1777 - Aft 1846 (> 70 years)
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| Name |
BRUSH, Nehemiah |
| Birth |
5 Feb 1777 |
Hopewell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
80CAE4CB94543141B45A8E78E12F3F893F36 |
| Death |
Aft 1846 |
| Person ID |
I25086 |
Garys-Tree |
| Last Modified |
28 Jan 2009 |
| Father |
BRUSH, Israel, b. 10 Aug 1730, Huntington, Long Island, [now Suffolk County], New York d. 1779, Hopewell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA (Age 48 years) |
| Mother |
SEXTON, Taphath, b. Bef 12 Dec 1736, Hopewell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA |
| Family ID |
F8941 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
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Nehemiah Brush enlisted from Hunterdon Co., NY at Philadelphia on 8
Sep 1794 as a soldier in Captain Cornelius Snyder's Company of the Second
U.S. Infantry. Later he was transferred to Captain Lyman's Company of the
Second U.S. Infantry. He served for three years in General Wayne's
campaigns in the Western Territory and was discharged at Presque Isle,
Pennsylvania.
In June of 1798 he enloisted again in the Second Infantry and served
under General Wilkinson for five years. In June of 1803 he enlisted in the
U.S. Marines and served on the Ship Constitution and under Captain Osborn
on the Ship Philadelphia. That ship was taken by the Turks in Tripoli
Harbour and for the next nineteen months he was a prisoner in Tripoli
undergoing much hardship and suffering. He was discharged in Washington
in Nov 1805.
In the Westen campaign with General Wayne he cut his leg with an axe,
and later injured the same leg in a cable accident aboard the
Philadelphia. This injury was responsible for his final discharge. His leg
never fully recovered.
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He resided in Erie Co., PA until at least 1826. In 1846 he was residing
with a son-in-law at Canton, Fulton Co., IL. The record of his marriage
and children is not found in the Brush data in the FTM-CD of Long Island
Families.
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| Sources |
- [S960] Imported GEDCOM file fr Ken Erd Mar 2006.
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