_Obadiah Newcomb BUSH ____+
                                                 | (1797 - 1851)            
                         _James Smith BUSH ______|
                        | (1825 - 1889) m 1859   |
                        |                        |_Harriet SMITH ___________+
                        |                          (1800 - 1867)            
 _Samuel Prescott BUSH _|
| (1863 - 1948) m 1894  |
|                       |                         _Samuel Howard FAY _______+
|                       |                        | (1804 - 1847) m 1825     
|                       |_Harriet Eleanor FAY ___|
|                         (1829 - 1924) m 1859   |
|                                                |_Susan Montfort SHELLMAN _+
|                                                  (1808 - 1887) m 1825     
|
|--Mary Eleanor BUSH 
|  
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|                        _Robert Emmet SHELDON __|
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|_Flora SHELDON ________|
  (1872 - 1920) m 1894  |
                        |                         _Courtland Philip BUTLER _+
                        |                        | (1813 - 1891)            
                        |_Mary Elizabeth BUTLER _|
                          (1850 - 1897)          |
                                                 |_Elizabeth Slade PIERCE __
                                                   (1822 - 1901)