BRUSH, Henry Colonel, Justice Supreme Court of O^[1]

1778 - 1855  (~ 76 years)

• Name	BRUSH, Henry
  Suffix	Colonel, Justice Supreme Court of O
  Birth	Jun 1778
  Gender	Male
  _UID	0D8F041A15612B4FA690DEF9C5EAFCAE1000
  Death	19 Jan 1855
  Person ID	I37521	Garys-Tree
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2009

  
  

  Father	BRUSH, Lemuel,   b. 10 Sep 1745, Huntington, Long Island, [now Suffolk County], New York d. 2 Feb 1831 (Age 85 years)
  Mother	PER LEE, Mary,   b. Abt 1749   d. 19 Apr 1779 (Age ~ 30 years)
  Family ID	F13652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Henry Brush was admitted to the bar in 1803. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In 1803 he removed to Chillicothe, Ohio, and was a State Representative from there in 1810, and a State Senator in 1814. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He was elected Captain of the Ross County Ohio Volunteers in 1812. He was in command of a relief force of 250 on their way to relieve General Hull at Detroit when he surrendered to the British. Although included in the terms of the capitulation he was able to avoid capture. He was later promoted to Colonel of the Ohio Militia. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He removed to London, Ohio, and served as a State Representative from 1819 to 1821. He became an Ohio Supreme Court Justice in 1828. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  
  

• Sources

  [S960] Imported GEDCOM file fr Ken Erd Mar 2006.