Born in Alabama
Ancestors 
Daughter of Andrew Jackson Prince
and Mary F (Coffin) Prince
Sister of
Fredrick Theodore Prince, Frank L Prince, Benjamin Albert Prince, Helen W (Prince) Staples and Andrew Jackson Prince Jr
Wife of
Gains Whitfield Bush I
— married
29 Mar 1906 in Pratt City, Jefferson, Alabama
Descendants 
Mother of
Gaius Whitfield Bush II, David Bush, Mary Keyes (Bush) Shumate, William Lee Bush Sr. and Charles Edward Bush Sr.
Died
at age 79
in Meridian, Mississippi
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Dec 2011
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Biography
Bessie was born in 1888. She is the daughter of A J Prince and Mary Coffin. She passed away in 1967.
Census
Name: Bessie May Prince Titles & Terms: Residence: Pratt city, Jefferson, Alabama Birth Date: Jan 1888 Birthplace: Alabama Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Spouse: Spouse's Titles & Terms: Spouse's Birthplace: Father: H J Prince Father's Titles & Terms: Father's Birthplace: Georgia Mother: Mary Prince Mother's Titles & Terms: Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Race or Color (expanded): White Head-of-household Name: H J Prince Gender: Female Marital Status: Single Years Married: Estimated Marriage Year: Mother How Many Children: Number Living Children: Immigration Year: Enumeration District: 0114 Page: 4 Sheet Letter: A Family Number: 67 Reference Number: 27 Film Number: 1240021 Image Number: 00584 Household Gender Age Parent H J Prince M Parent Mary Prince F Frederic T Prince F Frank Prince M Bessie May Prince F Benjamin H Prince M Jessie E Coffin M 1900 United States Census
Name: Bessie P Bush Birthplace: Alabama Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Residence: Beat 5, Lowndes, Mississippi Marital Status: Married Race : White Gender: Female Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: Alabama Mother's Birthplace: Alabama Family Number: 9 Page Number: 1 Household Gender Age Spouse Gains W Bush M 31y Bessie P Bush F 22y Child Gains W Bush M 3y 1910 United States Census
Marriage
Groom's Name: G. W. Bush Groom's Birth Date: 1878 Groom's Birthplace: Groom's Age: 28 Bride's Name: Bessie May Prince Bride's Birth Date: 1888 Bride's Birthplace: Bride's Age: 18 Marriage Date: 29 Mar 1906 Marriage Place: Pratt City, Jefferson, Alabama Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M74679-5 System Origin: Alabama-EASy Source Film Number: 1064383 Reference Number: P 545
- "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZS-7D85 : 21 July 2015), G. W. Bush and Bessie May Prince, 1906.
Death
Burial: Bladon Springs Cemetery 81670466
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bessie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bessie:
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~0.78%
Janet (Adams) Birdsong
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member homebird33
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~0.39%
Susan W :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A122572 [compare], Ancestry member publisherjoe
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