Bush-Beauchamp Family Papers, 1835-1982
Held by The Filson Historical Society
Creator: Bush-Beauchamp Family
Title: Papers, 1835-1982
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 2 cubic feet
Location Number: Mss. A B978
Scope and Content Note
Included is correspondence of the Robert Y. Bush family, 1846-1969, referring to Civil War incidents, politics, and family life in Hancock County, Ky.; school compositions and diplomas; legal papers; genealogical data; and Roberta Y. Bush’s correspondence, 1890-1969, and her original fiction and papers, and business accounts of Joseph A. Beauchamp, 1855-1982.
Correspondence of the Stone and Lewis families, 1832-1889; sermons; school experiences; newspaper clippings on the Bush, Boyd, Beauchamp, Lewis, and Humphries families.
Also includes land records; data on Edwards family antecedents; three record books, 1839-1874, regarding the Hancock County Court; Morrison Presbyterian Church records, 1889-1953; and Baptist Church records, 1819-1840, for Hancock and adjacent counties.
