Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes for JOHN SIMON BUSH:
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: John Simon Bush
City: Not Stated
County: Wheeler
State: Texas
Birth Date: 3 Aug 1900
Race: White
Roll: 1983776
DraftBoard: 0
Age: 18
Occupation: Farming for self in Wheeler Co. TX
Nearest Relative: W. B. Bush, McLean, Gray Co. TX
Height/Build: Medium/Slender
Color of Eyes/Hair: Brown/Light

Social Security Death Index
Name: John S. Bush
SSN: 452-07-1049
Last Residence: 79106 Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States of America
Born: 3 Aug 1900
Died: 27 Jun 1990
State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951 )

POTTER COUNTY, TX - DEATHS 1990 - Bush, John Simon 27-Jun-1990 M

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

1930 census Potter Co. TX ED 188-13 Pg. 61A
Amarillo city
569/667 Bush, John S., head, MW, 29, M, age when first marr
ied 27, TX TX TX
Mary, wife, FW, 25, M, age when first married 23, TX AR AR
Jerry Don, son, MW, 6/12, TX TX TX
Keller, Charles, boarder, MW, 35, S, PA PA PA

John married Margaret E. Hamblin in Jan 1929 in Wheeler County, Texas. Margaret was born on 23 Dec 1903 in Texas; died on 28 Apr 2003 in California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Amarillo Globe-News, May 1, 2003
Margaret H. Bush
CAMARILLO, Calif. - Margaret H. Bush, 99, died Monday April 28, 2003.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Llano Cemetery where she will be buried next to her husband. Arrangements are by Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors, 5400 S. Bell St. Mrs. Bush was born Dec. 23, 1903, near Estacado, Texas, to Guy and Nora Hamblin and was the oldest of six children. She graduated high school, attended secretarial school and lived and worked in Houston before marrying John S. Bush in 1929. They lived in Amarillo throughout her married life and raised two children. She was active in study, garden and bridge clubs. She was a member of the American Rose Society and was a longtime member of Paramount Terrace Christian Church. She was an excellent cook and known for growing prize roses. She moved to Camarillo in January 1998 to be near her family and was a member of Camarillo Christian Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, John S. Bush; a son, Jerry Don Bush of Fort Worth; and four siblings. Survivors include a daughter, Patricia Rush and husband, John, of Camarillo; a sister, Quineta Williams of Parachute, Colo.; three granddaughters, Christian Bush of Fort Worth, Nancy Knapp of Benbrook, Texas, and Sana Webb of El Sobrante; two grandsons, Michael Bush of Mount Enterprise, Texas, and Eric Peterson of Santa Cruz; four great-grandchildren, Nestor Mcauliffe, Maya, Kendra and Isabella Peterson; and numerous nieces and nephews. (Courtesy of Lyn Gentry Cordell).

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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]

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The daughter of John HART and Clarissa GRIFFITH.