Born in Somerville around 1845, Aaron Hush traveled to Philadelphia at the age of 19-years-old to volunteer his service for the Civil War.
There were no colored units dispatched by the State of New Jersey. He enlisted on Feb. 29, 1864 and was mustered in the United States Service at Philadelphia, Pa.
Private Hush was to serve three years in Company H, 32nd Regiment U.S.C.T. Vol. Infantry.
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Company H contained approximately 1,365 soldiers. The company saw action against Charleston and at Fort Sumter, Beaufort and Hilton Head among other locations.
Private Hush was Honorably Discharged on Aug. 22, 1865 by reason of close of war. Upon his return to New Jersey after the war, he wed Sarah Catherine Roberts in New Brunswick.
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The union produced eight children. According to his granddaughter, Hush owned property in the Sand Hill area of what is now known as Kendall Park.
Hush died on Jan. 20 1916 at the age of 70. He was buried alongside his wife in the Hush-Roberts Burying Ground, which has six marked graves.
It is believed that many others are buried in this cemetery, although the wooden crosses of the times have long rotted away, leaving many unmarked graves.
“I feel a veteran has done a lot for this country. The land where a veteran is buried is hallowed ground,” , was quoted as saying in 2000.
