Wandering Around The Family Tree

This photograph of Susan Abigail (Hankins) Bush likely dates from the mid-1870s. The photographer, Addison Delavan Harding, opened his studio in Susquehanna in 1873. [1] Susan and her husband David Tyler Bush were living in Susquehanna by 1870, and remained there until at least the 1880s.  The script words "Cabinet Portrait" indicate that this may be an early cabinet card, where the photographer was trying to distinguish a new format of photography from earlier formats such as carte de vistes.  The identification of the subject as "Aunt Abbie Bush" suggests that it was labeled by one of her nephews - either Howard Ross Hankins or William Lucas Hankins. While Susan Abigail had other nieces and nephews, this likely belonged to someone in her brother Lucas Wurtz Hankins' family, since it has been passed down through is part of the family. This next photograph of Susan Abigail Hankins was likely taken about 1894-1896. The photographer was G.E. Priest of Tully, New Y...

  The thirty-sixth photograph in the album is Jessie Lillian Bush, niece of Lucas Wurtz Hankins.  Jessie Lillian Bush was born 17 August 1869 in New York, the daughter of David Tyler Bush (1838-1876) and Susan Abigail Hankins (1841-1917). She died of consumption on 22 March 1885 in Summerville, Charleston County, South Carolina, and is buried in Grand Street Cemetery, Susquehanna, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.  About the  Hankins/Ross Photo Album Previous Photo in the Album:   Rebecca Thomas Hankins Next Photograph in the Album: Delezenne R Tyler

 The nineteenth photo in the album is Edward Wallace Bush - nephew of Lucas W Hankins.  Edward Wallace Bush was born 19 August 1871 in Port Jervis, Orange County, New York, the son of David Tyler Bush (1838-1876) and Susan Abigail Hankins (1841-1917). He first married Martha Wells Graves (1876-1906), daughter of Miles Wells Graves (1834-1906) and Ruth Putnam (1838-1929) on 7 February 1905 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. He married second Helen Margaret Waite (1889-1978), daughter of James E Waite and Sarah Jane Brizzee, on 28 April 1919 in Binghamton, Broome County, New York. Edward and Helen had one son, Edward Wallace (1923-2006).  Edward Wallace Bush died on 23 June 1945 in Hartford, and is buried in Floral Park Cemetery, Johnson City, Broome County.  About the  Hankins/Ross Photo Album Previous Photo in the Album: Retta Teeple Next Photograph in the Album: Howard Ross Hankins

  The eighth photograph in the album is Susan Abigail (Hankins) Bush (known as Abbie), sister of Lucas Wurtz Hankins. Abbie (Hankins) Bush was born 13 February 1841 at Hankins, Sullivan County, New York, daughter of John Hankins (1803-1847) and Susan Thomas (1811-1885). She married David Tyler Bush (1838-1876), son of Amos Bush (d 1846) and Hester Tyler (b about 1815) on 21 October 1868 in Hankins.  David and Abbie Bush had three children: Jesse Lillian (1869-1885) Edward Wallace (1871-1945) who married Martha Wells Graves (1876-1906) and then Helen Margaret Waite (1889-1978)  Charles (1875-1875)  Abbie (Hankins) Bush died on 22 September 1917 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. She and her husband David are buried in Grands Street Cemetery in Susquehanna, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania.  About the  Hankins/Ross Photo Album Previous Photo in the Album:  Angeline Elizabeth (Hankins) Johnson Next Photograph in the Album: John Ralph Hankins