Albert L. T. Bush was born on April 18, 1834, in Yates County, New York, to Cornelius and Esther Terbush. He eventually moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan. He married Esther Bishop in the 1850s, and they had at least four children: Martin, born around 1858; Sarah, born around 1861; Arthur, born around 1866; and Jennie, born around 1869. Bush worked as a carpenter, and by 1860, he owned $600 of real estate and $200 of personal property. He enlisted in the Union army on August 13, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company H of the 25^th Michigan Infantry on September 22. Union officials eventually transferred him to the 19^th Veteran Reserve Corps. He was discharged for disability on June 12, 1865.

 

Bush settled in Wayland, Michigan, after the war. He worked as a farmer, and by 1870, he owned $700 of personal property. By 1880, he was living in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He applied for a federal pension in April 1880 and eventually secured one. His wife died in the late 1800s, and he married Betsey Fuller in Grand Rapids on June 27, 1894. They lived in Wyoming, Michigan, and Bush worked as a stationary engineer. By 1910, he was living in the Soldiers’ Home in Grand Rapids. He died there of “acute dysentery” on December 3, 1911.

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