Aaron Hush Story, Aaron Hush (1846-1916), Franklin Park, NJ
AARON HSH FAMILY CEMETERY, SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY
Aaron Hush, a Civil War veteran, died of old age, at the home of his son, Charles Hush, and was buried in Roberts Cemetery in South Brunswick, New Jersey on January 20, 1916.
The former slave enlisted from Somerset County on February 29, 1864, one year after slavery was abolished in the United States. He joined Company H of the 32nd Regiment USCT Volunteer Infantry 1 under Captain Samuel M. Smith and Colonel George W. Baird at Camp William Penn just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The regiment moved to Hilton Head, South Carolina, where it engaged in battles there and at Charleston and Fort Sumter, which it helped capture in February 1865. His regiment also fought at Dingles Mill, Statesboro, and occupied Camden, New Jersey. Hush did garrison duty at Charleston, Beaufort, and Hilton Head, South Carolina.
He was honorably discharged at the close of the war, where he returned to New Jersey and married Sarah Catherine Roberts in New Brunswick. They had eight children, four girls and 4 boys, and became property owners in the Sand Hill area. Hush died on January 20, 1916, at the age of 70. His wife died on October 20, 1914. Both are buried in the Hush-Roberts Cemetery in South Brunswick at Kendall Park.
