Presidents' Descendants

At the Cherry Blossom Festival,
Marshfield, Missouri

Mary Achor and Jenna Bush

Every year the Marshfield, Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival honors outstanding Americans.  Two presidents, Harry Truman and George H.W. Bush have visited the little town.  Bush came on July 4th, 1991.  

In 2006, at Cherry Blossom time, it boasted one of the largest gatherings of presidential descendants in recent memory and so the tradition gained prominence.  From Grover Cleveland's grandson to Jenna Bush, a large gathering of them showed up this past year.  It was a "field day" for Mary Achor who is researching and co-authoring a book on presidential siblings with Doug Wead. 

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Thomas Jefferson

Chris Truscott, direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson through his grandson, Jefferson Randolph, and Shannon Lanier, a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson through Sally Hemings.

John Adams and John Quincy Adams

Rett Adams and his blue grass band. Rett is wearing the black hat. He is a direct descendant of John Adams and John Quincy Adams. He was wounded numerous times in the War in Afghanistan.

FDR and Eisenhower

Presidential family forum. Catherine Roosevelt, descendant of FDR, Merrill Eisenhower Atwater, great grandson of Ike. In the blue shirt Rett Adams with Truscott and Lanier..

Calvin Coolidge

Jenny Sayles Harville and her son, Jake. They are direct descendants of Calvin Coolidge.

George McGovern

Former Presidential nominee, George McGovern was honored. He ran for president against Richard Nixon in 1972.

Bill Clinton

Marie Clinton Bruno, cousin to Bill Clinton.

Dred Scott

Lynne Jackson, a great, great granddaughter of Dred Scott.

Grover Cleveland

Mary Achor and George Cleveland, grandson of President Grover Cleveland. George lives in New Hampshire.

Richard Nixon and Warren G. Harding

Don Nixon, nephew of Richard Nixon. Devon Nixon is his son, on the far right. Both men live and work in China. In the gray suit is Dr. Richard Harding, psychiatrist, a great nephew of president Warren G. Harding.

James Monroe

Jack Brian Scaife and Richard Gatchell, a direct descendant of James Monroe. Jack is believed to be a descendant of the clergyman who baptized George Washington.

George Washington

Mary Achor with Tom and Billie Washington. Tom is a direct descendant of George Washington's brother, Jack.

Harry Truman

John Truman, a great nephew of Harry Truman with Mary and Tom Washington. John is a lawyer in St. Louis.

James K. Polk

Descendant of nineteen presidents gather to talk about their lives. Standing near the front in the light blue shirt is the Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of the president and son of Margaret Truman. The priest, John Jay Hughes, is a direct descendant of John Jay, one of our founding fathers and signer to the Declaration of Independence. Also in the picture is a niece of Amelia Earhart and a descendant (not direct) of president James K. Polk.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Jack and Joanne Scaife stand behind Ken Hechler, a former adviser to both FDR and Harry Truman.

Here is a list of all the presidents children.