John Bushnell

John Bushnell
B: 19 April 1823
D: 29 July 1882

see page 95 of Brockbank book...

M: 15 Aug 1854
S:
Elizabeth Brockbank
B: 8 Nov 1838
D: 16 Sep 1926


 

 

   
Parents: Birth: Death:
John Bushnell 1791 3 Sep. 1866
Elizabeth Collins    
Children:    
John Brockbank 23 Aug 1856 29 May 1928
Isaac Brockbank
... sealed to Arizona Ferguson
28 Sep 1858 29 May 1877
Edward Brockbank 2 July 1860 22 Feb 1935
Daniel Brockbank 22 June 1862 7 Dec 1940
Howard Brockbank 12 Jan 1865 28 Nov 1947
Joshua Brockbank 25 Feb 1867 22 Dec 1943
Elizabeth 11 April 1869 26 June 1934
Eliza 25 Dec 1871 26 March 1958



John Bushnell had been sent to Fillmore by Brigham Young. John and Elizabeth had the first post office and a little store. Elizabeth kept the books and cooked for the mail carriers. They desired to have a farm of their own where the children could work at home. They traded their property in Fillmore for farm land in Meadow, and were one of the first families to live there.

Abut the children:
John Brockbank Bushnell married Francis Elizabeth Ferguson, the daughter of Francis Elizabeth Humble, daughter of Mary Ann Gates Humble.
The 1849 Book of Mormon (possesion of Tom L. Day) belonged to Mary Ann Gates and was passed down through the Ferguson line to Velma Bushnell Stott, daughter of Francis Elizabeth Ferguson and John Brockbank Bushnell.

John Brockbank's brother, Isaac Brockbank, died at age 18yr 18mo, and was later sealed to Arizona Ferguson, daughter of Francis Elizabeth Fergson, who had died at age 13 (30 June 1865 - 7 Dec 1878) .