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John Curtis Bush
(1845-1910)
Ruth Sarah Tarrant
(1846-1940)
John Curtis Bush Jr.
(1876-1927)
Marie Antoinette Broughton
(1882-1958)
John Curtis Bush III
(1909-1998)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Louise Hensley

John Curtis Bush III 1 2 3

  • Born: 18 December 1909, Mobile, AL 1 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Mary Louise Hensley about 1952
  • Died: 14 September 1998, Dauphin Island, AL at age 88 1 2
  • Buried: After 14 September 1998, Mobile, AL 1 2
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bullet  General Notes:

Education: University of Alabama

Crowned: Abt 1939, King Felix III, King of Mardi Gras, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama. Curtis was a member of the Royal Mardi Gras society Mystic Crewe of Columbus. His ancestors had served as Dukes of the Cowbellian deRak in Society.

Occupation: Charter Boat Captain, 31 ft. Chris Craft Sea Skiff named "Sea Robin". Was actually the second Sea Robin, as the first one sank in Mobile Bay.
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He worked as a Charter Boat Captain. 1

• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Mobile, AL on 7 January 1920. 3

1920 US Census
District 103, Sheet 6A, Dwelling 92, Family 111, Roll 357
Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama
Home owned, no mortgage
J. Curtis Bush..Son..10..AL
(Living with parents.)
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• He was buried after 14 September 1998 in the Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile, AL.

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John married Mary Louise Hensley about 1952. (Mary Louise Hensley was born on 18 January 1903 in Chattanooga, TN,1 4 died on 7 June 1977 in Mobile, AL 1 4 and was buried on 9 June 1977 in Mobile, AL 1.)


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Sources


1 Erle Gordon Bush (October 2003, GEDCOM file of descendants of Curtis Williams and Patricia Thomas. Erle Gordon Bush is the 3rd great grandson of Curtis Williams.).

2 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 3 Jul 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60729628.

3 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) 103, sheet 6A, dwelling 92, family 111, John Curtis Bush and Marie Antoinette Broughton; index and images (accessed 2 Jul 2017); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 357.

4 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 3 Jul 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=117518993.


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