(Bio added by request of pCarson)
History of Franz (Francis, Frank) Josef (Joseph) Busch written by his daughter, Charlotte Busch Davies. 1939.
My father, Franz Josef Busch was born in Drolshagen, Nordrhein-Westphalia, Germany on January 16, 1833. Drolshagen is near Dusseldorf, which is the river part of the industrial area of the rich coal fields of Westphalia.
When Franz was three, his parents, Johann Josef Busch (1793-1876) and his wife, Maria Catharina Schierholz (1794-1840) , left Germany probably to seek a better livelihood in America, the land of promise. They took Franz, and two small daughters and emigrated to America, and eventually Kentucky and later settled in Jefferson City, Missouri. The mother, unaccustomed to the hardships of pioneer life, and heartbroken on leaving her beloved Fatherland and beautiful home there, didn't long survive the rigors of this new life. She died in 1840, leaving her three young children to be reared by their father. The children never knew that their father was born a German citizen until after his death, when one of our cousins in Jefferson City gave us this information. The reason was that, as a child at school, he was laughed at by the other little folk because of his quaint German costume, so, he just decided he wasn't going to be German and told his children that he was born in Frankfort, Kentucky. [He Americanized his name to Frank Joseph Bush.; some of his children also Americanized their last name of Busch to Bush.]
Johann Josef Busch must have had a hard time rearing and caring for his little family, alone, and he never remarried, so, all the problems fell to him for solutions. He seemed not to have understood his son. He told me of the misunderstandings he and his father had; also, he told of the severity of his father's punishments. His sister, Mary Catherine, two years older than he, often interceded in his behalf, and even took the blame for his misconduct. But there came a last punishment, the boy felt he could bear no more, and at about sixteen years of age, he left home, with a fixed purpose of going west. He obtained employment with the Wells-Fargo Express Co., driving on their Overland Stage route. He had many thrilling encounters with Indians, but escaped without a wound. His coach was once attacked by savages, but he lay in the bottom of the vehicle, an drove to horses safely into the next station.
He first saw Utah in 1856, and was at once attracted by the grassy slopes, natural streams and lovely valleys of Southern Utah, and he resolved to make his home here.
The California gold rush of 1849 brought many Eastern people as far as Utah and here some remained. Among them was the family of Andrew Jackson Still. My father met and married Harriet in 1864. He made a sort of home for her at Clover, Utah, a stage station. They lived with Bishop Richard N. (Bush?-illegible), keeper of the station. Two children were born here, both died in infancy. Later a daughter, Ida, and a son Frank were born in Fairfield, Utah. The mother, whose parents had returned to Harrison, Boone Co., Arkansas, their former home, became disaffected with her husband; left him and took her two children to her mother's home.
On November 1, 1875, father married Charlotte Ann Young, my mother, at Fairfield, Utah. Henry Snyder performed the ceremony. They bought a cattle ranch in Greenwich, Sevier County. Their first child, Brigham Julius Busch, was born at Fairfield, August, 2, 1875. He never married and lived (in 1939) at Ririe, Bonneville, Idaho.
A daughter, Charlotte Marie was born March 2, 1878 at Greenwich, married Charles Hyrum Davies May 7, 1902 in Salt Lake Temple, now (1939) living at R.F.D. 3, Provo, Utah. Soon after this, the family moved to a better location 25 miles north, called Plateau, in Sevier County. The remaining children names and birth dates follow.
Father became a prosperous ranchman and grower of livestock. He was known for his honesty and kindliness. many people made our home their stopping place as they journeyed to and from Richfield, and other points, and our parents were known far and near, on account of their hospitality. He lived on the road to Otter Creek Canyon, and the Indians on their autumn deer hunts often camped near our home. He had many a delicious bit of venison in exchange for flour, etc.
Father was one of the three first school trustees, and helped build a log school house in this district. He also explored Escalante and other places, and always had a desire to travel. He wanted mother to move with him in Arizona, but they decided against it. Later he made a trip of investigation to Lethbridge, Canada, with a view to moving there, but was discouraged because of seeing a terrible blizzard there.
Early in the year of 1898, father and mother were divorced and she, with all the children, moved in wagons to Ririe, Idaho.
Father died in Poplar, Idaho, on New Year's Day, 1912, from blood poison.

Other children:
Oscar S. Busch, born January 20, 1879 in Greenwich, married Margaret "Maggie" Edwards, 20 September 1908.
Minnie Busch, born Jan 5, 1882, Plateau, married Isaac Gawthorne Hayes, April 3, 1908. Living (1939) in Ririe, Bonneville, Idaho.
Zilpha Estella Busch, born October 10, 1883, Plateau (Sevier Co.), married Albert Clarence Howard in 1902.
John Joseph Busch, born SEpt. 2, 1886, married Rula Randall, November 17, 1928. Living (1939) in Ririe, Idaho.
Lester Leo Busch, born July 2, 1888, Plateau, married Edna Christina WIckberg, May 24, 1911. Living (1939) in Ririe, Idaho.
Louisa Elizabeth Busch, born July 26, 1890, Plateau, married Henry Sermon, living (1939) in Ririe, Idaho.
Alfred Jerome Busch, born July 24, 1892, Plateau, married Vivian Otella Dutson, living (1939) in Ririe, Idaho.
Jessie Virginia Busch, born July 27, 1894, Plateau, married Delbert Morgan, July 12, 1895.
Doris Elsie Busch, born July 1, 1896, Plateau.∼Frank said he was born in Kentucky, but that's not correct. He changed the spelling of his name.