{"id":377,"date":"2018-07-11T12:50:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T17:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=377"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:42:16","slug":"charles-w-bush","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/charles-w-bush\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles W. Bush"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles W. Bush (Warren County)<\/h2>\n

State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1872-1873<\/p>\n

Born:\u00a0<\/strong>c. 1835 in Vicksburg, MS
\nDied:<\/strong> April 6, 1875 in Vicksburg, MS<\/p>\n

According to his obituary, Bush had been enslaved by Judge Henry Felix Cook before emancipation. A biographical sketch in the\u00a0New National Era<\/em> notes that he lived in Boston from about 1866-1868.\u00a0He opened Freedman’s Bank accounts for himself and his infant son, William Henry, in Vicksburg in 1869. Listed on the 1870 census, occupation “hackman,” in Vicksburg with wife “R” and son William. When his term in the legislature ended, he chose not to run again, and he was appointed an Assistant Commissioner of Immigration and Agriculture in 1874.<\/p>\n

“R” died at some point before 1872, and Bush himself passed away on April 6, 1875. His father-in-law, Perry Harrison, filed a probate petition to be made administer of his estate on behalf of William.<\/p>\n

\"Signature
Signature of Charles W. Bush from a Freedman’s Bank record, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Freedman's<\/a>
Freedman’s Bank record, Apr 13, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Freedman's<\/a>
Freedman’s Bank record, July 14, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Vicksburg<\/a>
Vicksburg Herald, October 15, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Vicksburg<\/a>
Vicksburg Daily Times, August 13, 1871<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Vicksburg<\/a>
Vicksburg Daily Times, October 31, 1871<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
New National Era, March 28, 1872<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
New National Era, February 27, 1873<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Vicksburg<\/a>
Vicksburg Herald, September 14, 1873\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Weekly<\/a>
Weekly Democrat-Times, Nov 21, 1874<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Vicksburg<\/a>
Vicksburg Herald, February 26, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Probate<\/a>
Probate record, April 16, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Weekly<\/a>
Weekly Mississippi Pilot, April 24, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charles W. Bush (Warren County) State House:\u00a01872-1873 Born:\u00a0c. 1835 in Vicksburg, MS Died: April 6, 1875 in Vicksburg, MS According to his obituary, Bush had been enslaved by Judge Henry Felix Cook before emancipation. A biographical sketch in the\u00a0New National Era notes that he lived in Boston from about 1866-1868.\u00a0He opened Freedman’s Bank accounts for … <\/p>\n

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