Monthly Archives: August 2019

Mrs. Martha and Miss Sylvia Bushman, Librarians in Lehi, 1911-1924

FIRST LIBRARIANS (History of Lehi pp. 344-345) Mrs. Addie Winn Rodeback was appointed first public librarian. She served until October, 1911. Upon her resignation, Mrs. Martha S. Bushman was appointed. She was followed by Sylvia Bushman who became librarian in … Continue reading

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Virgil A. Bushman Sr. b. 24 Aug 1926, Joseph City, AZ

By Virgil A Bushman, Jr. I, Virgil A. Bushman, Jr., the name sake of my father Virgil A Bushman, Sr., decided to write a few of my memories of him. I hope this will be of benefit to my mother … Continue reading

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Lloyd Lee Barker b. 19 August 1930, Fairview, Utah

Lloyd Lee Barker is the son of Jacob “Lee” Barker, who was the son of Ella Isadora Bushman Barker, who was the daughter of Jacob and Charlotte Bushman. The Theodore Turley Family Book, pp. 530-531 Lloyd Lee was blessed Oct. … Continue reading

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Flora Elizabeth Bushman and Suel James Zimmerman, Lehi

Flora Elizabeth Bushman (“Aunt Flo”) was born 15 August 1874 in Lehi. History of Lehi, Part II, Including Biographical Section up to 1950 Published by the Lehi Pioneer Committee Written by Hamilton Gardner The Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah, … Continue reading

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The Martin and Elizabeth Degen Bushman Bible

I held in my hands a treasure today.   This is the Martin Bushman Family Bible that was published and sold by Kimber and Sharpless at their bookstore in Philadelphia in 1833. Last week at the Elias Bushman reunion in Lehi, … Continue reading

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Homer Frederick Bushman b. 6 August 1868, Lehi, Utah

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 2, p.601 Bushman, Homer Frederick, Stake superintendent of religion classes in the Snowflake Stake of Zion, Arizona, was born Aug. 6, 1868, at Lehi, Utah county, Utah, the son of John Bushman and Louis … Continue reading

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