Ancestry of
Jeb Bush

43rd Governor of Florida

Robert Emmet Sheldon

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Jeb Bush — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 18 
  • Father:
  • Thomas H. Sheldon 
  • Mother:
  • Martha Uncles   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Jun 1845 
  • Birth Location:
  • Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 21 Jan 1917 
  • Death Location:
  • Columbus, Franklin, Ohio 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Elizabeth Butler
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 Feb 1869 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Columbus, Franklin, Ohio 
  • Child:

  Flora Sheldon (Ahnentafel No:9 )

• Additional marriages for Robert Emmet Sheldon

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  • Spouse:
  • Sarah F. Hanford
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Feb 1900

• Sources for Robert Emmet Sheldon

  • ¹ Franklin County at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century: Historical Record of its Development, Resources . . ., Columbus, Ohio: Historical Publishing Company (1901), 131.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/31/2012).
  • ³ Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2022, Death record for Robert E. Sheldon, Image 142 of 859.
  • ⁴ Ohio, U.S., Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2016, Tiffin Daily Tribune, 24 JAN 1917, Page 3, Obituary for Robert E. Sheldon.
  • ⁵ The Mayflower Descendant, 1991, Vol. 41, p. 3.
  • ⁶ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, Application for Robert E. Sheldon.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 9.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 437, 440, 443-446, 458, 463, 477, 480, 490, 496, 501, 503, 507, 510, 512.