A politically-inclined, polar-oriented, flying-saucer enthusiast, volunteer of a Fortean.
Francis Milton—sometimes Melton—Bush was born 14 August 1908, putting him in the same generation of Forteans as Thayer. His father was Richard L. Bush, his mother Elizabeth (Saler) Bush. (Some records list his mother as a Magdalene Solar; Magdalene was Elizabeth’s middle name, and Solar seems a corruption of Saler.) In 1910, the family lived in Lenoir, North Carolina, where Richard worked as a baker (and Francis had been born). Francis was the youngest of three children. Luana Bush was 6 and Josephine 4. A decade on, the family had relocated to Marion and grown by two: another son, Gerard, then 7, and another daughter, Mary Hester, 2. Richard was working as a salesman for a wholesale company. The family relocated to Morganton by 1930, and presumably Francis was there, too, but not in the family home. (Gerard—or Geron—was there, along with Mary, and another son, Robert, only 9, as well as Josephine and her two children, but Luana and Francis were out of the house.) Indeed, I cannot find a record of Francis for another two decades.
On 16 October 1940, Francis Bush registered for the draft. He was about 5’8”, 175 pounds, with brown hair and eyes, and a ruddy complexion. Francis lived at 110 Greenbriar Lane, in Morganton, a home he would have for a while. He worked at the Cole Printing Company. Francis was married to Christine Elizabeth Bolick, some nine years his junior. He was at the same address and worked in printing at least through the middle of 1950, probably longer. Reportedly, with Christine, he owned Valdese Printing Company. The two were amateur geologists, collecting rocks.
Francis Milton—sometimes Melton—Bush was born 14 August 1908, putting him in the same generation of Forteans as Thayer. His father was Richard L. Bush, his mother Elizabeth (Saler) Bush. (Some records list his mother as a Magdalene Solar; Magdalene was Elizabeth’s middle name, and Solar seems a corruption of Saler.) In 1910, the family lived in Lenoir, North Carolina, where Richard worked as a baker (and Francis had been born). Francis was the youngest of three children. Luana Bush was 6 and Josephine 4. A decade on, the family had relocated to Marion and grown by two: another son, Gerard, then 7, and another daughter, Mary Hester, 2. Richard was working as a salesman for a wholesale company. The family relocated to Morganton by 1930, and presumably Francis was there, too, but not in the family home. (Gerard—or Geron—was there, along with Mary, and another son, Robert, only 9, as well as Josephine and her two children, but Luana and Francis were out of the house.) Indeed, I cannot find a record of Francis for another two decades.
On 16 October 1940, Francis Bush registered for the draft. He was about 5’8”, 175 pounds, with brown hair and eyes, and a ruddy complexion. Francis lived at 110 Greenbriar Lane, in Morganton, a home he would have for a while. He worked at the Cole Printing Company. Francis was married to Christine Elizabeth Bolick, some nine years his junior. He was at the same address and worked in printing at least through the middle of 1950, probably longer. Reportedly, with Christine, he owned Valdese Printing Company. The two were amateur geologists, collecting rocks.