Busch was born on July 10,1839, the youngest of 21 sons of Ulrich Busch and Barbara Pfeiffer in Kastel, then a district of Mainz in the Grand Duchy of Hesse.
Busch was born in Mayence-on-the-Rhine on July 10,1839, the youngest of 21 sons of Ulrich Busch and Barbara Pfeiffer. The city was in Kastel, then a district of Mainz in the Grand Duchy of Hesse.