See also

Flora BUSH (1935- )

1 Flora Sheldon BUSH1,2,3,4 (1935- ) [10115]. Born Jun 1935.4 Marr John Curry JANSING 17 Jan 1959, St. Louis, MO.3

From the New York Times.

October 19, 1958 - John C. Jansing, Veteran, Fiance of Shelly Bush. Alumnus of Dartmouth Will Marry Niece of Connecticut Senator.

Special to the New York Times.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 18 - Mrs. Patterson Bush and James Smith Bush, both of St. Louis, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Shelly Bush, to John Curry Jansing of News York. He is the son of Mrs. Benjamin H. Cook of Seattle and of John B. Jansing of Louisville, Ky.
Miss Bush was graduated from the Madeira School, Greenway, Va., and attended Briarcliff Junior College. She made her debut here in 1954 at the Veiled Prophet Ball, at which she served as a maid of honor.
The prospective bride is a granddaughter of Mrs. R.D. Patterson of Dayton, Ohio, and the late Mr. Patterson, and of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Prescott Bush of Columbus, Ohio. She is the niece of United States Senator Prescott Bush of Connecticut.
Mr. Jansing was graduated from Dartmouth College. He served in the Navy during World War II."

January 18, 1959 - "Flora Bush Wed to John Jansing; Attended by 8.
Niece of Senator from Connecticut is Bride - St. Louis Nuptials.

Special to the New York Times.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 17 - The Protestant Episcopal Church of SS, Michael and George was the setting here this afternoon for the marriage of Miss Flora Sheldon Bush to John Curry Jansing of New York.
The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Patterson Bush and James Smith Bush, both of St. Louis, and a niece of United States Senator Prescott Bush of Connecticut. Mrs. Benjamin H. Cook of Seattle, and John B. Jansing of of Louisville, Ky., are parents of the bridegroom.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. Frances Sant.
The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a gown of ivory satin and lace and a veil of tulle arranged in a cap. She carried an ivory prayer book with white spray orchids.
Mrs. Wallace Hasbrouck Cole Jr., was matron of honor for her sister, whose other attendants were the Misses Julia Terry, Anne Grant Smith and Gay Patterson, Mrs. William Sant, Mrs. John S. Childress, Mrs. Harold Xanders and Mrs. John Limbocker.
Hansel B. Millican serves as best man.
Mrs. Bush, an alumna of the Madeira School, Greenway, Va., attended Briarcliff Junior College. She made her debut here in 1954 at the Veiled Prophet Ball, at which she served as a maid of honor."

2 James S. BUSH1,5,6 (c. 1902- ) [10108]. Born c. 1902, WI.6 Marr Janet Newbold Ryan STEWART 14 Aug 1948, New York, NY.1

From the New York Times, August 15, 1948.

MRS. STEWART WED TO JAMES S. BUSH - Former Miss Janet Newbold Becomes Bride of St. Louis Banker in Christ Church.

Mrs. Janet Newbold Ryan Stewart of the Pierre, widow of William Rhinelander Stewart, was married to James S. Bush of St. Louis, son of the late Samuel Prescott Bush and the late Mrs. Flora Sheldon Bush of Columbus, Ohio, yesterday in Christ Church, Methodist, Park Avenue and Sixtieth Street. The Rev . Frederick R. Edgar, assistant pastor, performed the ceremony.
The bride dispensed with attendants, and William G. Lord was best man. Fleming Newbold of Washington, father of the bride, attended the wedding.
Mrs. Bush is a daughter of also of the late Mrs. Newbold, the former Miss Ethel Seckendorff. Her father is president of The Evening Star Newspaper Company in Washington. Her first marriage to Allan A. Ryan ended in divorce in 1936. There are two children of that union, Miss Nancy N. Ryan and Allan A. Ryan Jr. In 1936 Mrs. Bush was married to Mr. Stewart, prominent New York real estate owner. He died on July 2, 1945. Miss Serena Stewart is their daughter.
Mr. Bush is an alumnus of St. George's School, was graduated in 1922 from Yale, where he was a member of the skull and bones, the Wiffenpoofs, and Psi Upsilon. He is a vice president of the Industrial Bank of St. Louis, and a member of the St. Louis Country Club, the Log Cabin Club, and the Racquet Club of St. Louis. His marriage to the former Miss Caroline Patterson ended in divorce on July 12. There are two children of that marriage, the Misses Caroline Patterson and Flora Sheldon Bush.

4 Samuel Prescott BUSH5,6,7,8 (1864-1948) [4366]. Born 13 Oct 1864, NJ.5,6,7,8 Died 8 Feb 1948, Columbus, OH.5,7

From the New York Times, February 9, 1948.

SAMUEL P. BUSH, 83, A STEEL EXECUTIVE - Ex-Head of Buckeye Casting Co. Succumbs in Ohio - Once on War Industries Board.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb 8 (AP) - Samuel Prescott Bush, retired industrialist and chairman of the first war chest drive in 1914, died today in the University Hospital at the age of 83. For many years he was a member of the National Association of Manufacturers' executive committee, and he was first president of the Ohio Tax League.
Mr. Bush was president for twenty-two years, until his retirement in 1928, of the Buckeye Steel Casting Company of Columbus. Previously, for eighteen years, he had been with the Pennsylvania Railroad as a superintendent of motive power. He retired a year ago as a director of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
In 1931 Mr. Bush was a member of the commission appointed by President Hoover to deal with problems of business and unemployment relief.
In the first World War, he was on the War Industries Board, of which Bernard M. Baruch was chairman, and he was closely associated with Mr. Baruch in later years.
Born on Staten Island, on Oct. 13, 1864, Mr. Bush was the son of the late Rev. James Smith Bush, a Protestant Episcopal minister, and the late Harriet Fay Bush of Boston. He was graduated in 1884 from the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, from which he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering in 1947.
Mr. Bush had been an Elk and a member of the University and Engineers Clubs of New York. At one time he was a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
After the death in 1920 of his first wife, the former Flora Sheldon of Columbus, he married Martha Bell Carter of Milwaukee.
Besides his widow, he leaves two sons, James S. of St. Louis, and Prescott S. Bush of New York and Greenwich, Conn., who is with Brown Brothers, Harriman & Co., and two daughters, Mrs. Frank E. House Jr., and Mrs. Stewart H. Clement of New Haven, Conn.

Note: Both the 1920 and 1930 OH census state that Samuel was born in New Jersey, not Staten Island as reported in the obituary.

8 James Smith BUSH7,9,10 (1825-1889) [4365]. Born 15 Jun 1825, Rochester, NY.7,11 Marr Harriet Eleanor FAY 24 Feb 1859, New York, NY.12 Died 11 Nov 1889, Ithaca, NY.7,11,13 Cause: Heart disease.

From the Springfield Republican, Springfield, MA.

December 30, 1883 - "Rev. James S. Bush, who died on Monday after a short illness, at Ithaca, N.Y. (whither he had recently gone from Concord, Mass.) was a man of culture and religious liberality, well known in New York, New Jersey and California, where he had the change of parishes, as in New England where he spent the later years of his active life. He was a clergyman of the Episcopal church, but had lately withdrawn from that body, not recognizing the authority of bishops as laid down in the church code, and having some opinions which varied from the accepted American standard, though perhaps not inconsistent with the doctrine and practice of the church of England. He preached acceptably - of late in Unitarian pulpits - and his published sermons are marked by a spirit truly Christian. He had removed to Ithaca to educate his younger children at Cornell university; his family consisting of three sons and a daughter, and his wife being a member of the Fay family of Cambridge and Boston and a descendant of Rev. Peter Bulkeley, the first minister of Concord.".

9 Harriet Eleanor FAY7,9,10 (1829-1924) [4364]. Born 1829. Died 1924.

5 Flora SHELDON6,7 (1872-1920) [4367]. Born 1872, OH.6,7 Died 4 Sep 1920, Westerly, RI.7,14,15 Cause: Automobile accident.

From the Lexington Herald (Lexington, KY)

September 15, 1920 - "WESTERLY, R.I., Sept 14 -- The death of Mrs Samuel Prescott Bush, of Columbus, O., a wealthy summer resident killed by and automobile at Watch Hill September 4, was due to criminal negligence, Coroner Everett A. Kingsley reported today. Herbert Davis of Mystc, Conn., a broker, is held in bonds of $3,000 on charges of manslaughter in connection with the death. Mrs. Bush's husband is president of the Buckeye Steel Company.".

3 Caroline PATTERSON1 ( - ) [10113].

6 R.D. PATTERSON2 ( - ) [10125].

Sources

1"Wedding announcement of Mrs. Steward to James S. Bush in the New York Times, August 15, 1948".
2"Engagement announcement of Miss Shelly Bush to John Curry Jansing in the New York Times, October 19, 1958".
3"Wedding announcement of Flora Sheldon Bush and John Curry Jansing in the New York Times, January 18, 1959".
4"U.S. Public Records Index".
5"Obituary of Samuel Prescott Bush in the New York Times, February 9, 1948".
6"1920 OH, Franklin, Franklin census".
7"Information provided by Jeffery H. Lloyd".
8"1930 OH, Franklin, Columbus census".
9"Marriage announcement of Rev. James S. Bush and Harriet Eleanor Fay in the New York Times, February 25, 1859.".
10"1870 CA, San Francisco, San Francisco census".
11"Obituary Record of the Graduates of Yale University, 1890.".
12"Marriage announcement of Rev. James S. Bush and Harriet Eleanor Fay in the New York Times, February 25, 1859".
13"Death notice for Rev. James S. Bush in the New York Times, November 12, 1889".
14"Death notice of Mrs. Flora Sheldon Bush in the Idaho Statesman (Boise, ID), September 15, 1920".
15"Death notice of Flora Sheldon Bush in the Lexington Herald (Lexington, KY), September 15, 1920".