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Myrtle May Bunn was born on 22 April 1886 in Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio. She died on 14 December 1913, at age 27, in Lima, Allen County, Ohio.

Jefferson Bunn and Martha Cora Johnson

They had 4 children -

2- Myrtle May Bunn b: 4-22-1886 Columbus Grove, OH, Putnam Co.
d: 12-14-1913 Lima, OH, Allen Co.


source: Roy Weichner.

Lulu Leoma Bunn was born on 25 March 1893 in Putnam County, Ohio. She died on 5 November 1939, at age 46, in Kenton County, Kentucky.

Jefferson Bunn and Martha Cora Johnson

They had 4 children -

3- Lula Leoma Bunn b: 3-25-1893 Putnam Co, OH.
d: 11-5-1939 Kenton Co, KY.


source: Roy Weichner.

George Franklin Bunn was born on 16 July 1896 in Putnam County, Ohio. He died in November 1969, at age 73, in Madison Heights, Oakland County, Ohio.

Jefferson Bunn and Martha Cora Johnson

They had 4 children -

4- George Franklin Bunn b: 7-16-1896 Putnam Co, OH.
d: Nov. 1969 Madison Heights, MI, Oakland Co.

source: Roy Weichner.

Robert Uptigrove was born in 1872 in Kentucky. He and Mary Ann ("Polly") Bushong were married on 26 December 1895 in Monroe County, Kentucky. He died.

Seen on record - their first marriage

Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," Polly Bushong, 1895
name: Robert Uptigrove
titles & terms:
event: Marriage
event date: 26 Dec 1895
event place: Monroe, Kentucky, United States
age: 23
estimated birth year: 1872
father:
father's titles & terms:
mother:
mother's titles & terms:
spouse: Polly Bushong
spouse's titles & terms:
spouse's age: 22
spouse's estimated birth year: 1873
spouse's father:
spouse's father's titles & terms:
spouse's mother:
spouse's mother's titles & terms:
reference number:
film number: 000589657
digital folder number: 004706080
image number: 00056. United States Census, 1880," Robert Uptergrove in household of Elmor Uptergrove, Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States
name : Robert Uptergrove
event: Census
event date: 1880
event place: Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States
gender: Male
age: 9
marital status : Single
occupation :
race or color (original) :
ethnicity (standardized) : American
relationship to head : Son
birthplace : Kentucky, United States
birthdate : 1871
spouse's name :
spouse's birthplace :
father's name : Elmor Uptergrove
father's birthplace : Kentucky, United States
mother's name : Juda E. Uptergrove
mother's birthplace : Kentucky, United States
page : 332
page character : C
entry number : 2173
nara film number : T9-0434
gs film number : 1254434
digital folder number: 004241265
image number: 00670

Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Elmor Uptergrove M 51 Kentucky, United States
wife Juda E. Uptergrove F 44 Kentucky, United States
daughter Mary E. Uptergrove F 22 Kentucky, United States
son George F. Uptergrove M 21 Kentucky, United States
daughter Kittie E. Uptergrove F 20 Kentucky, United States
daughter Alice M. Uptergrove F 17 Kentucky, United States
son John T. Uptergrove M 13 Kentucky, United States
son Robert Uptergrove M 9 Kentucky, United States
son Baitey H. Uptergrove M 2 Kentucky, United States. Two Bushong sisters married two Uptigrove brothers, Mary Ann and Robert Uptigrove and Malinda married George F. Uptigrove. George and Robert were the sons of Elmus Uptegrow and Judy E. Meadon. George and Malinda Uptigrove had a son, also named Robert Uptigrove.

Robert S. Uptigrove was born about 1896 in Kentucky. He died.

In the 1910 Census Robert is living with his uncle...


United States Census, 1910 for Benjamin Bushong

Name: Benjamin Bushong
Birthplace: Kentucky
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Residence: Brush Creek, Monroe, Kentucky
Marital Status: Married
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Family Number: 64
Page Number: 5
Household Gender Age
Benjamin Bushong M 29y all born Kentucky
Spouse Victoria M Bushong F 34y
Child James A Bushong M 13y
Child Purnia Lee Bushong F 7y
Child John H Bushong M 5y
Child Bertie A Bushong M 3y
William Bushong M 18y nephew
Robert Uptigrove M 14y nephew. United States Census, 1940," Robert S Uptigrove, Las Vegas, Township 5 Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States
name: Robert S Uptigrove
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Las Vegas, Township 5 Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States
gender: Male
age: 41
marital status: Married
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthplace: Kentucky
estimated birth year: 1899
residence in 1935: Same Place
enumeration district number: 2-13
family number: 290
sheet number and letter: 12A
line number: 34
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 2276
digital folder number: 005461127
image number: 00401
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Robert S Uptigrove M 41 Kentucky
wife Naomi Uptigrove F 38 New York.

Name Not Stated was born. He and Malinda S. ("Linda") Bushong were married. He died.

George F. Uptigrove was born on 17 June 1857 in Monroe County, Kentucky. He and Malinda S. ("Linda") Bushong were married. He died.

A daughter...

Kentucky, Marriages, 1785-1979," Linda Bushong in entry for Jacob Madison Harlan and Nora Uptigrove, 1917
groom's name: Jacob Madison Harlan
groom's birth date: 1859
groom's birthplace:
groom's age: 58
bride's name: Nora Uptigrove
bride's birth date: 1891
bride's birthplace:
bride's age: 26
marriage date: 09 Jun 1917
marriage place:
groom's father's name: Francis Asberry Harlan
groom's mother's name: Nancy Elizabeth Harlan
bride's father's name: George Uptigrove
bride's mother's name: Linda Bushong
groom's race:
groom's marital status:
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race:
bride's marital status:
bride's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number: I01747-1
system origin: Kentucky-EASy
source film number: 1689828
reference number: book 12 cn7. United States Census, 1900," Malinda U*Tergrove in household of George U*Tergrove, ED 85 Magisterial District 6, West Tompkinsville Precinct Tompkinsville town, Monroe, Kentucky, United States
name: Malinda U*Tergrove
titles & terms:
event: Census
event date: 1900
event place: ED 85 Magisterial District 6, West Tompkinsville Precinct Tompkinsville town, Monroe, Kentucky, United States
birth date: May 1870
birthplace: Kentucky
relationship to head of household: Wife
father's birthplace: Kentucky
mother's birthplace: Kentucky
race or color (standardized): White
gender: Female
marital status: Married
years married: 13
estimated marriage year: 1887
mother how many children: 4
number living children: 4
immigration year:
page: 17
sheet letter: A
family number: 340
reference number: 34
film number: 1240544
digital folder number: 004118925
image number: 00761

Household Gender Age Birthplace
head George U*Tergrove M 45 Kentucky
wife Malinda U*Tergrove F 30 Kentucky
son Oscar U*Tergrove M 14 Kentucky
daughter Nora J U*Tergrove F 11 Kentucky
daughter Maudie F F 6 Kentucky
son Robert K U*Tergrove M 5 Kentucky. Kentucky, Births and Christenings, 1839-1960," George F. Uptegrow, 1857
name: George F. Uptegrow
gender: Male
baptism/christening date:
baptism/christening place:
birth date: 17 Jun 1857
birthplace: , , MONROE, KENTUCKY
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: Elmus Uptegrow
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Judy E. Meadon
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C51777-1
system origin: Kentucky-EASy
source film number: 216834
reference number. Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," George Uptergrove, 1888
name: George Uptergrove
titles & terms:
event: Marriage
event date: 08 Aug 1888
event place: Monroe, Kentucky, United States
age:
estimated birth year:
father:
father's titles & terms:
mother:
mother's titles & terms:
spouse: Cathaine Strodd
spouse's titles & terms:
spouse's age:
spouse's estimated birth year:
spouse's father:
spouse's father's titles & terms:
spouse's mother:
spouse's mother's titles & terms:
reference number:
film number: 000589655
digital folder number: 004706078
image number: 00344. United States Census, 1880," Elmor Uptergrove, Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States
name : Elmor Uptergrove
event: Census
event date: 1880
event place: Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States
gender: Male
age: 51
marital status : Married
occupation : Farmer
race or color (original) :
ethnicity (standardized) : American
relationship to head : Self
birthplace : Kentucky, United States
birthdate : 1829
spouse's name : Juda E. Uptergrove
spouse's birthplace : Kentucky, United States
father's name :
father's birthplace :
mother's name :
mother's birthplace :
page : 332
page character : C
entry number : 2166
nara film number : T9-0434
gs film number : 1254434
digital folder number: 004241265
image number: 00670

Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Elmor Uptergrove M 51 Kentucky, United States
wife Juda E. Uptergrove F 44 Kentucky, United States
daughter Mary E. Uptergrove F 22 Kentucky, United States
son George F. Uptergrove M 21 Kentucky, United States
daughter Kittie E. Uptergrove F 20 Kentucky, United States
daughter Alice M. Uptergrove F 17 Kentucky, United States
son John T. Uptergrove M 13 Kentucky, United States
son Robert Uptergrove M 9 Kentucky, United States
son Baitey H. Uptergrove M 2 Kentucky, United States.

Jean Garratt was born. She and Leo Bushong were married. She and Leo Bushong were divorced. She died still living 2012.

Her married name was Jean Bushong. Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001," Leo Bushong, 1975
name: Leo Bushong
titles & terms:
event: Divorce
event date: 22 Jul 1975
event place: Polk, Florida
gender: Male
spouse: Jean
spouse's titles & terms:
certificate number: 036298
volume: 1978. My mother in law, Jean Bushong Perkins (nee Garratt) married Leo Bushong. in the 1950's in Kentucky and then settled in Indiana. They divorced in the 70's.

source: Joanne Sholes.

Robert J. Winegar was born in of Batavia, Kane County, Illinois. He and Elizabeth Bushong were married on 5 August 1994 in Centralia, Marion County, Illinois. He died before 2013.

Aug. 5, 1994, in Centralia, she married Robert J. Winegar, and he preceded her in death. From Elizabeth's 2013 Illinois obituary

Aug. 5, 1994, in Centralia, she married Robert J. Winegar, and he preceded her in death.

Elmer Walter Poore was born on 5 November 1932 in of Kentucky. He and Lue Etta Bushong were married on 5 June 1954. He died on 21 July 1982, at age 49. He was buried in Wesley Cemetery. Waynetoen, Montgomery County, Indiana.

From sister in-law, Elizabeth's 2013 Illinois obituary...

survived by.... sisters, Marie Gravens and husband Cecil and Lue Poore and husband Elmer. Stone photo present...

Elmer Walter Poore

Birth: Nov. 5, 1932
Death: Jul. 21, 1982

Married June 5, 1954

Burial:
Wesley Cemetery
Waynetown
Montgomery County
Indiana, USA
GPS (lat/lon): 40.06599, -87.00738

Created by: Olivia T
Record added: Jul 30, 2015
Find A Grave Memorial# 149993825.

Cecil L. Gravens was born on 22 July 1926 in of Crawfordsville, Kentucky. He and Christine Marie Bushong were married. He died on 4 July 1992, at age 65. He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana.

From father, Willie's 1971 Kentucky obituary...

May 5, 1923 at Glasgow, Ky, to Gertie Frances Matthews.
Surviving are two sons, Thomas and Leo both of Crawfordsville; three daughters, Mrs. Marie Gavens of Crawfordsville, Mrs. Lue Etta Poore of Waveland, Mrs. Elizabeth Winegar of Batavia, Ill. From sister, Elizabeth's 2013 Illinois obituary...

survived by.... sisters, Marie Gravens and husband Cecil and Lue Poore and husband Elmer. Cecil I. Gravens
BIRTH 22 Jul 1926
DEATH 4 Jul 1992 (aged 65)
BURIAL
Oak Hill Cemetery
Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA
MEMORIAL ID 132751597 · View Source


Family Members
Spouse
Photo
Christine Marie Bushong Gravens*
1925–2018 (m. 1948)

Children
Photo
Danny Richard Gravens*
1949–2001

Photo
William Donald Gravens*
1951–2008

Created by: R & S Fine
Added: 13 Jul 2014
Find A Grave Memorial 132751597.

Villa Evaline Need was born on 16 October 1893 in Industry, Clay County, Kansas. She and Robert Melvin Bushong were married on 29 September 1910 in eloped from Barnard, Kansas. She and Emary Ernest ("Earnest Fry") Fry were married in June 1917 in. She and Samuel T. James were married after 1927. She died on 11 August 1982, at age 88, in Boise, Ada County, Idaho. She was buried in Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, Ada County, Idaho.

Her married name was Villa Evaline Bushong. Villa Evaline Need was also known as. Her married name was James. Sam and Villa's marriage date is after 1927, as Villa's husband, Earnest moved into the Veteran's Home in Dec 1927, so sometime after that they marry. The Ogden standard., November 09, 1916, 4 P.M. CITY EDITION, Page 12

CONFESSES TO MURDER A KANSAS MURDER

Denver, Colo., Nov. 8.--Howard Turner, aged 23, and Mrs. R.R. Bushong [sic] were arrested in Denver today and are being held in connection with the murder near Wilson, Kas., October 13, [sic] of the husband of the woman. According to Chief of Police Hamilton Armstrong, Turner confessed to killing Bushong because of his ill treatment of his wife and their two small children.

The pair were arrested here after a vigilant watch for a trunk by the police, which was expected to arrive here containing the body of Bushong. The murdered man, according to Turner's alleged confession, was buried in a wheat field near Wilson, Kas.

The trunk, which arrived here, contained only personal effects and led to the arrest of the couple in a rooming house. The murder is said to have occurred October 13 [should read 31], while Bushong and his family and Turner were traveiling in a light wagon from Garden City, Kas.. to Denver. Turner, according to the police, declared he became enraged at Bushong because of a sarcastic remark to his wife and slew him with a hatchet while driving. Turner shielded Mrs. Bushong from any complicity in the crime.

Turmer and Mrs. Bushong are being held pending the arrival of the sheriff from Ellsworth, Kas. Their two childfren, Melvina, and Orville, 3, are detained in the matron's quarters at the police station.

Turner was said to have been in the employ of Bushong, who was a teaming contractor.

Mrs. Bushong's father lives at Junction City, Kas., where she is said to have married when she was 16 years old. A partial transcription

A Clew in Plains Mystery Bushong Trunk Was Shipped to Denver Officials Believe
Tuesday, November 7, 1916
Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri

...ing fir addutuibak cews yesteday afternoon, but none was found.
The officers at Wilson and Sheriff Burr Storey of Ellsworth County express the belief that Bushong, who was a large man, was beaten to deth with the hatchet and an attempt made to burn the body in the fire which was discov...... Howard Turner The Evening Star Lord Lucas November 9 who with Evelyn Bushong the dead mans widow is under arrest and Is reported to have confessed the slaying of Bushong and where he is alleged to have hidden the body. After separating from or divorcing Earnest Fry...

Villa Fry in household of Fred D James, "United States Census, 1930"
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Garden Valley, Boise, Idaho
gender: Female
age: 43
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Missouri
estimated birth year: 1887
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Boarder
father's birthplace: Missouri
mother's birthplace: Missouri
enumeration district number: 0004
family number: 19
sheet number and letter: 1B
line number: 68
nara publication: T626, roll 396
film number: 2340131
digital folder number: 4584322
image number: 00733
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Fred D James M 73 Vermont
son Sam T James M 82 Idaho
boarder Villa Fry F 43 Missouri
boarder Ernestine Fry F 9 Idaho. El Paso Herald (El Paso, Tex.), Ed. 1, Thursday, November 9, 1916

MRS. BUSHONG AND MAN TO BE TRIED IN KANSAS

Denver, Colo., Nov 9 [1916] - Sheriff Burr Storey arrived here today to take back to Kansas for trial, Howard Turner and Mrs. Evelyn Bushong, who were arrested here on a charge of having killed R. M. Bushong, husband of Mrs. Bushong, near Ellsworth, Kas., on the night of Oct 31.

Turner has confessed, the police say, that he killed Bushong while riding in a light wagon with Bushong, his wife and two children, following a quarrel between Bushong and his wife. Turner is said to have told the police he killed Bushong with a hatchet and that after driving two hours with the body in the wagon, Mrs. Buhong held the team while he buried the body beside the road near Ellsworth. The couple drove to Wilson, Kas., tied the team and took a train for Denver.
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The Broad ax. (Salt Lake City, Utah) , November 11, 1916, Image 5

'HUSBAND A BRUTE; I LOVE HIS SLAYER," DECLARES WIDOW.

Denver, Colo., Nov. 10. Howard Turner today confessed he killed R. W.
Bushong with a hatchet near Wilson, Kan., on October 3. Turner was a teamster in the employ of Bushong. He loved the latter 's wife he said, and killed Bushong because he abused her. Turner buried the body in a field after taking $35 from his victim's pocket. Turner, Mrs. Bushong and her two children were arrested here yesterday. "I took no part in the murder of my husband," said Mrs. Bushong. "It happened before I could think, but I love Turner for the murder of the man who called himself husband but was a brute. "When I saw his dead face I felt good for tho first time in three years." Slightly garbled scan, but still a report...

Carbondale Daily Free Press Tuesday, November 07, 1916

DEAD BODY FOUND IN BUCKET

Kansas Murder Mystery Uncovered in Neglected Movers Wagon
No Clues Salina, Kan.
Nov team of horses hitched to a neglected [wagon] for two days the saturated with blood a stained hatchet and clothing and is supposed to be part of a human body buried in a bucket form what believe to be a murder mystery at Wllson in Ellsworth county. Mr Bushong left Junction City October 28 for Garden City with his wife and two children and Roy Turner in the wagon Bushong and Turner disappeared and Mrs Bushong and the children take a Union Pacific train for the East... Some headlines from the day....

A Clew in Plains Mystery Bushong Trunk Was Shipped to Denver Officials Believe
Date: Tuesday, November 7, 1916
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Paper: Kansas City Star
Article type: Newspaper Article

Face Murder Charge
Howard Turner and Mrs. E. Bushong Arrested for Killing Husband Denver
Date: Thursday, November 9, 1916
Location: Boise, Idaho
Paper: Idaho Statesman
Article type: Newspaper Article

Fleeing Kansas Couple Caught
Edward Turner and Mrs. Evelyn Bushong Charged with Slaying Woman's Husband
Date: Thursday, November 9, 1916
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Paper: Tulsa World
Article type: Newspaper Article

Wife Loves Slayer for Killing Brute
Mrs Bushong Denies Assisting La Murder of Spouse and Says Abuse Brought Attack
Date: Monday, November 13, 1916
Location: Boise, Idaho
Paper: Idaho Statesman
Article type: Newspaper Article. Villa with second husband, after Robert's murder. Both children are present without the Bushong name

Villa Frye in household of Earnest Frye, "United States Census, 1920"
name: Villa Frye
residence: Yuba Township Precinct 3 Yuba City Precinct 3, Sutter, California
estimated birth year: 1894
age: 26
birthplace: Kansas
relationship to head of household: Wife
gender: Female
race: White
marital status: Married
father's birthplace:
mother's birthplace:
film number: 1820152
digital folder number: 4294422
image number: 00482
sheet number: 19

Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Earnest Frye M 41y Ohio
wife Villa Frye F 26y Kansas
dau Martha Frye F 8y Colorado
son Grant Frye M 6y Colorado
Bob Dearkins M United States. As seen on the document...
Willie is really written Villie, with a "V"

John G Need, "United States Census, 1900"
event place: ED 31 Buckeye & Cheever Townships, Dickinson, Kansas, United States

Household Gender Age Birthplace
head John G Need M 41 Sep 1859 Indiana
wife Anna A Need F 26 Aug 1874 Kansas
son Gyrus E Need M 9 Oct 1891 Kansas
daughter Willie E Need F 7 Oct 1893 Kansas
boarder Charles W Colson M 31 ___1869 Pennsylvania. Determined by letters sent to Roy Turner and sent by Roy to Evaline Need and then to Mrs. Ernest Fry. Villa at age 16, with her remarried mother... new husband was previously a border in 1900 census

Villa E Need in household of Charles W Coulton, "United States Census, 1910"
name: Villa E Need
birthplace: Kansas
relationship to head of household: Step Daughter
residence: Scott, Lincoln, Kansas
marital status: Single
race : White
gender: Female
immigration year:
father's birthplace: Indiana
mother's birthplace: Kansas
family number: 169
page number: 7

Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Charles W Coulton M 41y Pennsylvania
wife Anna E Coulton F 35y Kansas
son Emery J Coulton M 6y Kansas
dau Mary L Coulton F 3y Kansas
Guy E Need M 18y Kansas
Villa E Need F 16y Kansas
Ethel M Hicks F 17y Kansas
Isaac Chote M 31y Kansas
Joseph Cornellisson M 35y Kansas. Did Villa help murder her husband?

THE MURDER OF ROBERT M. BUSHONG

In November, 1916 Robert M. Bushong along with his wife Villa and two young children a girl aged 6 years and a son about 3 years and an Employee Howard " Roy" Turner, a young man of about 25 or 26 left Junction City Kansas from the home of Mrs. Bushong's father, J. G. Need, for a overland trip to Garden City where Bushong and Turner expected to work in the beet harvest and then go on to Colorado, probably to Denver where they had all lived before. Robert was 28 years old and had been in the dray business for some time.

On Wednesday afternoon a deserted wagon with two horses hitched to the back was noticed by passers by on the roadside north of the Wilson Cemetery near Wilson Kansas. On Friday Marshal McCoy of Wilson was called. Marshal McCoy took the horses to town and returned to the scene with two others in order to investigate. At first look nothing was found to explain why the wagon had been abandoned but after removing the wagon and its contents to town and a more through search was made the following was discovered:
A trunk containing papers identifying the occupants
A bloody hatchet and a pool of blood beneath a pile of old clothes.
Following clues found in the trunk Telegrams were sent to both Concordia and Barnard in order to ascertain more information regarding R.M. Bushong. The following was discovered:

The party had been observed by witnesses as they traveled. These witnesses reported seeing two men a woman and two children as far as Brookville, from there west to Wilson only one of the men had been seen.
On Sunday morning a party of searchers started east on the Golden Belt in search of evidence. The following was found:

The movers reached Wilson Wednesday about five o'clock. They had camped at noon at the Cow creek bridge the other side of Black Wolf. Under this bridge a fire had been seen and here were found clothes that had been burned in a fire. Remnants of the clothing contained bloody spots and were identified as belonging to R.M. Bushong. Proceeding East the searchers found where they had camped Tuesday night on Clear Creek . A pool of blood was found on the campsite, after which the banks of the stream were searched for evidence. Found in the water under the bank was a tin bucket containing a pair of lungs tied up in a flour sack and then the top of the bucket covered over and tied down with a gunny sack. It was never determined if this was human or animal.
Louis Honomichl reported his son had passed the campers near Wilson, and on their request had taken a trunk to Wilson which was checked to Denver on that evening's train. Wednesday night a woman along with two children boarded the midnight train there for the east.
Tuesday night Sheriff Storey received a message from the Chief of Police of Denver stating that he had arrested Howard Turner and Mrs. Bushong, and that Turner had confessed to the murdering of Bushong.
In an interview Turner confessed to murdering Bushong and burying the body on the Joe Janousek farm about two and a half miles northeast of Ellsworth. This information was wired to Ellsworth and the body was found about two o'clock on Thursday November 9 and was brought to Ellsworth. Howard also stated that he killed R.M. Bushong because he loved his wife. He said that Villa had nothing to do with the murder, and that he had done it alone .He claimed that Bushong had repeatedly mistreated his wife, and at the time he was killed he was berating her because some blankets had been lost out of the rear end of the wagon. The murder was committed about five o'clock on the afternoon of November 1, a few miles east of Carneiro on the Golden Belt road, with a hatchet which Turner secured out of the wagon tool box. Bushong was sitting on the front seat, so Turner says, whipping the horses. Turner stood on the bed of the wagon just behind him, and claims he became enraged at Bushong's repeated abuse of Mrs. Bushong, the children and himself, and without realizing what he was doing, he picked up the hatchet and struck Bushong on the top of the head. Bushong fell back into the wagon and Turner struck him seven more times with the sharp end of the hatchet. After this he took charge of the team and drove about an hour untill it was thoroughly dark when he unhitched one of the horses loaded the dead mans body onto his back and in this way .

On November 13, 1916 Howard and Villa were arraigned for the murder. Villa waived her preliminary hearing and was bound over to the district court.Howard Turner pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree.
Villa Bushong made the following statement:
He had threatened to kill her and Turner. " I asked him why he wanted to kill us and he said, Oh, for nothing. But we beat him to it.-Roy and I intend to be married if we ever get out of this scrape, "My husband was a brute", and I just can't feel sorry about his death. He had it coming as he had treated me terribly and Roy's the only man I ever met who seemed really to love me. If we live to be free once more we will be married and will be happy."

Villa Bushong was acquitted of the charge of being an accessory to the murder of her husband. The jury gave its verdict after being out 17 1/2 hours.

Villa Bushong made the following statement:
He had threatened to kill her and Turner. " I asked him why he wanted to kill us and he said, Oh, for nothing. But we beat him to it.-Roy and I intend to be married if we ever get out of this scrape, "My husband was a brute", and I just can't feel sorry about his death. He had it coming as he had treated me terribly and Roy's the only man I ever met who seemed really to love me. If we live to be free once more we will be married and will be happy."

Villa Bushong was acquitted of the charge of being an accessory to the murder of her husband. The jury gave its verdict after being out 17 1/2 hours.

Howard Turner was found guilty of second degree murder.

On February 2, 1917 Villa Bushong returned home with her mother and seemed to have undergone a change of heart, she made the following statement:

"I was never in love with Howard Turner. I haven't made any plans for the future, and I don't know what I will do. I am going to try to find work, however, to help support myself and my children. I don't intend to marry Turner when he gets out of prison and never did intend to marry him. I am not in love with him and never was." Stone photo present stone states Oct 16, 1894 (ss record states Oct 16 1893)

Villa E. James

Birth: Oct. 16, 1894
Death: Aug. 11, 1982


Burial:
Morris Hill Cemetery
Boise
Ada County
Idaho, USA

Created by: Sue Ann Harfst
Record added: Jul 05, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 54534438. Villa James, "United States Social Security Death Index"
first name: Villa
middle name:
last name: James
name suffix:
birth date: 16 October 1893
social security number: 519-36-0318
place of issuance: Idaho
last residence: Boise, Ada, Idaho
zip code of last residence: 83705
death date: August 1982
estimated age at death: 89. Villa in the 1940 Census

Villa E James in household of Samuel James, "United States Census, 1940"
name: Villa E James
titles & terms:
event: Census
event year: 1940
event place: Election Precinct 17, Ada, Idaho, United States
gender: Female
age: 46
marital status: Married
race (original):
race (standardized): White
relationship to head of household (original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Wife
birthplace: Kansas
estimated birth year: 1894
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 1-29B
family number: 24
sheet number and letter: 2A
line number: 38
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 736
digital folder number: 005460521
image number: 00051

Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Samuel James M 42 Idaho
wife Villa E James F 46 Kansas
son Guy S James M 7 Idaho
stepdaughter Ernestine L Fry F 20 California. From son, Grant's obituary...

"He is survived by his (half) brother, Guy James Bushong and his wife Charlotte; numerous nieces
and nephews; his son Bruce and his wife Lita; and grandson Christopher.
He was preceded in death by his father, Robert M. Bushong; his mother
Villa(Need) Bushong [but she died as Villa James]. Husband: Melvin BUSHONG
Born: at:
Married: 29 Sep 1910 at:
Died: 30 Oct 1916 at:
Father:
Mother:
Other Spouses:

Wife: Villa Evaline NEED
Born: 16 Oct 1893 at: Industry,Clay,Kansas
Died: Aug 1982 at: Idaho
Father:John Guy NEED
Mother:Anna Adelia HARRIS
Other Spouses: Ernest FRY Sam JAMES

CHILDREN
Name: Martha Melvina BUSHONG
Born: at:
Married: 9 Sep 1935 at:
Died: at:
Spouses: Ervin HICKS
Name: Grant Arvis BUSHONG
Born: at:
Married: 9 Oct 1939 at:
Died: at:
Spouses: Lana MCARTHUR

source: http://www.reocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/3705/genhar/fam00059.htm.

Patrick Lohr Bushong was born on 26 May 1979. He died on 26 May 1979, at age 0.

7. Mary Elisabeth Lohr (b.7 Dec 1948-Ann Arbor,Washtenaw,Michigan)
sp: Douglas O. Bushong (b.25 Aug 1947;m.12 Aug 1977)
8. Patrick Bushong (b.26 May 1979;d.26 May 1979)
8. Kelly Bushong (b.16 Jun 1980)
8. Andrew Paul Bushong (b.10 Oct 1987-St. Joseph Hosp,AA,Michigan)

from:
Descendents of
George Nikolaus Lohr
(b.1764)

http://www.chucklohr.com/genealogy/lohr.htm. Stone photo present

Patrick Lohr Bushong

Birth: unknown
Death: May 26, 1979


Burial:
Bethlehem Cemetery
Ann Arbor
Washtenaw County
Michigan, USA

Created by: M_artin S_chauder
Record added: Nov 25, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 101247400.

Idella Elizabeth Heilman was born on 9 January 1927 in Hardin County, Ohio. She and Dale Louis Bushong were married on 2 June 1951. She died on 3 February 2011, at age 84, in Lima, Allen County, Ohio. She was buried in McDonald Fairview Cemetery, Jumbo, Hardin County, Ohio.

Her married name was Idella Elizabeth Bushong. Stone photo present - double with Dale - married June 3, 1951

Idella E. Bushong

Birth: Jan. 9, 1927
Death: Feb. 3, 2011


Family links:
Spouse:
Dale L. Bushong (1924 - 2004)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
McDonald Fairview Cemetery
Jumbo
Hardin County
Ohio, USA

Created by: Jaxxon
Record added: Nov 10, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 100492769. Idella Elizabeth HEILMAN
Given Name: Idella Elizabeth
Surname: HEILMAN
Sex: F

Change Date: 1 OCT 2015
Birth: 9 JAN 1927 in Hardin County, Ohio, USA
Death: 3 FEB 2011 in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, USA 1
Burial: McDonald Fairview Cemetery, Jumbo, Hardin County, Ohio, USA 2



Father: Daniel Franklin HEILMAN b: 27 FEB 1899 in Hardin County, Ohio, USA
Mother: Maudie Virginia CHAMBERLIN b: 18 NOV 1900 in West Virginia, USA

Marriage 1 Dale Louis BUSHONG b: 3 OCT 1924 in Buck Township, Hardin County, Ohio, USA
Married: 2 JUN 1951
Children
Has Children Living BUSHONG.

Maxine L. was born on 14 November 1927. She and Daniel F. Bushong were married. She died on 13 August 1970, at age 42. She was buried in McDonald Fairview Cemetery, Jumbo, Hardin County, Ohio.

Her married name was Maxine L. Bushong. Stone photo present - double with Daniel

Maxine L. Bushong

Birth: Nov. 14, 1927
Death: Aug. 13, 1970


Family links:
Children:
Daniel F. Bushong (1960 - 1992)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
McDonald Fairview Cemetery
Jumbo
Hardin County
Ohio, USA

Created by: Jaxxon
Record added: Nov 10, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 100487463.

Daniel F. Bushong, Jr., was born on 6 October 1960. He died on 22 July 1992, at age 31. He was buried in McDonald Fairview Cemetery, Jumbo, Hardin County, Ohio.

Stone photo present

Daniel F. Bushong, Jr

Birth: Oct. 6, 1960
Death: Jul. 22, 1992


Family links:
Parents:
Maxine L. Bushong (1927 - 1970)

Burial:
McDonald Fairview Cemetery
Jumbo
Hardin County
Ohio, USA

Created by: Jaxxon
Record added: Nov 10, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 100487376.

Hazel Elizabeth ("Betty") Jacobs was born on 23 March 1923 in Rushsylvania, Logan County, Ohio. She and Thomas Milton Bushong were married on 21 May 1967 in South Carolina. She died on 28 October 2012, at age 89, in Piqua, Miami County, Ohio. She was buried in Rushsylvania Cemetery, Rushsylvania, Logan County, Ohio.

Her married name was Hazel Elizabeth ("Betty") Bushong. Personal photo present

Hazel Elizabeth "Betty" Jacobs Bushong

Birth: Mar. 23, 1923
Rushsylvania
Logan County
Ohio, USA
Death: Oct. 28, 2012
Piqua
Miami County
Ohio, USA

Hazel Elizabeth "Betty" Bushong, 89, of 1840 W. High St., Piqua, died at 12:45 pm Sunday October 28, 2012 at the Piqua Manor Nursing Home where she had resided for almost five years. She was born March 30, 1923 in Rushsylvania to the late Harley and Laura (Baker) Jacobs. She married Thomas Bushong May 21, 1968 in South Carolina; he preceded her in death April 25, 1989.

Survivors include a daughter-in-law Kay H. Watt of Piqua; two granddaughters, Julie (Watt) Dowler and husband Paul Dowler and their children Anthony, Matthew, and Caleb of Groveport, and Jennifer (Watt) Bridge and husband David Bridge and their children Austin and Kendall of Beavercreek; and a brother Robert (Donna) Jacobs of Reno, Nevada. She was preceded in death by her son Gerald "Gary" Watt and a brother, Earl Jacobs.

Betty retired in 2007 from Kroger's Grocery of Marysville, a job she looked forward to every day. She enjoyed Knitting, Baking for others, and gardening. Her spirited and giving nature will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

A graveside service will be conducted at 10:30 am Saturday November 3, 2012 at the Rushsylvania Cemetery in Logan County with Rev. Dr. Keith Gebhart officiating. Arrangements are being handled through the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home.

Condolences to the family may also be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.


Burial:
Rushsylvania Cemetery
Rushsylvania
Logan County
Ohio, USA

Created by: familyhistorian
Record added: Nov 08, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 100361412.