Bush, Alexander

Bush, Alexander a Baptist minister, was born at Lowville, Lewis Co., N. Y., Feb. 1, 1810. He united with the Church in 1827, and, after teaching for a time, pursued a course of study at Hamilton. He was ordained pastor of the Tyringham and Lee, Mass., Church, Oct. 17, 1838. He preached his last sermon July 30, 1842, and, after lingering a year or two in great physical suffering, he died June 17, 1844. See Cathcart, Baptist Encyclopaedia, p. 170,171. (J. C. S.)