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Flora Sheldon 1872 – 1920 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 MAR 1872

Birth Location: Franklin, Ohio, USA

Death Date: 4 SEP 1920

Death Location: Watch Hill, Rhode Island, USA

Father: Robert Sheldon

Mother: Mary Butler

Spouse(s): Samuel Bush

Children(s): Prescott Bush

Flora Sheldon was born in 1872 in Franklin, Ohio, USA, the child of Robert Emmet Sheldon and Mary Elizabeth Butler. Flora Sheldon married Samuel Prescott Bush, and had children including Prescott Sheldon Bush. Flora Sheldon passed away in 1920 in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, USA.

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Biography

  • Flora Sheldon was born in 1872 in Franklin, Ohio, USA, the child of Robert Emmet Sheldon and Mary Elizabeth Butler.
  • Flora Sheldon married Samuel Prescott Bush, and had children including Prescott Sheldon Bush.
  • Flora Sheldon passed away in 1920 in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Sheldon
1845 – 1917
Birth Location: Tiffin, Defiance, Ohio, USA
RS
Mary Butler
1850 – 1897
Birth Location: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA
MB

Spouses(s)

Samuel Bush
1863 – 1948
Birth Location: Brick Church, East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, USA
SB

Children(s)

Prescott Bush
1895 – 1972
Birth Location: Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA
PB

Flora Sheldon's Ancestors

Self
Flora Sheldon
1872 – 1920
Birth Place: Franklin, Ohio, USA
Parents
Robert Emmet Sheldon
1845 – 1917
Tiffin, Defiance, Ohio, USA
Mary (Elizabeth) Butler
1850 – 1897
Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA
Grandparents
Thomas (H) Sheldon
1818 – 1854
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Martha Uncles
1824 – 1912
Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA
Courtland (Philip Livingston) Butler
1813 – 1891
Clinton, New York, USA
Elizabeth (Slade) Pierce
1822 – 1901
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Great-Grandparents
Michael Sheldon
Mary _____
James Uncles
1794 – 1835
Elizabeth Criswell
Samuel Butler
1785 – 1851
Judith Livingston
1785 – 1858
Levi Pierce
1797 – 1838
Betsey Wheeler
1800 – 1881
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Butler
1761 – 1829
Sarah Herrick
1764 – 1823
Gilbert Livingston
1758 – 1833
Susannah Lewis
1761 – 1822
Isaac Pierce
1763 – 1849
Anna Fitch
1763 – 1809
Jarvis Wheeler
1774 – 1852
Sarah Horton
1777 – 1856

Flora Sheldon's Descendants

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Flora Sheldon (17 MAR 1872 – 4 SEP 1920) m. Samuel (Prescott) Bush (4 OCT 1863 – 8 FEB 1948)
  1. 1. Prescott (Sheldon) Bush (15 MAY 1895 – 8 OCT 1972) m. Dorothy Walker (1 JUL 1901 – )
    1. 1. Prescott (Sheldon) Bush (1922 – )
    2. 2. George (Herbert Walker) Bush (12 JUN 1924 – 30 NOV 2018) m. Barbara Pierce (8 JUN 1925 – 17 APR 2018)
      1. 1. George (Walker) Bush (6 JUL 1946 – ) m. Laura (Lane) Welch (4 NOV 1946 – )
        1. 1. Barbara (Pierce) Bush (25 NOV 1981 – )
        2. 2. Jena (Welch) Bush (25 NOV 1981 – )
      2. 2. John (Ellis) Bush
      3. 3. Neil (Mallon) Bush
      4. 4. Marvin (Pierce) Bush
      5. 5. Robin Bush
      6. 6. Dorothy (Walker) Bush
    3. 3. Nancy Bush (1926 – )
    4. 4. Jonathan (James) Bush (1931 – )
    5. 5. William (Trotter) Bush (1938 – )

Flora Sheldon's Timeline

2 Records

1872
17 MAR 1872
Birth of Flora Sheldon in Franklin, Ohio, USA
Franklin, Ohio, USA
1920
4 SEP 1920
Age 48
Death of Flora Sheldon in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, USA
Watch Hill, Rhode Island, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 MAR 1872
    Event Place: Franklin, Ohio, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 SEP 1920
    Event Place: Watch Hill, Rhode Island, USA
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