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Flora Bush (Sheldon)

Russian: Флора Буш (Шелдон)
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Franklin, Wayne County, Ohio, USA
Death: September 04, 1920 (48)
Watch Hill, Washington, Rhode Island, USA (Traffic Accident)
Place of Burial: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA, GPS (lat/lon): 39.94001, -83.03248
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Robert Emmet Sheldon and Mary Elizabeth Sheldon (Butler)
Wife of Samuel Prescott Bush
Mother of Prescott Sheldon Bush Sr.; Mary Eleanor House; Robert Sheldon Bush; Margaret Livingston Bush and Lt. Col. James Smith Bush, USA
Sister of Ralph Sheldon; Butler Sheldon; Harriet Sheldon; Mary L. Hoster; Robert Emmet Sheldon Jr. and 1 other

Notable descendants: Her grandson was 41st President of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush and great-grandson 43rd President George Walker Bush
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About Flora Bush

Florence SHELDON

Martha BELL

Husband: Samuel Prescott BUSH

Birth: 4 Oct 1863, Brick Church, Ocean Co., NJ

Death: 8 Feb 1948, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH

Disposition: buried Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH

Father: Rev. James Smith BUSH

Mother: Harriet Eleanor FAY

Marriage-1: 20 Jun 1894, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH

Wife-1: Florence "Flora" SHELDON

Birth: 17 Mar 1872, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH

Death: 4 Sep 1920, Narragansett, Washington Co., RI

Disposition: buried Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH

Father: Robert Emmet SHELDON (1845-1917)

Mother: Mary Elizabeth BUTLER (1850-1897)

Marriage-2: 9 Feb 1925, Chicago, Cook Co., IL

Wife-2: Martha BELL

Birth: 1879, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI

Death: 1950

Disposition: buried Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin Co., OH

Other Spouse: m1. 1900/1, Thomas Percy CARTER; issue: three children; ended in divorce

Father: Joseph McClellan BELL (1836-1895), of West Chester, Chester Co., PA

Mother: Harriet McCLURE (1841- ), of Chicago, Cook Co., IL

Children with Florence SHELDON:

— born in Columbus, Franklin Co., OH:

1. Prescott Sheldon BUSH (Sr.), b. 15 May 1895

2. Robert Sheldon BUSH, b. 20 Nov 1896

3. Mary Eleanor BUSH, b. 20 Dec 1897

— born in St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO:

4. Margaret Livingston BUSH, b. 19 Jul 1899; d. 29 May 1993, Branford, New Haven Co., CT; m. Stuart Holmes CLEMENT (1895-1974)

— born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI:

5. James Smith BUSH, b. 11 Apr 1901; d. 2 May 1978, Quenzon City, Philippines; m. Caroline Lowe PATTERSON (1903- )

Children with Martha BELL:

none

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1900 Census

3. 1910 Census

4. 1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #56 of 59): Central Ave., Marble Cliff Village, Franklin Twp. (Pct. C), Franklin Co., OH, p. 69B, SN 27B, SD 12, ED 7, enumerated 30 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

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Flora Bush's Timeline

1872
March 17, 1872
Franklin, Wayne County, Ohio, USA
1895
May 15, 1895
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, United States
1896
November 20, 1896
Columbus, Ohio, United States
1897
December 20, 1897
Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA
1899
July 19, 1899
St. Louis, MO
1900
1900
Age 27
1900
Age 27
Milwaukee City, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1900
Age 27
Milwaukee City, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1901
April 11, 1901
Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA