James had at least two sons. It's unsure which of these sons is the father of James Gary Bush, as there are no records that were salvaged from a building fire which document this connection.
Sources
U.S. Civil War Soldiers
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZY2-B5K : 4 April 2020), Bush, Early county, Early, Georgia, United States; citing family 316, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8L5-VSG : 11 August 2017), James U Bush, Cuba, Early, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 27, sheet 254A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,144.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree: