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Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

Frank and Betty moved to Benton Co., AR (near Cave Springs) in about 1935. Frank farmed and later owned a grocery store in Cave Springs. Their children attended schools in Bentonville, AR. After their children were grown, Frank and Betty moved to Tulsa, OK and later to Vinita, OK. They lived in two different homes outside of Vinita. Frank worked principally in farming and as a carpenter. They held their family close, spending much time with their children and seven grandchildren. In the late 1970's, they returned to northwest Arkansas, where two of their children, Vonden and Delores had previously returned after leaving for several years. They purchased a home on Bella Vista Road in Bentonville where Betty still lives. They were lifelong members of the Church of Christ (Betty was a Baptist in childhood). Frank served as an elder in the Church of Christ at Vinita, OK. Frank died on 23 Jul 1992 in Bentonville, Benton Co., AR and is buried in the city cemetery there. (Mark A. Eitzen)

Social Security Death Index
Name: William F. Bush
SSN: 429-52-7884
Last Residence: 72712 Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States of America
Born: 4 Mar 1905
Died: 23 Jul 1992
State (Year) SSN issued: Arkansas (Before 1951 )

William married Bettie Lou Williams on 18 Jul 1931 in Wheeler County, Texas. Bettie was born before 1915; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is the seventh of twelve children, and the daughter of James Williams and Jodie Coley.

Notes:

Will and Ethel lived in Baylor Co., TX in 1900, moved to southwest Oklahoma, then back to Baylor Co., TX by 1909 and then some time after 1910 they moved to Wheeler Co., TX, near the Gray Co. town of McLean, where they owned a ranch. In 1910, they were living next door to Ethel's parents in Baylor Co., TX. The final years of their lives were spent in Rogers, Benton Co., AR where they lived in a house on Persimmon St. Will died on 24 May 1938 in Rogers, AR and is buried in the city cemetery there. Will and Ethel were members of the Church of Christ. Ethel died in Rogers, AR in 1963 and is buried next to Will. (Mark A. Eitzen)

Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950
Name: William Boy Bush
Death Day: 24
Death Month: May
Death Year: 1938
County: Bent
Roll Number: 19341940
Page Number: 493

(Research):
Census Information (courtesy of Lyn Gentry Cordell)

1900 census Baylor Co. TX ED 6 Pg. 290B
BUSH, William B., head, MW, Dec 1875 24 TX KY TN
Ethel, wife, FW, - - - 23 -- -- --

1910 census Baylor Co. TX ED 14 Pg. 70B
156/156 Bush, William, head, MW, 35, M, 10, TX KY TX
Ethel, wife, FW, 34, M, 10, TX LA TX
Simon, son, MW, 9, TX TX TX
Rudolph, son, MW, 8, TX TX TX
Lorena, dau., FW, 6, OK TX TX
Frank, son, MW, 5, OK TX TX
Leeta, dau., FW, 9/12, TX TX TX

1920 census Wheeler Co. TX ED 242 Pg. 33B
Fm/123/123 Bush, William, head, MW, 45, M, TX KY MO
Ethel, wife, FW, 44, M, TX L
A TX
Simon J., son, MW, 19, TX TX TX
Lynn R ., son, MW, 18, TX TX TX
Lorena E., dau., FW,16, OK TX TX
William F., son, MW, 14, OK TX TX
Leeta E., dau., FW, 10, TX TX TX

William married Modena Ethel Hart on 27 Aug 1899 in Seymour, Baylor County, Texas. Modena was born on 12 Feb 1876 in Texas; died in 1963 in Rogers, Benton County, Arkansas; was buried in Rogers City Cemetery, Benton County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The daughter of John HART and Clarissa GRIFFITH.

Notes:

Lynn Boyd (L.B.) Bush and family were living in Baylor County, Texas in 1900. By about 1912, L.B. and Mary lived in Cave Springs, Benton County, Arkansas where they operated the Hotel Bush, one of two hotels in Cave Springs at the time. The local phone office was located in the hotel and Mary was operator. L.B. was a member of the Christian Church/Church of Christ, and is buried in the Cave Springs Cemetery.

His obituary, from the Rogers Democrat of 13 Feb 1919 reads as follows:

Bush, L.B.-----L.B. Bush died at his home on Main Street. He had not been well for some time, having had two or three strokes of paralysis at different times, death being caused by same and occurin Friday at 5 pm. Interment was made in the city cemetery Saturday afternoon. Funeral services were held at the home by Rev. Sears. Mr. Bush was respected by all who knew him and will be greatly missed by every one and we all join in extending sympathy to his loved ones, Mrs. L.B. Bush and children: Mrs. Sam Adams, Rogers; Mrs. W.C. Stamper, Wizard Wells, Texas; W.B. Bush, McClain, Texas and Roy Bush of Cave Springs.

Lynn Boyd Bush was apparently named after a neighbor in Trigg County, Kentucky, Linn Boyd, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky from 1835-1837 and from 1839-1855. He was U.S. Speaker of the House from 1851-1855.

(Research):
Census Information (courtesty Lyn Gentry Cordell):

1900 census
Texas, Baylor County
ED 6 Pg. 287A
BUSH, Lynn B., head, WM, Jun 1847, 52, KY KY VA
Mary E., wife, WF, Feb 1850, 50, TN KY VA
Roy M., son, WM, Feb 1878, 22, TX KY TN
Carrie E., dau., WF, Jan 1883, 17, TX KY TN
Mary, dau., WF, Jul 1885, 14, TX KY TN

1910 census
New Mexico, Curry County
ED 53 Pg. 24B
Clovis ward 4
50/58
Bush, Murry L., head, MW, 33, M1, 10, TX KY MO
Cora, wife, FW, 27, M1, 10, 3/3 children, AR MS MS
Clara, dau., FW, 9, TX TX AR
Jewel, dau., FW, 6, OK TX AR
Lynn, son, MW, 2, NM TX AR
Lynn B., father, MW, 62, M1, 35, KY US US
Roy, brother, MW, 32, S, TX KY MO

Lynn married Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Gentry on 25 Dec 1873 in Grayson County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Preacher William G. Gentry and Mary "Polly" ???) was born on 20 Feb 1850 in Tennessee; died on 6 Oct 1933 in Comanche County, Oklahoma; was buried in Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary was still unmarried when her mother's estate was divided in Grayson County, Texas in 1871.

On the 1880 Census, Mary Gentry Bush was living away from her husband, with the family of John M and Pamelia Gentry in Grayson County. Living with her were her three young sons, Willie, Harry, and Marcus Roy. It is not known why they were seperated.

Mary and L.B. Bush are listed are heirs to W.G. Gentry on a land transaction in Hill County, Texas in 1883.

Bush, Mary E., b. Feb 20, 1850, d. Oct 6, 1933, 83y, TN-Gentry

Email from g-granddaughter, Carol Ann 'Krol' Stamper Chapas - TheKrol@juno.com to Lynell Cordell:

"Grandma Mary (everyone called her Mollie) was living with Pa & Granny (Wm. Clint, Sr. and Mary/Marie A.)when she died. They lived 25 miles south of Lawton according to her obituary. She died Friday, October 6, 1933 at 4:00 a.m. She had moved from Cave Springs in July of 1933 and had a stroke which left her partially paralyzed in August. She and Grandpa Lynn had been members of the Cave Springs Church of Christ, and they had owned a small hotel there for years. She is buried in Highland Cemetery which is somewhere in or near Lawton."

From Comanche web site:

Highland Cemetery

Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma

Located north side of town, off of Fort Sill Boulevard and North Sheridan Road.

Bush, Mary E., b. Feb 20, 1850, d. Oct 6, 1933, 83y, TN-Gentry

Block 17, Lot 16.

Apparently W.C. and Marie bought other burial spaces here and they're still vacant.

Lawton Constitution, Fri. Oct. 6, 1933

Mrs. Mary Bush Dies Early Today

Funeral Services to be Conducted Saturday Morning

Mrs. Mary E. Bush, 83, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.C. Stamper, living 25 miles south of Lawton, Friday morning at 4 o'clock.

Mrs. Bush, who came from Cave Springs, Arkansas, last July, had a stroke of paralysis in August and had not been well since that time.

Besides Mrs. Stamper, another daughter, Mrs. S.S. Adams of Rogers, Arkansas, and three sons, W.D. Bush, M.L. Bush and R.M. Bush, all of McLain, Arkansas, also survive.

Mrs. Bush was a member of the Church of Christ at Cave Springs.

Funeral Services will be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the Church of Christ, with Burton Coffman, pastor and Roy Stafford conducting the services. Burial will be made in Highland Cemetery by the Lawton Funeral Home.

(Mark Eitzen gives W.B. as a son, not W.D. and since he's descended from Wm.Boyd I'll have to go along with him, but he doesn't list M.L. at all.)

(Research):
Census Information (Courtesy of Lyn Gentry Cordell):

1910 census
not located. Not living with her husband, who was in New Mexico living with their son, Murray.

1920 census
Arkansas, Benton County
ED 16, Pg. 71A
Cave Springs; Colville twp.
116/129 Bush, Mary, head, FW, 69, Wd., TX KY VA
Roy, son, MW, 41, S, TX KY TN
116/130 Stamper, William, head, MW, 35, M, MO KY AR
Mary, wife, FW, 34, M, TX KY TN
Mable, dau, FW, 11, TX MO TX
Bush, son, MW, 6, TX MO TX
William, son, MW, 3 ?/12, TX MO TX

1930 census
Arkansas, Benton County
ED 4-9 Pg. 46A
Cave Springs; Colville twp.
8/8
Bush, Mary E., head, FW, 80, Wd., TN KY VA
Roy M., son, MW, 52, S, TX KY TN

Notes:

Married:
Copy of Marriage License from Grayson County, TX Marriage Book C, page 230:

To any Judge of the District Court, Ordained Minister of the Gospel, or any Justice of the Peace in Grayson County---Greeting: You are hereby authorized to celebrate the Rites of Matrimony between L.B. Bush and Miss M.E. Gentry and make due return to the Clerk of the said County within sixty days thereafter, certifying your action under this license. WITNESS my official signature and seal of office at Sherman this 24h day of Dec 1873. S. Bostick Clerk of the District Court for Grayson County by B.W. Bradley, Depty

I, M.F. Cole, certify that on the 25th day of December 1873 I united in marriage the parties above named this 25th day of December 1873 M.F. Cole (Supplied by Lynell Cordell. She received this via email from Mark A. Eitzen, a descendant who has a copy of this marriage license)