Ancestry of
George W. Bush

43rd U.S. President

Harriet Mercer

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of George W. Bush — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 41 
  • Father:
  • John Mercer 
  • Mother:
  • Rebecca Davis   
  • Birth Date:
  • 30 Jun 1802 
  • Birth Location:
  • Sassafras Neck, Cecil, Maryland 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Oct 1869 
  • Death Location:
  • near Bloomington, McLean, Illinois 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Woodlawn Cemetery, Bloomington, McLean, Illinois 
  • Spouse Name:
  • George E. Walker
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 May 1821 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Baltimore County, Maryland 
  • Child:

  David Davis "D.D." Walker (Ahnentafel No:20 )

• Sources for Harriet Mercer

  • ¹ Family Data Collection - Births, Birth record for Harriet Mercer.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 09/19/2011).
  • ³ Maryland, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850, Marriage record for George E. Walker and Harriet Mercer.
  • ⁴ New England Ancestors Magazine, 2004, Vol. 5.5, Page 42.
  • ⁵ Hughes, Roger, "Legacy: Records show the Walker branch of President George W. Bush's family, . . ., included slave owners", Illinois Times: The Capital City's New Weekly, 05 APR 2007, http://www.illinoistimes.com/Springfield/article-3993-legacy.html, (accessed 03/19/2013).
  • ⁶ Pittman, Mrs. H. D., ed., Americans of Gentle Birth and their Ancestors: A Genealogical Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, St. Louis, Missouri: Buxton and Skinner (1903), 313, 315.
  • ⁷ Reitwiesner, William Addams, "Ancestry of George W. Bush", (accessed 03/12/2013).
  • ⁸ Robert, Gary Boyd, "Notable Kin: Some Ancestors, Presidential Kinships, and Royal Descents of President George Herbert Walker Bush", www.americanancestors.org/president-george-herbert-walker-bush, (accessed 03/12/2013).
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "David Davis Walker", (accessed 09/19/2011).