Samuel Prescott 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
Keywords for search engines:  USA, US, United States, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wisconsin

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):
1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
* 627 647 Bush Samuel Head O F M W 56 M     Y Y NJ   NY   GA   Y President Steel Co W
    ____ Flora Wife     F W 47 M       Y OH   OH   OH   Y None    
    ____ James Son     M W 18 S       Y WI   NJ   OH   Y None    
    Segler Emma Maid     F W 28 S 1907 Un   Y Ger Ger Ger Ger Ger Ger Y Maid House W
*Central Ave.

5.  1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #54 of 55):  Deshler-Wallick Hotel, Broad and High Streets, Columbus City (Ward 12, Block 126), Franklin Co., OH, p. 199B, SN 27B, ED 25-109, SD 17, enumerated 8 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1920:  for an explanation of the column headings,
please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 3 4 5 6 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 30
* 74 114 Bush Samuel P Lodger M W 66 M 38 N Y NJ NY GA Y None N
    Bush Martha B Lodger   W 51 M 22 N Y WI PA IL   None  
*Broad and High St.

6.  Gary Boyd Roberts.  1995.  Ancestors of American Presidents.  New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.

7.  Genealogy of the Presidents of the United States [link died] (by Hans A.M. Weebers).

8.  Famous Folks: Ancestry of George W. Bush (online at Genealogy.com).

9.  Harriet Eleanor Fay and Her Descendants.

10.  Kitty Cooper's Genealogy Database.

11.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

12.  Email from Michell Richards.

13.  Messages posted to the BELL Surname Board (online at Ancestry.com).

13.  Other sites on the web…

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