Tombstone Tuesday - Alpheus Bush

ALPHEUS BUSH

DIED

OCT. 8, 1866

AG'D 58 Y'RS

& 2 DAYS

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[_1 word_] [--]rning friends [_1 word_] you pass by

As [_3 words_] was I

A [_2 or 3 words_] must [_1 word prob rhymes with me_]

[_3 words_] follow me 

Alpheus Bush, born 06 Oct 1808 (calculated) in New Jersey or New York, lived in Erin, Chemung, New York from at least 1850 until his death on 08 Oct. 1866. He was buried in Breesport Baptist Church Cemetery along with his wife, Rebecca, and his daughter Charity. I was unable to find Rebecca's headstone and it is possible it is the broken stone to the left of Alpheus'. The wheat on his gravestone represents "harvest" according to GraveAddiction.com. Notice the sickle tucked into the tied wheat. 

Sources:

• 1850 U.S. census, Chemung County, New York, population schedule, Town of Erin, p. 296A, dwelling 93, family 93, Alpheus Bush; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 09 Aug 2011); from National Archives microfilm publication M432, roll 486.
• 1860 U.S. census, Chemung County, New York, population schedule, Town of Erin, p. 105 (penned), p. 829 (stamped), dwelling 793, family 740, Alpheus Bush; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 09 Aug 2011); from National Archives microfilm M653, roll 730.
• "U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918" New York, Tax Year 1866, Collection District 27, Persons in Division 2, p. 76 (penned), line 32, Alpheus Bush; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 09 Aug 2011); from National Archives microfilm M603, roll 184.
• "Old Baptist Cemetery," database transcribed by Sherry Lampman Nichols, Tri-Counties Genealogy and History by Joyce M. Tice (http://www.joycetice.com/cemc/oldbrees.htm : accessed 09 Aug 2011), entry for Alpheus Bush, Rebecca Bush, Charity Bush.