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William Owen Bush (July 4, 1832 – February 13, 1907) was an American farmer and politician who was elected to the Washington House of Representatives as part of the inaugural Washington State Legislature in 1889. He was the first African-American to serve in the Washington legislature.
Bush, William Owen (1832-1907) By John Caldbick. Posted 8/02/2013. HistoryLink.org Essay 10435. Share. William Owen Bush was the eldest son of George Bush (1790?-1863), of Irish and African American descent, and Isabella James Bush (1809?-1866), a German American.
12 de feb. de 2007 · William Owen became one of Washington’s most famous farmers. He was born in Missouri in 1832 and came west with his parents. After trip to the California Gold Rush in 1850 he moved to the Mound Prairie area south of Tumwater with his wife Mandana Smith Kimsey Bush. After his parents’ deaths, he moved to the Bush Prairie farm and with his ...
11 de feb. de 2022 · William Owen Bush, the eldest son of Washington's first Black pioneer, George Bush, was Washington's first Black legislator. He served in the first Legislature after Washington became a...
22 de ago. de 2013 · On September 27, 1876, grain grown by Thurston County pioneer and farmer William Owen Bush (1832-1907) is awarded a top prize at the nation's centennial exposition in Philadelphia and judged among the best in the world.
31 de ene. de 2004 · George Bush died of a cerebral hemorrhage on April 5, 1863. Isabella Bush died on September 12, 1866. Following George’s death, their eldest son William Owen Bush returned from Grand Mound, where he had a farm, to take over the Bush Prairie homestead, which he operated until his death in 1907.
25 de nov. de 2021 · Bush’s eldest son, William Owen Bush would, 26 years after his father’s death, become the first Black person to serve in the Washington Legislature. He introduced the legislation that ...
