Category Archives: Ann Lewis Personal History

Information about the life of Ann Laemmlen Lewis

John Bushman’s Cancer Cured, 1905

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

  From John Bushman’s Diary 1 January 1905, soon after arriving home from Texas, a sore appeared on my lower lip, just the same as I had cured seven years before. Sent directly to B. Dye, who had furnished treatment … Continue reading →

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Margaret Evva Wimmer Turley finds lost record

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

From Pioneer Women of Arizona by Roberta Flake Claytonin the history of Margaret Hunter Shelley written by Thomas H. Shelley and Marie Shelley Webb, p. 633 In 1887 [Margaret Hunter Shelley] and her husband did endowments and sealings for all … Continue reading →

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Mary Evelyn Davis takes a “Honey Pail” to the Elias Bushman’s for Milk in Lehi, Utah

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

By Wayne Clark I was born and raised in Lehi, Utah. After I graduated from Lehi High School I left my home town. More than fifty years later I moved back to a changed landscape. There were more than ten … Continue reading →

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Alonzo Donnell Rhodes Home in Lehi

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

By Wayne Clark EARLIEST SETTLERS IN THE LEHI CITY FORT: Lot 1, Block 10(32). Alonzo Donnell Rhodes (1824-1893) listed a $200.00 house of unspecified type on the eastern one-half of Lot 1 on Block 10(32) on his 1857 consecration deed. … Continue reading →

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The Old Lehi Bridge and an Accident Involving Wayne Bushman in 1934

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

The South Jordan River Bridge by Lee Anderson After the first settlers came to Lehi in 1850, the community quickly began to grow. The citizens looked to the surrounding hills, canyons, and mountains for materials to build their homes and … Continue reading →

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Lehi Ward Sacrament Chalice used Lehi Pioneers

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

This is one of two cups on display in a cabinet in the foyer of the Lehi LDS meeting house that replaced the pioneer meeting house that stood on the Southwest corner of First South and Second West. The old … Continue reading →

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Bushmans Involved in Mining in Utah County

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Here is some interesting information about John and William Butt who lived in Lehi, Utah.  William Butt was married to Laura Bushman in 1885.  She and other Bushmans highlighted below were involved from time to time in the mining industry … Continue reading →

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Bushman Reunion 2022 Carthage Field Trip Bus Notes

Posted on July 30, 2022 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

The Bushman family lived near the Old Carthage Road When the Bushmans were here, there was a road that went directly from Nauvoo to Carthage.  That’s the road Joseph and Hyrum took to Carthage Jail.  That road no longer exists.  … Continue reading →

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Daily Life in Nauvoo Presentation by Ann Lewis

Posted on July 30, 2022 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Jacob Bushman was my 2nd great-grandpa. He married Charlotte Turley, who was born in Nauvoo in 1840. For many years, I’ve been doing research for Rick Turley, former Church Historian. Years ago he asked me to read every Nauvoo-era journal … Continue reading →

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Bushman Nauvoo Reunion 2022 Farms Field Trip Bus Notes

Posted on July 30, 2022 by Ann Laemmlen Lewis

Bus Guide Notes for Saturday Morning Farm Visits The Bushman Family arrived in Nauvoo 16 July 1842 after a long and difficult journey of close to 1,000 miles. They crossed Pennsylvania, a part of what’s now West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, … Continue reading →

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