DANIEL MILTON 8BUSHNELL, ( Daniel7 , Alexander6, William5, William4, John Jr.3, John2, Francis1) born Hartland, CT 23 OCT 1795, died about 1854 [Ed. 04 JAN 1854], married 4 OCT 1820, Minerva Coe, born Hartland, CT about 1801, died Harrison, WI about 1882. He was a farmer.
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Read a letter from Daniel Milton Bushnell to his son Ralph Bushnell. The letter describes the trip from Trumbull county, Ohio to Grant county, Wisconsin. I don't know why Ralph remained behind but he did later go to Grant county. The grave marker on the right is that of Daniel Milton Bushnell and is in the Whig Cemetery at Platteville, WI. Beneath the death date it says he was 59 years old. From the Grant County Witness, Thursday, January 26, 1882, page 3. Died -- Bushnell In Harrison, January 6, 1882, of diabetes, after four weeks of illness, Minerva Bushnell, aged 80 years, 7 months, 20 days. Deceased was born May 15, 1801 in Heartland, Conn. At the age of 14, she moved with her mother to Trumbull Co., Ohio. At the age of 17, she sought and found the Savior and joined the M.E. Church, of which she was a faithful member. Her maiden name was Coe. At the age of 19 , she was married to D.M. Bushnell, October 4, 1820. In the spring of 1844 to Grant County, where they lived until 1854, when her husband passed on before her to the better land. Her funeral was attended by a number of her children and grandchildren and a large number of friends and relatives. |
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Children, 10:
1. Ralph Sutler, born 30 JUL 1821,
2. Marilla Abiah, born 30 MAY 1823, died 04 JUL 1841,
3. Enoch Wright, born 09 FEB 1825, died 23 OCT 1825,
4. Enoch Wright, born 12 DEC 1826, died 22 JUN 1860, married 31 AUG 1851, Malissa J. Chrisman, married 2nd 09 SEP 1857, Rachel Jane Nunn, who after his death married his brother, Nelson Curtis. No children.
5. Hiram Milton, born 14 APR 1829.
6. Lydia Ophelia, born 11 AUG 1831.
7. Elijah Dennis, born 19 JAN 1834.
8. Nelson Curtis, born 18 JUL 1838.
9. Levi Newton, my ggrandfather, born 24 SEP 1839.
10. Daniel Webster (correctly, Willis), born 15 APR 1842."
11. Sarah(?)
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