Mary Ann VanZandt was the daughter of George T. and Elizabeth Hutchinson VanZandt. She married Uriah B. Bush in 1851 and gave him 9 children; sons Alonzo 1851, James H. N. 1852 , George 1855, William 1859, Robert E. L. 1864 & daughters Kansas 1854, Henryetta 1866, Belle 1867 and Fannie 1869.
In about 1868 her husband and sons George 8 and William 6 were camping in the northern part of Arkansas. As Uriah was playing with the boys, they were attacked by a large group of ruffians, led by Union sympathizers, men of Allsop family. Uriah had not fought in the Civil War but had sided with the Confederacy.
Uriah told the boys to hide and he ran to try and draw the gang of men way from the campsite. The boys were found where they were hiding in the underbrush and murdered by the Allsops and Uriah was then found and murdered too.
The loss of her husband and 2 sons was a harsh blow for Mary Ann but she was several months pregnant. She stayed in Fulton County, Arkansas until the birth of her daughter Fannie. Not long after giving birth, Mary Ann took the remaining 7 children and abandoned her home and property and fled to Texas, near family members, where she lived until her death.
In about 1868 her husband and sons George 8 and William 6 were camping in the northern part of Arkansas. As Uriah was playing with the boys, they were attacked by a large group of ruffians, led by Union sympathizers, men of Allsop family. Uriah had not fought in the Civil War but had sided with the Confederacy.
Uriah told the boys to hide and he ran to try and draw the gang of men way from the campsite. The boys were found where they were hiding in the underbrush and murdered by the Allsops and Uriah was then found and murdered too.
The loss of her husband and 2 sons was a harsh blow for Mary Ann but she was several months pregnant. She stayed in Fulton County, Arkansas until the birth of her daughter Fannie. Not long after giving birth, Mary Ann took the remaining 7 children and abandoned her home and property and fled to Texas, near family members, where she lived until her death.
Mary Ann VanZandt was the daughter of George T. and Elizabeth Hutchinson VanZandt. She married Uriah B. Bush in 1851 and gave him 9 children; sons Alonzo 1851, James H. N. 1852 , George 1855, William 1859, Robert E. L. 1864 & daughters Kansas 1854, Henryetta 1866, Belle 1867 and Fannie 1869.
In about 1868 her husband and sons George 8 and William 6 were camping in the northern part of Arkansas. As Uriah was playing with the boys, they were attacked by a large group of ruffians, led by Union sympathizers, men of Allsop family. Uriah had not fought in the Civil War but had sided with the Confederacy.
Uriah told the boys to hide and he ran to try and draw the gang of men way from the campsite. The boys were found where they were hiding in the underbrush and murdered by the Allsops and Uriah was then found and murdered too.
The loss of her husband and 2 sons was a harsh blow for Mary Ann but she was several months pregnant. She stayed in Fulton County, Arkansas until the birth of her daughter Fannie. Not long after giving birth, Mary Ann took the remaining 7 children and abandoned her home and property and fled to Texas, near family members, where she lived until her death.
In about 1868 her husband and sons George 8 and William 6 were camping in the northern part of Arkansas. As Uriah was playing with the boys, they were attacked by a large group of ruffians, led by Union sympathizers, men of Allsop family. Uriah had not fought in the Civil War but had sided with the Confederacy.
Uriah told the boys to hide and he ran to try and draw the gang of men way from the campsite. The boys were found where they were hiding in the underbrush and murdered by the Allsops and Uriah was then found and murdered too.
The loss of her husband and 2 sons was a harsh blow for Mary Ann but she was several months pregnant. She stayed in Fulton County, Arkansas until the birth of her daughter Fannie. Not long after giving birth, Mary Ann took the remaining 7 children and abandoned her home and property and fled to Texas, near family members, where she lived until her death.
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