Generation No. 1
1. GEORGE PUGH was born Bet. 1831 - 1833, and died Aft. 1860. He married JULIA A. CROUSORE December 29, 1853 in Howard County, Indiana. She was born Bet. 1824 - 1826 in Ohio, and died Aft. 1860 in Indiana.
More About GEORGE PUGH:
Military service: May have served in the 89th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. F raised in Howard County, IN or in 101st Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Co. I raised in Wabash along with Edward B. CHAMNESS.Children of GEORGE PUGH and JULIA CROUSORE are:
i. JOHN2 PUGH, b. Bet. 1854 - 1855; d. Aft. 1804.
2. ii. ALFRED, b. August 28, 1856, near Kokomo, Centre or Taylor Township, Howard County, Indiana; d. September 18, 1904, Bluffton, Harrison Township, Wells County, Indiana.
3. iii. CAROLINE PUGH, b. May 5, 1858, Possibly Howard or Madison County, IN;
d. January 9, 1939, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana.
iv. ALBERT PUGH, b. Aft. 1860; m. HENRIETTA; b. Illinois.More About ALBERT PUGH:
Burial: Elm Grove Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, Section B, Lot 277More About HENRIETTA:
Burial: Elm Grove Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, Section B, Lot 277
Generation No. 2
2. ALFRED (GEORGE PUGH) was born August 28, 1856 in near Kokomo, Centre or Taylor Township, Howard County, Indiana, and died September 18, 1904 in Bluffton, Harrison Township, Wells County, Indiana. He married HENRIETTA "ETTA" NORRIS May 22, 1882 in Possibly Nevada, Missouri. She died Aft. 1904.
More About ALFRED:
Burial: Bet. September 21 - 22, 1904, Elm Grove Cemetery, Bluffton, Harrison Township, Wells County, Indiana Section B277Alfred Pugh Obituary
DIED OF HEART DISEASE
Alfred Pugh Passed Away at Four O'clock Tuesday Afternoon
Funeral FridayAlfred Pugh, aged forty-eight, passed away at four o'clock Tuesday afternoon at his home on North Bond street in the Columbian addition after a serious sickness of ten days. He had been in poor health since last February at which time he contracted a severe cold resulting in rheumatism in a severe form. He was able to be around until a week ago Sunday, at which time he was suddenly seized with kidney and heart trouble and heart disease was the direct cause of his death.
Alfred Pugh was a son of Mr. And Mrs. George Pugh and was born at Kokomo, Indiana on August 28, 1856. He was married on May 21, 1882 to Miss Etta [note: Henrietta] Norris, and they lived in Nevada. [note: Vernon County] Missouri until July 1890, when they moved to this city to reside, since which time he has been employed with his brother-in-law, J. M. Buck, in the handle industry. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Pugh, one of whom is dead. The wife and one son, Shirley, are left to mourn the death of a kind and loving husband and father. Two brothers and one sister also survive the deceased. They are Mrs. J. M. Buck of this city, John Pugh of Nebraska City [note: Otoe County, NB], and Albert Pugh, of Moscow, [note: Woodward County] Oklahoma. Two half brothers and a half sister reside in St. Joe, [note;: Buchanan County] Missouri. Word of his death has been sent to all of them, but it is not known whether or not they will come for the funeral.
The funeral will be held from the residence at two o'clock Friday afternoon in charge of Rev. W. C. Martin, pastor of the Baptist church, and interment will occur in Elm Grove cemetery. - Transcribed from the Bluffton Evening News of Friday, September 21, 1904
Notes:
(1) Date & Place of Birth - 8/28/1856 in Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana
(2) Date of Marriage - to Henrietta "Etta" Norris on 5/21/1882 possibly in Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri
(3) Date & Place of Death - 9/18/1904 at home on North Bond Street in Bluffton, Harrison Township, Wells County, IN
(4) Children - Two with one son, Shirley Pugh, surviving
(5) Surviving - Sister - Caroline Pugh Buck of Bluffton, Wells County, IN
Brothers - John Pugh of Nebraska City, Otoe County, NB -- Albert Pugh of Moscow, Woodward County, OK
Half-brother - two with no names given
Half-sister - one with no name given in this obituary [given as
Josephine Pugh Hackney of Seattle, WA in Caroline Pugh's 1939 obituary]
(5) Date of Funeral - 9/21/1904 in Bluffton, IN
(6) Date & Place of Burial - 9/21-9/22 in Elm Grove Cemetery, Bluffton, IN
More About HENRIETTA "ETTA" NORRIS:
Burial: Aft. 1904, Elm Grove Cemetery, Bluffton, Harrison Township, Wells County, Indiana, Section B, Lot 277Children of ALFRED and HENRIETTA NORRIS are:
4. i. SHIRLEY E. PUGH, b. Abt. 1888, Missouri; d. Aft. 1904.
ii. SECONDSON PUGH, d. Bef. September 18, 1904.
3. CAROLINE PUGH (GEORGE) was born May 5, 1858 most likely in Howard County, IN, and died January 9, 1939 in Angola, Steuben County, Indiana. She married (1) JOHN M. (MARTIN?) BUCK September 13, 1880 in Delaware County, Indiana (probably Muncie) son of HENRY BUCK and JEMIMA CHAMNESS. He was born June 2, 1853 in Near Alexandria, Monroe Township, Madison County, Indiana, and died May 9, 1909 in Bluffton, Indiana. She married (2) NIMROD CARVER Abt. 1930 in Angola, Lake County, Indiana but the married was quickly annulled.Notes for CAROLINE PUGH:
Buck Family Tradition (frequently very wrong)
Father went off to fight in Civil War in about 1864/5 (when Caroline 6)
Caroline, Mother & 3 small brothers lived on farm near Alexandria, IN
Caroline, brothers and possibly father moved in with grandparents following mother's death from typhoid
Father remarried about 1867-70 and children move back in with father and new wife
Family moved to a farm in Missouri in about 1869/71 (when Caroline about 12).
Caroline's father moved on to Oregon or Washington and Caroline returned to Indiana settling in Muncie in Delaware County about 15 miles east of her childhood home to learn the dressmaking trade.
The dress shop in which Caroline apprenticed catered to Muncie's elite. She found the work to be most enjoyable and continued to work there until in about 1880 she met and married John M. Buck.
John M. Buck is believed to have been originally from the Alexandria, Indiana area.
John & Caroline moved to Somerset, Pulkaski County, in southern Kentucky where John and a friend bought a sawmill. Unfortunately, John's partner had a number of undisclosed debts and soon his creditors foreclosed on the sawmill. In February 1881, in the cold of winter, John, Caroline and two-week-old baby Carl were forced to return to their old hometown (Muncie or Alexandria ?) with all of 10 cents in their pockets.
John, undaunted, soon acquired a shoe store in Redkey, Jay County, Indiana.
Clyde and Alline were born in Redkey, Indiana.
More About CAROLINE PUGH:
Burial: Elm Grove Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana,
Section AQ, Lot 13527,28
Religion: 1899, Joined Bluffton First Methodist Episcopal Church29,30
Resided: 1926, 416 W. Wabash St, Bluffton, Indiana31,32More About JOHN M. (MARTIN?) BUCK:
1860 Census: 1860, Near Alexandria, Monroe Township, Madison County, Indiana Page 137 Line 12A Family 964 Dwelling 96433
Burial: Elm Grove Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana,
Section A, Lot 13534,35
Occupation 1: Owned several handle factories36,37
Resided: 1900, 426 W. Wabash St, Bluffton, Indiana38,39
Generation No. 3
4. SHIRLEY E. PUGH (ALFRED, GEORGE PUGH) was born Abt. 1888 in Missouri, and died Aft. 1904. He married BESSIE "AUNT BESSIE" FERGUSON. She was born Abt. 1888 in Missouri,
and died in Bluffton, Harrison Township, Wells County, Indiana.Notes for SHIRLEY E. PUGH:
Obituary from Bluffton News-Banner, April 27, 1999
Marietta Bertsch, 83Marietta Bertsch, 83, of Bluffton died at 11:15 a.m. Monday at the home of a daughter in Ossian. Mrs. Bertsch worked 12 years at Franklin Electric Co. in Bluffton. She was a member of First Baptist Church. She was born at Bluffton on Nov. 15, 1915 to Shirley E. and Bessie Ferguson Pugh. Her marriage at Bluffton on Nov. 1, 1935 was to Melvin W. Bertsch, who died May 17, 1988. Surviving are a son, Roy R. Bertsch of Vacaville, Calif.; a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Mary Elizabeth) Todd of Ossian; two brothers, George Pugh of Ossian and Wilbur Pugh of Kendallville; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Goodwin Memorial Chapel and burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery. Visitation hours at the funeral home will be Wednesday from 2 to 8 p.m. and Thursday from 12 noon until time for serices. Memorials to First Baptist Church.
More About SHIRLEY E. PUGH:
Burial: Elm Grove Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana,
Section B, Lot 27762More About BESSIE "AUNT BESSIE" FERGUSON:
Burial: Elm Grove Cemetery, Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana,
Section B, Lot 27762Children of SHIRLEY PUGH and BESSIE FERGUSON are:
i. RUTH ALINE4 PUGH, b. Abt. 1907, Indiana.
ii. JAMES PUGH, b. Abt. 1909, Indiana.
iii. HARRY PUGH, b. Abt. 1911, Indiana.
iv. WILBER PUGH, b. Abt. 1915, Indiana.
v. MASILLA PUGH, b. Abt. 1916, Indiana.
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