ELIJAH DENNIS BUSHNELL

Elijah Dennis, born 19 JAN 1834; died Monroe, WI 12 MAY 1899; married 23 AUG 1868 Elizabeth Jane Austin, born Belmont, WI 09 MAR 1849; daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Ashmore) Austin. He served as a corporal in Company "C", 7th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry in The Civil War; was taken prisoner and confined in Libby Prison, Belle Isle, and Florence Prisons, after which he was a semi-invalid for the rest of his life.

Children: 7

1. Samuel, born 17 AUG 1869; died 30 AUG 1892, unmarried.

2. Charles William, born 31 JUN 1871.

3. Lewis Edward (FR), born 31 AUG 1873.

4. Lillian May (FR), born 01 APR 1875; married 27 JUL 1909, as his 2nd wife, George William Griffith, born Oneida, IL 06 JAN 1869, died 13 FEB 1925. She had no children but was a worthy mother to the children of his 1st wife: i. Coleman Roberts Griffith; ii. Wendell Horace Griffith, iii. Margaret Ellen Griffith, iv. Herbert Montague Griffith. He was a Bishop in the Free Methodist Church and traveled extensively in the United States and in the Orient.

5. Mary Amelia, born 14 APR 1877; died Los Angeles, CA 15 SEP 1941. She taught for 25 years in the Hermon Elementary School, Los Angeles.

6. Rose Jane, born 19 MAR 1879. Principal of the Hermon Elementary School in Los Angeles, CA.

7. Archie Dennis, born 05 SEP 1881.