Jerry Don Bush

Notes:

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]

Notes:

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).

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)