Benjamin Franklin Brush

December 1844–
Felicity, Franklin Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States

The Life Summary of Benjamin Franklin

When Benjamin Franklin Brush was born in December 1844, in Felicity, Franklin Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States, his father, Israel Brush, was 50 and his mother, Mary E Meeker, was 46. He married Mary Elizabeth Willis about 1873, in Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Tate Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Sterling Township, Brown, Ohio, United States in 1900.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Franklin Brush
1844–
Mary Elizabeth Willis
1847–1911
Marriage: about 1873
Edward Brush
1874–1906
Essie Bertha Brush
1877–1904
Arthur Mitchel Brush
1880–1960
Roscoe Earl Brush
1886–1936
Ivoah Holden Brush
1889–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1873Ohio, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1846
    Age 2
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
    Age 16
    Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
    Age 31
    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    English: metonymic occupational name for a brush maker, from Middle English brush ‘brush’ (Old French brosse ‘brushwood’).Americanized form of German Brusch or Brüsch ‘heather, broom, brushwood’ (see Bruesch ).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Bruesch

    Sources (27)

    • F. B. Brush in entry for Ivil Holden Brush, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
    • Benjamin F Brush in household of Jerad Brush, "United States Census, 1860"
    • B. F. Brush in entry for Arthur M. Brush and Pearl Newbury, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"

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