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Flora Sheldon 1872–1920 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 March 1872

Birth Location: Franklin Co., OH

Death Date: 4 September 1920

Death Location: Watch Hill, RI

Father: Robert Sheldon

Mother: Mary Butler

Spouse(s): Samuel Bush

Children(s): Prescott Bush, Mary Bush, Margaret Bush

Flora Sheldon was born in 1872 in Franklin Co., OH, the child of Robert Emmet Sheldon And Mary Elizabeth Butler. Flora Sheldon married Samuel Prescott Bush, and had children including Margaret Bush, Mary E Bush, Prescott Shelton Bush. Flora Sheldon passed away in 1920 in Watch Hill, RI.

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Biography

  • Flora Sheldon was born in 1872 in Franklin Co., OH, the child of Robert Emmet Sheldon And Mary Elizabeth Butler.
  • Flora Sheldon married Samuel Prescott Bush, and had children including Margaret Bush, Mary E Bush, Prescott Shelton Bush.
  • Flora Sheldon passed away in 1920 in Watch Hill, RI.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Sheldon
1845–1917
Birth Location: Tiffin, Seneca Co., OH
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Mary Butler
1849–1897
Birth Location: Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, United States of America
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Spouses(s)

Samuel Bush
1863–1948
Birth Location: Orange, Essex Co., NJ
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Children(s)

Prescott Bush
1895–1972
Birth Location: Columbus, Franklin Co., OH
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Mary Bush
1897–
Birth Location: Ohio
MB
Margaret Bush
1899–
Birth Location: Ohio
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Flora Sheldon's Ancestors

Self
Flora Sheldon
1872–1920
Birth Place: Franklin Co., OH
Parents
Robert Emmet Sheldon
1845–1917
Tiffin, Seneca Co., OH
Mary (Elizabeth) Butler
1849–1897
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, United States of America
Grandparents
Courtland (Philip Livingston) Butler
1813–1891
Clinton, Oneida County, New York, United States of America
Elizabeth Pierce
1822–1901
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Levi Pierce
1797–1838
Betsey Wheeler
1800–1881
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jarvis Wheeler
1774–1852
Sarah Horton
1777–1856

Flora Sheldon's Descendants

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Flora Sheldon (17 March 1872–4 September 1920) m. Samuel (Prescott) Bush (4 Oct 1863–8 Feb 1948)
  1. 1. Prescott (Shelton) Bush 1895–1972 m. Dorothy (Wear) Walker 1901–1992
    1. 1. Prescott (Sheldon Bush) Jr. 1922–2010
    2. 2. George (Herbert Walker (41 st President of USA)) Bush 1924–2018 m. Barbara Pierce 1925–
    3. 3. Nancy (Walker) Bush 1926–2001
    4. 4. William (Trotter "Bucky") Bush 1938–1955
    5. 5. Jonathan (James) Bush 1931–2001
    6. 6. Samuel (Prescott) Bush 1921–2007
  2. 2. Mary (E) Bush 1897–
  3. 3. Margaret Bush 1899–

Flora Sheldon's Timeline

2 Records

1872
17 March 1872
Birth of Flora Sheldon in Franklin Co., OH
Franklin Co., OH
1920
4 September 1920
Age 48
Death of Flora Sheldon in Watch Hill, RI
Watch Hill, RI

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 March 1872
    Event Place: Franklin Co., OH
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 September 1920
    Event Place: Watch Hill, RI
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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