Morand Bushu homestead

From the early to mid 1800s, great great grandparents Morand Bushu and Mary Ann Miller Bushu owned an 80 acre farm in Perry County, Ohio. Susan and I drove past the land last week, and it's lovely, though farming it could be a challenge; some low lying woods where perhaps a creek runs and gently rolling hills. In the SE corner of their farm sits a ruined log cabin that someone later put siding on and inhabited. We gingerly made our way over rotting boards and through weeds to peer in through the now-barred door to see a table on sawhorses, some plastic chairs, mildewed carpet, and detritus of perhaps squatters. We could see where the fireplace had been walled in. We would have loved to have gone in but that would have involved crowbars, breaking the law, and major risk-taking.

The name BUSHU isn't inscribed on the door, but the building is of the right vintage, in the right place. The area is still rural. I'm confident this is the family homestead.

My guess is the entire structure is about 15 x 25. There's an upstairs or loft, but still . . .  Thirteen people lived here and Mary Ann died here after her last child.