Ancestry of George W. Bush (b. 1946) Page 1 of 150 Ancestry of George W. Bush compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner The following material on the immediate ancestry of George W. Bush was initially compiled from two sources: The ancestry of his father, President George Bush, as printed in Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, First Authoritative Edition [Santa Clarita, Cal.: Boyer, 1995], pp. 121-130. The ancestry of his mother, Barbara Bush, based on the unpublished work of Michael E. Pollock, [email protected]. The contribution of the undersigned consists mostly in collating and renumbering the material cited above, adding considerable information from the decennial censuses and elsewhere, and HTML-izing the results. The relationships to other persons (see the NOTES section below) are intended to be illustrative rather than exhaustive, and are taken mostly from Mr. Roberts' Notable Kin and Ancestors of American Presidents books, with extensions, where appropriate, from John Young's American Reference Genealogy and from my own, generally unpublished, research. This page can be found at two places on the World Wide Web, first at http://hometown.aol.com/wreitwiesn/candidates2000/bush.html and again at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~addams/presidential/bush.html. The first site will be updated first and more frequently, while the second site will be more stable. William Addams Reitwiesner [email protected] Ancestry of George W. Bush George Walker Bush, b. New Haven, Conn., 6 July 1946, Governor of Texas from 1994 to 2000, U.S. President from 2001 1 m. Glass Memorial Chapel, First United Memorial Church, Midland, Texas, 5 Nov. 1977, Laura Lane Welch, b. Midland, Texas, 4 Nov. 1946, dau. of Harold Bruce Welch and Jenna Louise Hawkins. Further details of her ancestry can be found here. PARENTS George Herbert Walker Bush, b. Milton, Mass., 12 June 1924, U.S. Vice President from 2 1981 to 1989, U.S. President from 1989 to 1993 m. Rye, N.Y., 6 Jan. 1945 3 Barbara Pierce, b. Rye, N.Y., 8 June 1925 GRANDPARENTS http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~addams/presidential/bush.html 2/13/03 Ancestry of George W. Bush (b. 1946) Page 2 of 150 Prescott Sheldon Bush, b. Columbus, Ohio, 15 May 1895, living in St. Louis, Mo., in 1920, U.S. Senator from 1952 to 1963, d. New York, N.Y., 8 Oct. 1972 [SSDI 091-26- 4 7848] m. Kennebunkport, Maine, 6 Aug. 1921 Dorothy Walker, b. near Walker's Point, York Co., Me., 1 July 1901, living with parents 5 St. Louis, Mo., 1910, living with parents St. Louis, Mo., 1920, d. Greenwich, Conn., 19 Nov. 1992 [SSDI 040-38-9160] Marvin Pierce, b. Sharpsville, Pa., 17 June 1893, living with grandparents Harrison, Hamilton Co., Ohio, 1900, living with parents Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, 1910, d. 6 Rye, N.Y., 17 July 1969 [SSDI 084-03-6722] m. Aug. 1918 Pauline Robinson, b. Ohio, April 1896, living with parents Marysville, Union Co., Ohio, 7 1900, living with parents Marysville, Union Co., Ohio, 1910, d. Rye, N.Y., 23 Sept. 1949 GREAT-GRANDPARENTS Samuel Prescott Bush, b. Brick Church, N.J., 4 Oct. 1863, living Franklin Co., Ohio, 8 1920, d. Columbus, Ohio, 8 Feb. 1948 m. Columbus, Ohio, 20 June 1894 Flora Sheldon, b. Franklin Co., Ohio, 17 Mar. 1872, living with husband Franklin Co., 9 Ohio, 1920, d. "Watch Hill", R.I., 4 Sept. 1920 George Herbert Walker, b. St. Louis, Mo., 11 June 1875, living St. Louis, Mo., 1900, living St. Louis, Mo., 1910, living St. Louis, Mo., 1920, d. New York, N.Y., 24 June 1953 10 m. St. Louis, Mo., 17 Jan. 1899 Lucretia [Loulie] Wear, b. St. Louis, Mo., 17 Sept. 1874, living with husband St. Louis, 11 Mo., 1900, living with husband St. Louis, Mo., 1910, living with husband St. Louis, Mo., 1920, d. Biddeford, Me., 28 Aug. 1961 Scott Pierce, b. Sparkville, Pa., 18 Jan. [or June?] 1866, living Dayton, Montgomery Co., 12 Ohio, 1910, living Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, 1920 m. 26 Nov. 1891 Mabel Marvin, b. Cincinnati, Ohio, 4 June 1869, living with parents Harrison, Hamilton 13 Co., Ohio, 1900, living with husband Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, 1910, living with husband Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, 1920 James Edgar Robinson, b. near Marysville, Oh., 15 Aug. 1868, living Marysville, Union Co., Ohio, 1900, living Marysville, Union Co., Ohio, 1910, living Columbus, Ohio, 1920, 14 d. 1931 m. Marion Co., Ohio, 31 March 1895 Lula Dell Flickinger, b. Byhalia, Ohio, March 1875, living with husband Marysville, 15 Union Co., Ohio, 1900, living with husband Marysville, Union Co., Ohio, 1910, living with husband Columbus, Ohio, 1920 GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS Rev. James Smith Bush, b. Rochester, N.Y., 15 June 1825, d. Ithaca, N.Y., 11 Nov. 1889 http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~addams/presidential/bush.html 2/13/03 Ancestry of George W. Bush (b. 1946) Page 3 of 150 16 m. New York, N.Y., 24 Feb. 1859 17 Harriet Eleanor Fay, b. Savannah, Ga., 29 Oct. 1829, d. Boston, Mass., 27 Feb. 1921 Robert Emmet Sheldon, b. Tiffin, Ohio, 1 June 1845, living Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, 1900, living Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, 1910, d. Columbus, Ohio, 21 Jan. 1917 18 m. Columbus, Ohio, 24 Feb. 1869 Mary Elizabeth Butler, b. Columbus, Ohio, l5 July 1850, d. Columbus, Ohio, 16 Jan. 19 1897 David Davis Walker, b. near Bloomington, Ill., 19 Jan. 1840, living St. Louis, Mo., 1900, 20 d. Kennebunkport, Me., 4 Oct. 1918 m. St. Louis, Mo., 25 Dec. 1862 21 Martha Adela Beaky, b. Emmitsburg, Md., 1 June 1841, d. 1 July 1917 James Hutchenson Wear, b. Otterville, Mo., 30 Sept. 1838, d. St. Louis, Mo., 14 Sept. 22 1893 m. St. Louis, Mo., 4 Dec. 1866 Nancy Eliza Holliday, b. Hannibal, Mo., 17 Sept. 1847, living St. Louis, Mo., 1900, d. St. 23 Louis, Mo., 25 Feb. 1942 Jonas James Pierce, b. Swanzey, N.H., 23 Sept. 1839, living Sharpsville, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, 1900, living Sharpsville, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, 1910, d. Sharpsville, 24 Pa., 3 March 1913 m. 6 April 1865 Kate Pritzel, b. Zweizel, Baden, 19 Dec. 1841, emigrated to the United States in 1846 with her mother and uncles, living with husband Sharpsville, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, 25 1900, living with husband Sharpsville, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, 1910, living with son Montgomery Co., Ohio, 1920 d. Sharpsburg, Pa., 1931 Jerome Place Marvin, b. Harrison, Ohio, 20 Feb. 1846, living Harrison, Hamilton Co., 26 Ohio, 1900, living Harrison, Hamilton Co., Ohio, 1910, d. Harrison, Ohio, 10 Oct. 1917 m. Indianapolis, Ind., 16 April 1868 Martha Ann Stokes, b. Preston, Ohio, 19 April 1847, living with husband Harrison, 27 Hamilton Co., Ohio, 1900, living with husband Harrison, Hamilton Co., Ohio, 1910, living Harrison, Hamilton Co., Ohio, 1920, d. Hamilton Co., Ohio, 4 Apr. 1925 John William Robinson, b. Milford Center, Ohio, 11 Jan. 1831, living Union Co., Ohio, 28 1900, d. 1919 m. Union Co., Ohio, 8 Feb. 1855 Sarah Coe, b. Canonsburg, Pa., 24 May 1831, living with husband Union Co., Ohio, 1900, 29 d. 30 May 1901 Jacob Marion Flickinger, b. Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, 1849, living Richwood, Union Co., 30 Ohio, 1900, living Fulton, Morrow Co., Ohio, 1910, d. Morrow Co., Ohio, 20 Jan. 1917 m. 1872 31 Sarah Haines, b. Byhalia, Ohio, 1855, d. Byhalia, Ohio, 1888 http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~addams/presidential/bush.html 2/13/03 Ancestry of George W. Bush (b. 1946) Page 4 of 150 GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS Obadiah Newcomb Bush, b. 28 Jan. 1797, d. en route from California ca. 1851 32 m. Rochester, N.Y., 8 Nov. 1821 33 Harriet Smith, b. Cambridge, N.Y., 12 May 1800, d. Cincinnati, Ohio, 21 June 1867 Samuel Howard Fay, b. Cambridge, Mass., 21 July 1804, d. Brooklyn, N.Y., 16 Aug. 34 1847 m. Savannah, Ga., 5 July 1825 35 Susan Shellman, b. Savannah, Ga., 20 Feb. 1808, d. 12 Jan. 1887 Thomas H. Sheldon, b. Providence, R.I., 12 May 1818, d. Franklin Co., Ohio, 22 Nov. 36 1854 m. Franklin Co., Ohio, 21 Jan. 1844 37 Martha Uncles, b. Columbus, Ohio, 7 Jan. 1824, d. Columbus, Ohio, 9 July 1912 Courtland Philip Livingston Butler, b. Clinton, N.Y., 8 March 1813, d. Columbus, Ohio, 38 9 Aug. 1891 m. Buffalo, N.Y., 16 Dec. 1840 Elizabeth Slade Pierce, b. Providence, R.I., 22 March 1822, d. Columbus, Ohio, 1 Mar. 39 1901 George E. Walker, b. prob. Burlington, N.J., ca. 1797, d. near Bloomington, Ill., 28 Oct. 40 1864 m. Baltimore, Md., 22 May 1821 41 Harriet Mercer, b. Md. 30 June 1802, d. near Bloomington, Ill., 24 Oct. 1869 Joseph Ambrose Beaky, b. Emmitsburg, Md., 14 June 1818, d. on the Mississippi River 42 (on the steamship "Minnehaha") 27 Jan. 1858 m. Philadelphia, Pa., 1 June 1840 43 Mary Ann Bangs, b. Philadelphia, Pa., 15 June 1817, living 1876 William Gault Wear, b. Blount Co., Tenn., 11 Dec. 1817, d. Eureka Springs, Ark., ca. 44 1900 m. Cooper Co., Mo., 2 Nov. 1837 45 Sarah Amanda Yancey, b. Glasgow, Ky., 11 June 1819, d. Cooper Co., Mo., 4 Dec. 1879 John James Holliday, b. Pike Co., Mo., 23 July 1819, d. St. Louis, Mo., 18 Sept. 1881 46 m. Randolph Co., Mo., 9 May 1843 47 Lucretia Green Foree, b. Ky., 2 Sept. 1822, living 1847 (when her dau. was born) Gen. James Pierce, b. Swanzey, N.H., 24 Sept. 1810, d. "Mount Hickory", Sharpsville, 48 Pa., 2 Dec. 1874 m. Swanzey, N.H., 1 Jan. 1839 49 Chloe Holbrook, b. Swanzey, N.H., 20 March 1816, d. Mercer, Pa., 16 Aug.