Pauline Clinton Bush

Brief Life History of Pauline Clinton

When Pauline Clinton Bush was born on 18 March 1872, in Liberty, Clay, Missouri, United States, her father, Napoleon Bonaparte Bush, was 36 and her mother, Mary Nancy Tilman Bush, was 40. She married Wylie Harris on 13 September 1893, in Liberty, Clay, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Gallatin Township, Clay, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Liberty Township, Clay, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died on 20 December 1933, in Liberty, Clay, Missouri, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Liberty, Clay, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wylie Harris
1868–1953
Pauline Clinton Bush
1872–1933
Marriage: 13 September 1893
Gilbert Monroe Harris
1912–1985
Juanita Neil Harris
1916–1978

Sources (8)

  • Paulina Harris in household of Wallie Harris, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Pauline Clinton Bush Harris, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Pelina C Bush in entry for Wyley Harris, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

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.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived by a bushy area or thicket, from Middle English bush(e) ‘bush’ (probably from Old Norse buskr, or an unrecorded Old English busc).

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Busch .

Americanized form of Czech and Slovak Buš, Búš (see Bus ).

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

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