrs. Bugher died early Thursday morning, December 12, of Spanish influenza; at the time of the news report, Mr. John Bugher was ill in the house of a neighbor with tuberculosis of the throat and had only recently regained his voice; son George, age 10 years, was ill with influenza; and daughter Clara, age 5 years, was in Nicholas Senn hospital with influenza; story was also published by The Gretna Breeze, (Gretna, Nebraska), on Friday, 20 December 1918, page 4, because the Bugher family had lived in that vicinity of Nebraska before moving to Omaha. Hereinafter cited as John Bugher Family 1918 Thanksgiving Illness and Deaths.
  9. [S2399] Spanish Influenza and Thanksgiving 1918, online at https://www.ajc.com, The American Journal-Constitution, accessed on 20 July 2022 at https://www.ajc.com/news/…, the month before Thanksgiving 1918, the so-called Spanish flu was blamed for killing 11,000 people in Philadelphia alone; epidemic that ultimately claimed an estimated 675,000 American lives — probably a tremendous underestimate since it didn’t include countless deaths involving preexisting conditions — was on fire in the fall of 1918; yet on November 28, 1918, the nation celebrated Thanksgiving; exuberantly. Hereinafter cited as Spanish Influenza and Thanksgiving 1918.
  10. [S2400] Spanish Influenza 1918 Pandemic (H1N1 virus), online at https://www.cdc.gov, CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, accessed on 20 July 2022 at https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/…, reporting historical information about the 1918 influenza pandemic, the most severe pandemic until Covid-19. Hereinafter cited as Spanish Influenza 1918 Pandemic (H1N1 virus).
  11. [S2401] Parallels Between the Spanish Flu and Covid-19 Pandemics, online at https://www.myamericannurse.com/, American Nurse Journal, accessed on 21 July 2022 at https://www.myamericannurse.com/…, separated by almost exactly 100 years, each struck fear and apprehension in the hearts of people all over the world. Hereinafter cited as Parallels Between the Spanish Flu and Covid-19 Pandemics.
  12. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Bertha Bugher, Memorial# 226115358.
  13. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Earl R. Bugher, Memorial# 226115389.
  14. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lottie Bugher, Memorial# 226115416.
  15. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1920; Census Place: Stapleton, Logan, Nebraska; Roll: T625_997; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 200. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  16. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and "Emmerilla" Bugher, Year: 1910; Census Place: Cody Lake, Logan, Nebraska; Roll: T624_850; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0185; FHL microfilm: 1374863. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  17. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Alta May (Parker) Bugher, Memorial# 15921474.
  18. [S1732] Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 2 May 1925 in Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri, USA, of John Bugher and Mrs. Alta Butler, referencing Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO, USA, Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]. Hereinafter cited as Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002.
  19. [S2178] Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1969, online at www.ancestry.com, death of carcinoma of the bladder on 17 April 1929 in Gallatin, Daviess County, Missouri, USA, of John Bugher, age 44, married to Alta Bugher, born 23 July 1884 in Iowa, son of Isaiah Bugher, born in Illinois, and Emma Tree, born in Pennsylvania, informant Alta Bugher of Gallatin, burial in Lile Cemetery, referencing Missouri Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, Missouri, Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969, Certificate# 14269. Hereinafter cited as Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1969.
  20. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, George Lenord Bugher, Memorial# 147829235.
  21. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Clara Lorella (Bugher) Fetters, Memorial# 41457139.

Laura Bugher1

b. 10 April 1876
Family
Father*Isaiah Bugher1 b. Jan 1855, d. 1930
Mother*Emma Tree1 b. 6 Feb 1858, d. 18 Jul 1934
Birth*10 April 1876Laura Bugher was born on 10 April 1876 in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.2,3,4,5 
Relationship Note*Laura Bugher and Law A. Bugher were twins.6,4,2 
(Daughter) Census US 188025 June 1880Laura was enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 25 June 1880 in the household of her parents in Pleasant Valley, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. She was 4 years old.1 
Marriage*10 January 1894She married Frank T. Foster, son of Hiram B. Foster and Louise Jane Reynolds, on 10 January 1894 in Elwood, Gosper County, Nebraska. They were married by G. B. Chase, County Judge of Gosper County.3,7,8 
Census US 1900*11 June 1900Laura and Frank T. Foster were enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 9 and 11 June 1900 in Turkey Creek, Gosper County, Nebraska. Frank was 26 years of age and a farmer working on his own account, and Laura was 24 years of age. They were both able to read and write. They rented their farm, had been married for 6 years, and Laura had given birth to four children, three of whom were living and enumerated with their parents in 1900. George H. and Earl H. were ages 5 and 2 years, respectively, and little Orval W. was seven months old.4 

Family

 Frank T. Foster b. 22 Mar 1874

Citations

  1. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1880; Census Place: Pleasant Valley, Cerro Gordo, Iowa; Roll: 332; Page: 337C; Enumeration District: 048. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1880; Census Place: Pleasant Valley, Cerro Gordo, Iowa; Roll: 332; Page: 337C; Enumeration District: 048, estimating Laura's year of birth as 1876.
  3. [S1824] Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 10 January 1894 in Elwood, Gosper County, Nebraska, USA, of Laura Bugher of Gosper County, age 17, born about 1877 in Iowa, daughter of I. Bugher, and Frank Foster of Gosper Count, age 20 born about 1874 in Illinois, son of H. B. Foster and L. Reynolds, recorded in Gosper County, referencing State Library and Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska. Hereinafter cited as Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908.
  4. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Frank T. and Laura Foster, Year: 1900; Census Place: Turkey Creek, Gosper, Nebraska; Roll: 928; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0076; FHL microfilm: 1240928, reporting Laura's date of birth as April 1876. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Laura (Bugher) Foster, Memorial# 40677945, reporting her date of birth as 10 April 1878. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  6. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1900; Census Place: Columbus, Platte, Nebraska; Roll: 937; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0158; FHL microfilm: 1240937. (Important note: The Isaiah Bugher family was split by the census taker and recorded on two different sheets. Isaiah, Emma, Law A. and Nettie are on image# 2 of 20, lines 97-100 of what the census taker called page 1-B, and Lizzie, John, Lillian and Edward are on image# 1 of 20, lines 47-50 of what the census taker called page 1-A.).
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Franklin Tedmore Foster, Memorial# 40678122.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Laura (Bugher) Foster, Memorial# 40677945.

Law A. Bugher1

b. April 1876
Family
Father*Isaiah Bugher1 b. Jan 1855, d. 1930
Mother*Emma Tree1 b. 6 Feb 1858, d. 18 Jul 1934
Birth*April 1876Law A. Bugher was born in April 1876 in Iowa.1 
Name VariationWe suspect his full given name was Lawrence.2 
Relationship Note*Law A. Bugher and Laura Bugher were twins.1,3,4 
(Son) Census US 19002 June 1900Law A. was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 2 June 1900 in the household of his parents in Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska. He was 24 years of age, single, and worked as a farm laborer, probably with his father on the family farm.1 

Citations

  1. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1900; Census Place: Columbus, Platte, Nebraska; Roll: 937; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0158; FHL microfilm: 1240937. (Important note: The Isaiah Bugher family was split by the census taker and recorded on two different sheets. Isaiah, Emma, Law A. and Nettie are on image# 2 of 20, lines 97-100 of what the census taker called page 1-B, and Lizzie, John, Lillian and Edward are on image# 1 of 20, lines 47-50 of what the census taker called page 1-A.). Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S221] Analysis and opinion of researcher, Liz Heaton Brown (Summerlin, Nevada).
  3. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Frank T. and Laura Foster, Year: 1900; Census Place: Turkey Creek, Gosper, Nebraska; Roll: 928; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0076; FHL microfilm: 1240928, reporting Laura's date of birth as April 1876.
  4. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1880; Census Place: Pleasant Valley, Cerro Gordo, Iowa; Roll: 332; Page: 337C; Enumeration District: 048, estimating Laura's year of birth as 1876. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.

Leonard Bugher1

b. 28 January 1899
Family
Father*Isaiah Bugher1 b. Jan 1855, d. 1930
Mother*Emma Tree1 b. 6 Feb 1858, d. 18 Jul 1934
Birth*28 January 1899Leonard Bugher was born on 28 January 1899 in Nebraska.1,2 
(Son) Census US 19104 May 1910Leonard was enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 28 April or 3 and 4 May 1910 in the household of his parents in Cody Lake, Logan County, Nebraska. He was 11 years old, able to read and write, had not attended school within the census year, and was not working.3 
(Son) Census US 192028 January 1920Leonard was enumerated on the 1920 census taken between 25 and 28 January 1920 in the household of his parents in Stapleton, Logan County, Nebraska. He was 21 years of age, single, and his occupation was recorded as "none."1 

Citations

  1. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1920; Census Place: Stapleton, Logan, Nebraska; Roll: T625_997; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 200. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S223] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online at www.ancestry.com, draft registration card dated 12 September 1918 at Gandy, Logan County, Nebraska for "Lenard" Bugher of Stapleton, Logan County, Nebraska, age 19, born on 28 January 1899, residence in 1917-1918 in Logan County, Nebraska, USA, farmer, employed by his father Isaiah Bugher, in Stapleton, Logan County, Nebraska, nearest relative his mother, Mrs. Isaiah Bugher, Stapleton, Logan County, Nebraska ; his physical build was medium, height was tall, hair was dark brown, eyes were light blue, referencing U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Logan County, Nebraska. Hereinafter cited as U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  3. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and "Emmerilla" Bugher, Year: 1910; Census Place: Cody Lake, Logan, Nebraska; Roll: T624_850; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0185; FHL microfilm: 1374863. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.

Lillian Bugher1

b. 3 July 1889
Family
Father*Isaiah Bugher1 b. Jan 1855, d. 1930
Mother*Emma Tree1 b. 6 Feb 1858, d. 18 Jul 1934
Birth*3 July 1889Lillian Bugher was born on 3 July 1889, or possibly in April, in Swaledale, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.2,3 
(Daughter) Census US 19002 June 1900Lillian was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 2 June 1900 in the household of her parents in Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska. She was 11 years old and had attended school for 8 months of the census year.1 

Citations

  1. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1900; Census Place: Columbus, Platte, Nebraska; Roll: 937; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0158; FHL microfilm: 1240937. (Important note: The Isaiah Bugher family was split by the census taker and recorded on two different sheets. Isaiah, Emma, Law A. and Nettie are on image# 2 of 20, lines 97-100 of what the census taker called page 1-B, and Lizzie, John, Lillian and Edward are on image# 1 of 20, lines 47-50 of what the census taker called page 1-A.). Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Lillie (Bugher) Sanford, Memorial# 152188173, recording her date of birth as 3 July 1889. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  3. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1900; Census Place: Columbus, Platte, Nebraska; Roll: 937; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0158; FHL microfilm: 1240937. (Important note: The Isaiah Bugher family was split by the census taker and recorded on two different sheets. Isaiah, Emma, Law A. and Nettie are on image# 2 of 20, lines 97-100 of what the census taker called page 1-B, and Lizzie, John, Lillian and Edward are on image# 1 of 20, lines 47-50 of what the census taker called page 1-A.); reporting Lillian's date of birth as April 1889.

Mary Elizabeth Bugher1

b. 25 February 1881, d. 29 December 1949
Family
Father*Isaiah Bugher2 b. Jan 1855, d. 1930
Mother*Emma Tree2 b. 6 Feb 1858, d. 18 Jul 1934
Burial* and was buried in Plot 5 5 7 of Riverview Cemetery, McCook.1 
Birth*25 February 1881Mary Elizabeth Bugher was born on 25 February 1881, or the month may have been April, in Rockwell, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.3,4,5 
Name VariationShe was called Lizzie.2 
(Daughter) Census US 19002 June 1900Lizzie was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 2 June 1900 in the household of her parents in Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska. She was 19 years old and was working as a servant.2 
Marriage*April 1903She married, as his first wife, Clyde Ellsworth Clark, son of Edward Clark and Amanda Caroline Reed, in April 1903 at Elwood, Gosper County, Nebraska.6,1,5 
Illness*She was likely about age 50 when she was stricken with debilitating arthritis, causing her to spend the last 16 years of her life in a wheel chair.5 
Death*29 December 1949She died at her home in McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska, on 29 December 1949 at age 68.5,1 

Family

 Clyde Ellsworth Clark b. 31 Aug 1877, d. 7 Feb 1975

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Mary Elizabeth (Bugher) Clark, Memorial# 38058625. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1900; Census Place: Columbus, Platte, Nebraska; Roll: 937; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0158; FHL microfilm: 1240937. (Important note: The Isaiah Bugher family was split by the census taker and recorded on two different sheets. Isaiah, Emma, Law A. and Nettie are on image# 2 of 20, lines 97-100 of what the census taker called page 1-B, and Lizzie, John, Lillian and Edward are on image# 1 of 20, lines 47-50 of what the census taker called page 1-A.). Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Mary Elizabeth (Bugher) Clark, Memorial# 38058625, recording her date of birth as 25 February 1881.
  4. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1900; Census Place: Columbus, Platte, Nebraska; Roll: 937; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0158; FHL microfilm: 1240937. (Important note: The Isaiah Bugher family was split by the census taker and recorded on two different sheets. Isaiah, Emma, Law A. and Nettie are on image# 2 of 20, lines 97-100 of what the census taker called page 1-B, and Lizzie, John, Lillian and Edward are on image# 1 of 20, lines 47-50 of what the census taker called page 1-A.); reporting Lizzie's date of birth as April 1881.
  5. [S2422] Mary Elizabeth (Bugher) Clark 1949 Nebraska Death and Obituary, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The McCook Daily Gazette, (McCook, Nebraska), Tuesday, 3 January 1950, page 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Bugher, Mary Elizabeth (Bugher) Clark, born 25 February 1881 at Rockwell, Iowa, died 29 December 1949 at her home in McCook, Nebraska; married Clyde Clark at Elwood in April 1903, in later years stricken by arthritis, past 16 years was in wheel chair, survived by husband, three sons, five daughters, two brothers, two sisters. Hereinafter cited as Mary Elizabeth (Bugher) Clark 1949 Nebraska Death and Obituary.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Clyde Ellsworth Clark, Memorial# 38058693.

Nettie Bugher1,2,3

b. 21 May 1878, d. 9 June 1928
Family
Father*Isaiah Bugher1 b. Jan 1855, d. 1930
Mother*Emma Tree1 b. 6 Feb 1858, d. 18 Jul 1934
Birth*21 May 1878Nettie Bugher was born on 21 May 1878 in Iowa.3,1,4 
(Daughter) Census US 188025 June 1880Nettie was enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 25 June 1880 in the household of her parents in Pleasant Valley, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. She was 2 years old.1 
Marriage*9 March 1898She married first, as his first wife, William J. Faubion, son of John Henry Faubion and Alice May Gilbert, on 9 March 1898 in Walnut, Phillips County, Kansas. Their wedding event was celebrated at the home of the bride's uncle, P. G. Schemerhorn, in the presence of many guests, with the Reverend H. P. Mann officiating. An elaborate meal was served after the ceremony and the couple received many useful gifts.3,5 
Census US 1900*4 June 1900Nettie and Willie Faubion were enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 4 June 1900 in Phillipsburg, Phillips County, Kansas. Willie was 20 years old and worked as a manager, and Nettie was 22 years of age. They had been married for 2 years and Nettie had given birth to one child. His name was Charley and he was less than one month old.3 
Divorce Filing*3 September 1903Nettie Faubion filed for divorce from Joseph William Faubion in 1903 in the District Court of Phillips County, Kansas, and a notice that the case had been scheduled to be heard by the court during the court's term beginning the following week was published in the Phillips County newspapers on 3 September 1903.6 
Divorce Granted17 September 1903 On 17 September 1903, the county newspapers published the notice that, in the case of Nettie Faubion vs. William Faubion, the District Court of Phillips County, Kansas, had granted their divorce, and had awarded one of their two children to each party. We learned from future census reports that the couple's older son, Charles William Faubion, who was 3 years old, was awarded to his father, and that their younger son, Joseph E. Faubion, who was two months old, was awarded to his mother.7 
Social News*November 1903Nettie and her four month old son, Joseph Earl Faubion, spent four days, in November 1903, visiting her other son, Charles William Faubion, who was 3 years old, at the home of Alice and John Henry Faubion, her sons' paternal grandparents, in Walnut, Phillips County, Kansas, where Charles William lived with the boys' father, Joseph William Faubion, and his parents, Alice and John Henry.8 
Marriage*30 May 1905She married second, as his second wife, James Hall on 30 May 1905 in Phillipsburg, Phillips County, Kansas. They were married by Judge Countryman of the Probate Court, who had also issued their marriage license that week.9,10 
Census US 1910*19 May 1910Nettie and James Hall were enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 19 May 1910 in Fanning, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. James was 58 years of age, and was a farmer working on his own account, and Nettie was 31 years of age. They owned their farm free of mortgage, had been married for 5 years, the second marriage for each, and Nettie had given birth to four children, two of whom were living. James's two surviving daughters from his first marriage, Gretchen and Minnie, and Nettie's son, Earl Faubion, were enumerated with them in 1910. Gretchen was 19 years old and working for wages outside the home for a private family; Minnie, who was recorded by the census taker as "Nettie", was 14 years old and had attended school within the census year; and Joseph Faubion, who was 7 years old and had attended school within the census year, was recorded using his middle name Earl, and his surname was recorded as Hall. Everyone in the family was able to read and write.11 
Death*9 June 1928She died of scurvy on 9 June 1928 at Halton Hospital, Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Michigan, at age 504,12 
Burial* and was buried in Block: 17, Lot: 79 of Lake Forest Cemetery, Grand Haven.4 

Family 1

 Joseph William Faubion b. 5 Mar 1880, d. 15 Jun 1964
Children 1.Charles William Faubion13 b. May 1900, d. 8 Nov 1960
 2.Joseph E. Faubion14,2 b. 18 Jul 1903, d. 6 Oct 1951

Family 2

 James Hall b. 6 Dec 1851, d. 24 Mar 1932

Citations

  1. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1880; Census Place: Pleasant Valley, Cerro Gordo, Iowa; Roll: 332; Page: 337C; Enumeration District: 048. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S2090] Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Joseph E Faubion of Grand Haven, age 22, laborer, born in Kansas, son of Wm Faubion and Nettie "Booyer", married Dorothy H Dubois, age 20, daughter of E. Dubois, married on 22 July 1925 in Allendale, Ottawa, Michigan, USA, record# 232, citing Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, MI, USA, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Film# 183, "1925 Menominee-1925 Saginaw". Hereinafter cited as Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952.
  3. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Willie and Nettie Faubion, Year: 1900; Census Place: Phillipsburg, Phillips, Kansas; Roll: 495; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0126; FHL microfilm: 1240495. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Nettie (Bugher) Hall, Memorial# 31479394. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  5. [S2394] William J. Faubion and Nettie Bugher 1898 Marriage Ceremony, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Phillipsburg Dispatch, (Phillipsburg, Kansas), Thursday, 17 March 1898, page 3, marriage of William J. Faubion and Nettie Bugher on 9 March 1898 at the home of her uncle P. G. Schemerhorn, Walnut, Phillips County, Kansas, elaborate meal, many guests and gifts. Hereinafter cited as William J. Faubion and Nettie Bugher 1898 Marriage Ceremony.
  6. [S2390] Nettie Faubion vs. William Faubion 1903 Divorce Filed, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Phillips County Post, (Phillipsburg, Kansas), Thursday, 3 September 1903, page 4, notice that the divorce case filed by Nettie Faubion vs. William Fabion was scheduled to be heard in district court during the term beginning Monday, 7 September 1903. Hereinafter cited as Nettie Faubion vs. William Faubion 1903 Divorce Filed.
  7. [S2391] Nettie Faubion vs. William Faubion 1903 Divorce Granted, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Phillipsburg Herald, (Phillipsburg, Kansas), Thursday, 17 Sep 1903, page 4, in the case of Nettie W. Fabion vs. William Faubion, divorce granted, one child given to each party. Hereinafter cited as Nettie Faubion vs. William Faubion 1903 Divorce Granted.
  8. [S2421] Mrs. Nettie Faubion 1903 Visit with little Son and J. H. Faubion Family, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Phillips County Post, (Phillipsburg, Kansas), Thursday, 26 November 1903, page 1, reporting under the social news from Walnut, Phillips County, that Mrs. Nettie Faubion had visited with her little son and the J. H. Faubion family from Monday until Thursday evening. Hereinafter cited as Mrs. Nettie Faubion 1903 Visit with little Son and J. H. Faubion Family.
  9. [S2387] James Hall and Mrs. Nettie Faubion 1905 Marriage License Issued, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Phillips County Post, (Phillipsburg, Kansas), Thursday, 1 June 1905, page 8, marriage license issued to James Hall and Mrs. Nettie Faubion of Alma, Nebraska by Judge Countryman before he married them. Hereinafter cited as James Hall and Mrs. Nettie Faubion 1905 Marriage License Issued.
  10. [S2386] James Hall and Mrs. Nettie Faubion 1905 Marriage, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Phillipsburg Dispatch, (Phillipsburg, Kansas), Thursday, 1 June 1905, page 8, reporting the marriage on Tuesday, 30 May 1905 of Mrs. Nettie Faubion and James Hall by Probate Judge Countryman. Hereinafter cited as James Hall and Mrs. Nettie Faubion 1905 Marriage.
  11. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of James and Nettie Hall, Year: 1910; Census Place: Fanning, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska; Roll: T624_854; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0203; FHL microfilm: 1374867. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  12. [S2121] Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Nettie Hall, age 50, of 210 Madison, Grand Haven, married to James Hall, born on 21 May 1878 in Iowa to "Isaac" Bugher, died of scurvy on 9 June 1928 at Halton Hospital in Grand Haven, Ottawa, Michigan, USA, informant Mr. James Hall, Grand Haven, burial in Grand Haven, referencing File# 000599, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan, Death Records. Hereinafter cited as Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952.
  13. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Charles William Faubion, Memorial# 71909672.
  14. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Joseph E. Faubion, Memorial# 92958699.

Ann E. Buley1

b. May 1870
Family
Father*James T. Buley1 b. 1840
Mother*Jane Britt1 b. 22 May 1846
Birth*May 1870Ann E. Buley was born in May 1870 in Kentucky.1 
(Daughter) Census US 18709 September 1870Ann E. was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 9 September 1870 in the household of her parents in Tracy, Barren County, Kentucky. She was one month old.1 

Citations

  1. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of James T. and Jane Buley, (transcribed by Ancestry as "Burby"), Year: 1870; Census Place: Tracy, Barren, Kentucky; Roll: M593_445; Page: 733B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.

Elizabeth J. Buley1

b. 1867
Family
Father*James T. Buley1 b. 1840
Mother*Jane Britt1 b. 22 May 1846
Birth*1867Elizabeth J. Buley was born about 1867 in Kentucky.1 
(Daughter) Census US 18709 September 1870Elizabeth was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 9 September 1870 in the household of her parents in Tracy, Barren County, Kentucky. She was 3 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of James T. and Jane Buley, (transcribed by Ancestry as "Burby"), Year: 1870; Census Place: Tracy, Barren, Kentucky; Roll: M593_445; Page: 733B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.

James Buley1

b. 1863
Family
Father*James T. Buley1 b. 1840
Mother*Jane Britt1 b. 22 May 1846
Birth*1863James Buley was born about 1863 in Kentucky.1 
(Son) Census US 18709 September 1870James was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 9 September 1870 in the household of his parents in Tracy, Barren County, Kentucky. He was 7 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of James T. and Jane Buley, (transcribed by Ancestry as "Burby"), Year: 1870; Census Place: Tracy, Barren, Kentucky; Roll: M593_445; Page: 733B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.

James T. Buley1

b. 1840
Family
Father*William Bewley2 b. 1804
Mother*Elizabeth Bridges2 b. 1798
Birth*1840James T. Buley was born about 1840 in Kentucky.1 
Name VariationA variation of the spelling of the BULEY surname found in our research was Bewley.3 
Name VariationHis full name was likely James Thomas Bewley and he often preferred being called Thomas.2 
(Son) Census US 185027 September 1850Thomas was enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 27 September 1850 in the household of his parents in Division 1, Barren County, Kentucky. He was 9 years old.2 
Marriage*He married Jane Britt, daughter of Obadiah Britt Jr. and Jane L. Powell.1,4 
Census US 1870*9 September 1870Jane and James T. Buley were enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 9 September 1870 in Tracy, Barren County, Kentucky. James was 30 years of age and a farmer with real estate valued at $2,000 and a personal estate valued at $800, and Jane was 25 years of age and housekeeping. James was able to both read and write, and Jane was unable to do neither. They were enumerated with four children. James, Obadiah and Elizabeth were ages 7, 5 and 3 years, respectively; and the baby Ann E. had been born in May and was one month old.1 

Family

 Jane Britt b. 22 May 1846
Children 1.James Buley1 b. 1863
 2.Obadiah Buley1 b. 1865
 3.Elizabeth J. Buley1 b. 1867
 4.Ann E. Buley1 b. May 1870

Citations

  1. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of James T. and Jane Buley, (transcribed by Ancestry as "Burby"), Year: 1870; Census Place: Tracy, Barren, Kentucky; Roll: M593_445; Page: 733B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of William and Elizabeth Buley, Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 1, Barren, Kentucky; Roll: 191; Page: 386a. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S2230] Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, online at www.ancestry.com, typed transcription of will dated 15 October 1872 of Obadiah Britt Sr. in Barren County, Kentucky, and proved on 19 October 1872, referencing Barren County Will Books, pages 185-186, digital images 57-58 of 320. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989.
  4. [S2227] Cheyanne Britt Conner, The Life and Times of Obadiah Britt and Sarah Wheeler Britt, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. Biographical and genealogical information about Obadiah Britt, Jr. (1763-1862) and about his wife, Sarah (Wheeler) Britt (1763-1855) and some of their descendants. They married in 1785 and lived in Albemarle County, Virginia and Barren County, Kentucky. Includes an index, a helpful table of contents and excellent documentation of sources. (Indianapolis, Indiana: C. B. Conner, 1981), page 105, Family Group Sheet for Jane L. Britt nee Powell and Obadiah Britt, Jr. Hereinafter cited as Obadiah Britt and Sarah Wheeler.

Obadiah Buley1

b. 1865
Family
Father*James T. Buley1 b. 1840
Mother*Jane Britt1 b. 22 May 1846
Birth*1865Obadiah Buley was born about 1865 in Kentucky.1 
(Son) Census US 18709 September 1870Obadiah was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 9 September 1870 in the household of his parents in Tracy, Barren County, Kentucky. He was 5 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of James T. and Jane Buley, (transcribed by Ancestry as "Burby"), Year: 1870; Census Place: Tracy, Barren, Kentucky; Roll: M593_445; Page: 733B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.

Judith Bulfinch1

b. 28 March 1725, d. November 1795
Family
Father*Thomas Bulfinch1
Mother*Judith Colman1 b. 4 May 1707
Baptism*28 March 1725Judith Bulfinch was baptized on 28 March 1725 at Brattle Square Church, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2 
Marriage*11 September 1746She married Samuel Cooper, son of Reverend William Cooper and Judith Sewall, on 11 September 1746 at Brattle Square Church, Boston.1,3 
Death*November 1795She died in November 1795 in Boston at age 70.1 

Family

 Samuel Cooper b. 28 Mar 1725, d. 29 Dec 1783

Citations

  1. [S1060] Frederick Tuckerman, "Thomas Cooper, of Boston, and his Descendants", New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 44, pages 53-61 (January 1890). Hereinafter cited as "Thomas Cooper of Boston."
  2. [S929] Brattle Square Church, The Manifesto Church, records of the Church in Brattle Square, Boston, with lists of communicants, baptisms, marriages, and funerals, 1699-1872, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. Microreproduction of original published in Boston by The Benevolent Fraternity of Churches, 1902. (Salt Lake City, Utah: filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968), page 146. Hereinafter cited as Brattle Square (Boston) Church records, 1699-1872.
  3. [S929] Brattle Square Church, Brattle Square (Boston) Church records, 1699-1872, page 246.

Thomas Bulfinch1

Family
Marriage*11 June 1724He married Judith Colman, daughter of John Colman and Judith Hobbey, on 11 June 1724 in Brattle Square Church, Boston.2,3,4 

Family

 Judith Colman b. 4 May 1707
Child 1.Judith Bulfinch5 b. 28 Mar 1725, d. Nov 1795

Citations

  1. [S979] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
  2. [S979] Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at www.ancestry.com, noting date as 17 May 1724, which may have been their Intention.
  3. [S510] Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899. Microreproduction of original records in the Suffolk County courthouse on 439 reels. Dates listed are approximate only. Miscellaneous docket lists estates not appearing in files, appointments of officers, and other miscellaneous records. LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Benjamin Colman 1747 probate packet# 8827, FHL Film# 493868. Hereinafter cited as Suffolk County Probate Records, 1636-1899.
  4. [S929] Brattle Square Church, The Manifesto Church, records of the Church in Brattle Square, Boston, with lists of communicants, baptisms, marriages, and funerals, 1699-1872, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. Microreproduction of original published in Boston by The Benevolent Fraternity of Churches, 1902. (Salt Lake City, Utah: filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968), page 240. Hereinafter cited as Brattle Square (Boston) Church records, 1699-1872.
  5. [S1060] Frederick Tuckerman, "Thomas Cooper, of Boston, and his Descendants", New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 44, pages 53-61 (January 1890). Hereinafter cited as "Thomas Cooper of Boston."

Jesse Bull1

b. 3 September 1783
Family
Father*Richard Bull1 b. 1744, d. 30 Oct 1789
Mother*Mary __?__1
Birth*3 September 1783Jesse Bull was born on 3 September 1783 in Guilford County, North Carolina.1 

Citations

  1. [S1424] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, online at www.ancestry.com, Deep River Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina, Women's Minutes, 1843-1892, page 60. Hereinafter cited as U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935.

John Bull1

b. 28 December 1771
Family
Father*Richard Bull1 b. 1744, d. 30 Oct 1789
Mother*Mary __?__1
Birth*28 December 1771John Bull was born on 28 December 1771 in Guilford County, North Carolina.1 

Citations

  1. [S1424] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, online at www.ancestry.com, Deep River Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina, Women's Minutes, 1843-1892, page 60. Hereinafter cited as U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935.

Joseph Bull1

b. 13 August 1774
Family
Father*Richard Bull1 b. 1744, d. 30 Oct 1789
Mother*Mary __?__1
Birth*13 August 1774Joseph Bull was born on 13 August 1774 in Guilford County, North Carolina.1 

Citations

  1. [S1424] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, online at www.ancestry.com, Deep River Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina, Women's Minutes, 1843-1892, page 60. Hereinafter cited as U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935.

Richard Bull1

b. 1744, d. 30 October 1789
Family
Birth*1744Richard Bull was born, as calculated from his reported age at death, about 1744.2 
Marriage*He married Mary __?__.1 
Death*30 October 1789He died on 30 October 1789 in Guilford County, North Carolina, at age 45.2 

Family

 Mary __?__
Children 1.Thomas Bull3 b. 28 Nov 1769
 2.John Bull3 b. 28 Dec 1771
 3.Joseph Bull3 b. 13 Aug 1774
 4.Jesse Bull3 b. 3 Sep 1783
 5.William Bull3 b. 2 Jan 1786

Citations

  1. [S1510] Henry Hart Beeson, A Genealogy of the Beeson - Beason Family, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. Edward Beeson immigrated to America in 1682 or 1684 from Stoke, Lancaster, England and settled in New Castle, Delaware. He married Rachel Pennington and they had four children. He married Elizabeth and they had two children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Delaware, Ohio, Indiana, Alabama and Texas. Includes index. (Houston, Texas: H.H. Beeson, 1968), pages 17-18. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy of the Beeson - Beason Family.
  2. [S1424] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, online at www.ancestry.com, Deep River Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina, Women's Minutes, 1843-1892. Hereinafter cited as U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935.
  3. [S1424] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, online at www.ancestry.com, Deep River Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina, Women's Minutes, 1843-1892, page 60.

Thomas Bull1

b. 28 November 1769
Family
Father*Richard Bull1 b. 1744, d. 30 Oct 1789
Mother*Mary __?__1
Birth*28 November 1769Thomas Bull was born on 28 November 1769 in Guilford County, North Carolina.1 

Citations

  1. [S1424] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, online at www.ancestry.com, Deep River Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina, Women's Minutes, 1843-1892, page 60. Hereinafter cited as U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935.

William Bull1

b. 2 January 1786
Family
Father*Richard Bull1 b. 1744, d. 30 Oct 1789
Mother*Mary __?__1
Birth*2 January 1786William Bull was born on 2 January 1786 in Guilford County, North Carolina.1 

Citations

  1. [S1424] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, online at www.ancestry.com, Deep River Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina, Women's Minutes, 1843-1892, page 60. Hereinafter cited as U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935.

Benjamin Bullard1

b. circa 1634, d. circa 1689
Family
Birth*circa 1634Benjamin Bullard was born circa 1634 in Billerica, Massachusetts Bay Colony.1 
Marriage*1 May 1677He married, as her first husband, Elizabeth Ellice, daughter of Richard Ellice and Elizabeth French, on 1 May 1677 in Billerica, Middlesex County.1,2 
Death*circa 1689He died circa 1689 in Sherborn, Middlesex County.1,3 

Family

 Elizabeth Ellice b. 23 Jul 1651, d. 1 Dec 1719

Citations

  1. [S1288] Nancy B. Davidonis, Descendants of Richard Ellis, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. Richard Ellis (1621-1694) was born in England and immigrated to Massachusetts where he settled in Dedham. In 1650 he married Elizabeth French, daughter of William and Elizabeth French. Richard and Elizabeth were the parents of nine children. Descendants live throughout the United States. Documents include a descendancy chart of Richard Ellis, a military certificate and various Ellis wills. (Geyserville, California: Photocopy of original documents and typescript, 1993), page 1. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of Richard Ellis.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Billerica Marriages, Volume 1, page 231. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Sherborn Deaths, Volume 1, page 192.

Isaac Bullard1

Family
Marriage*11 April 1655He married, as her second husband, Anne (Burnap) Wight on 11 April 1655 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).2,3,4 

Family

 Anne Burnap b. c 1632
Child 1.Sarah Bullard+1 b. 7 Jan 1657/58, d. b 1 Sep 1732

Citations

  1. [S1356] Theodore S. Lazell, Whiting Genealogy : Nathaniel Whiting of Dedham, Mass., 1641, and Five Generations of his Descendants, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: T.R. Marvin & Son Printers, 1902), Timothy Whiting, pages 14-15. Hereinafter cited as Nathaniel Whiting of Dedham, Massachusetts.
  2. [S1356] Theodore S. Lazell, Nathaniel Whiting of Dedham, Massachusetts, Timothy Whiting, pages 14-15, her name identified as Ann Burnap-Wight.
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 127, her surname "Wight" and the date written as "11 of the 2 mo" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was April, not February. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  4. [S1252] Danforth Phipps Wight M.D., The Wright Family. Memoir of Thomas Wight, of Dedham, Mass., with genealogical notices of his descendants, from 1637 to 1840, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Boston, Massachusetts: Press of T.R. Marvin, 1848), page 110 (Note to page 15), reporting that Ann Wight, who married Isaac Bullard in Dedham in 1655, was the widow of John Wight. Hereinafter cited as Wight Family Memoir of Thomas Wight of Dedham.

John Bullard1,2

Family
Marriage*He married first Magdalen __?__ in Dedham, Massachusetts Bay Colony.3,2,1 
Residence*Magdalen and John Bullard were said to have been early from Watertown and then from Medfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony.2 

Family

 Magdalen __?__
Child 1.Magdalen Bullard+2,1 d. 27 Dec 1677

Citations

  1. [S442] Oliver Ray Pardo, "The Families of Ray Benson Pardo and Viola Berliot Stevens", 28 December 1996 (Port Orchard, Washington). . Hereinafter cited as "The Families of Pardo and Stevens."
  2. [S1253] George Homes Partridge B.S., "John Partridge, of Medfield, Mass., and his Descendants", New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 57 (1903). The article spans all four issues of 1903 and can be found in the January issue on pages 50-58, in April on pages 184-192, in July on pages 281-288 and in October on pages 389-397: January, pages 50-51. Hereinafter cited as "John Partridge of Medfield, Mass."
  3. [S413] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1985 and 1992), page 116. Hereinafter cited as New England Marriages: Prior to 1700.

Magdalen Bullard1,2

d. 27 December 1677
Family
Father*John Bullard1,2
Mother*Magdalen __?__1,2
Marriage*18 December 1655She married John Partridge, son of Captain John Partridge, on 18 December 1655 in Medfield.1,2 
Death*27 December 1677She died on 27 December 1677 in Medfield.1,2 

Family

 John Partridge b. c 1620, d. 28 May 1706
Children 1.John Partridge+1 b. 21 Sep 1656, d. 9 Dec 1743
 2.Deborah Partridge+2,1 b. 16 Aug 1662, d. b 1695
 3.Samuel Partridge+1 b. 22 Feb 1671, d. 12 Dec 1752

Citations

  1. [S1253] George Homes Partridge B.S., "John Partridge, of Medfield, Mass., and his Descendants", New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 57 (1903). The article spans all four issues of 1903 and can be found in the January issue on pages 50-58, in April on pages 184-192, in July on pages 281-288 and in October on pages 389-397: January, pages 50-51. Hereinafter cited as "John Partridge of Medfield, Mass."
  2. [S442] Oliver Ray Pardo, "The Families of Ray Benson Pardo and Viola Berliot Stevens", 28 December 1996 (Port Orchard, Washington). . Hereinafter cited as "The Families of Pardo and Stevens."

Mary Bullard1

b. 24 December 1659, d. 7 May 1757
Family
Father*Nathaniel Bullard2
Mother*Mary Richards2
Birth*24 December 1659Mary Bullard was born on 24 December 1659 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).2,3 
Marriage*29 August 1682She married Jonathan Gay, son of John Gay and Joanna Hooker, on 29 August 1682 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1,4,2 
(Wife) Death12 July 1713Mary became a widow when Jonathan Gay died on 12 July 1713.2 
Death*7 May 1757She died on 7 May 1757 at age 97.2 

Family

 Jonathan Gay b. 1 Aug 1653, d. 12 Jul 1713

Citations

  1. [S1246] Frederick Lewis Gay, "John Gay, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and some of his Descendants", New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 33, pages 45-57 (January 1879). Hereinafter cited as "John Gay of Dedham, Massachusetts."
  2. [S1248] Eklon Wilson Gay and Christopher Challender Child, "Joanna Hooker, wife of John Borden and John Gay", New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Volume 164, pages 114-120 (April 2010). This thoroughly researched and completely sourced article is excellent as it examines and proves that Joanna Hooker was the wife of both John Borden and John Gay. Hereinafter cited as "Joanna Hooker, wife of John Borden and John Gay."
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 7, the date written as "24: 10 mo., 1659" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was December, not October. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  4. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 and 2, page 17, the date written as "29: 6: 82" which, under the Gregorian calendar of that period, was August, not June.