Estate papers, 1855-1874.

Bush, Charles, 1805-1855

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Machinist and manufacturer. Charles Bush was born in Wilmington, Del., in 1805. At the age of sixteen he went to Baltimore to study as an apprentice machinist. Returning to Wilmington where he was set up in business by his father, he became the partner of Jonathan Bonney. In 1836 Bonney & Bush embarked on the business of making cast railroad car wheels. Two years later Bonney died and was succeeded by Bush's nephew George G. Lobdell. Under the title of Bush & Lob...

McComb, Henry S., 1825-1881

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Leather merchant and railroad promoter. Henry S. McComb was born in Wilmington, Del. on July 28, 1825. His father died when he was still a young boy, and Henry was forced to go to work to help support the family. Until age eighteen he was apprenticed to a currier, Wilmington being a center of the leather industry. McComb excelled at business and was able to buy out his employer. By age twenty-five he was one of the leading citizens of Wilmington, and by thirty he was a l...

Bonney, Jonathan, -1838

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Lobdell, George G., 1818-1894.

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Bush & Lobdell.

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