James M Bush b 1802 VA d 17 Oct 1880 Carter Co KY; s/o Austin Bush and Nancy Cash Rainwater. James M Bush m. abt 1829 to Margaret Jane Gose b 1809 Wythe Co VA d 12 Mar 1876; buried Rocky Bend, Lost Creek, KY; d/o Christopher Gose and Mary Elizabeth Litz. Children of James M Bush and Margaret Jane Gose;

1. William Bush b 1830 VA; m. 24 Jun 1854 to Martha McDavid

2. James Bush b 1832 VA; m. Nancy Childers

3. Lafayette McCurty Bush b 1837 VA d 1916; m. Delila Jane Kibbey b abt 1844 KY. Children of Lafayette McCurty Bush and Delila Jane Kibbey; i. Margaret Elizabeth Bush b 1868 ii. Willis Kibbey Bush b 1870 iii. Eugenia May Bush b 1871 iv. Nancy Jane Bush b 1873 v. Albert Lee Bush b 1874 vi. Lafayette McMurty Bush b 1875 vii. Elnora Elvia Bush b 1877 viii. Thomas Hudgins Bush b 1879 ix. John Valentine Bush b 1881 x. Clarence Edwin Bush b 1882 xi. Minnie Alma Bush b 1884 xii. Lona A Bush b 1886

4. Elizabeth Bush b 1840 VA d 1913; m. abt 1860 to William Watson. Elizabeth Bush m. abt 1878 to Francis M Ratliff b 18400 KY

5. Catherine Bush b 1845 VA

6. Ellen Dinah Bush b 1849 VA d 1901; m. Solomon Lawson