Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Dr. George G. Brush, M.D. and Asenath Thatcher




Husband Dr. George G. Brush, M.D. 1

            AKA: George W. Brush M.D. 2
           Born: 9 Sep 1820 - Sheakleyville, Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Aug 1886 - Greenville, Mercer Co, PA
         Buried:  - Shenango Valley Cemetery, Greenville, Mercer Co, PA


         Father: James Brush, Jr. (      -1840) 3 4
         Mother: Margaret Sheakley (1780-Bef 1888) 2 5


       Marriage: 19 Sep 1845 1



Wife Asenath Thatcher 1

           Born:  - Trumbull Co, OH
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


Children
1 F Hattie R. Brush 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



2 M Dr. James A. Brush 1

           Born: 10 Mar 1846 - Sheakleyville, Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Mar 1881 - Sheakleyville, Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 6
         Buried:  - Shenango Valley Cemetery, Greenville, Mercer Co, PA
         Spouse: Nancy J. McQuiston (      -Aft 1888) 6


3 F Elizabeth Brush 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1888
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Addison Williams (      -      ) 1



General Notes: Husband - Dr. George G. Brush, M.D.


He grew to manhood on the home farm, and taught a few terms of school in that vicinity. He read medicine two years in the office of Dr. Cossitt, of Greenville, and subsequently one year with Dr. Ray, formerly of Philadelphia. In March, 1845, he opened an office in Sheakleyville, where he practiced his profession twenty-nine years. In April, 1874, Dr. Brush removed to Greenville, where he continued in active practice till his death. He attended lectures in the medical colleges of Philadelphia, Buffalo and New York City, and was a graduate of the Buffalo Medical University. He built up a large practice during his resi­dence in Sheakleyville and Greenville, and was surgeon of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad six years. [HMC 1888, 780]
Besides the three children listed, he and his wife had three more children who died in infancy.

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 780.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 995.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1103.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 994.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1102.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 781.


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