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Constant BUSHNELL
(1780 –1874)
Rhoda BALDWIN
(1778 –1839)
William King RICE
(1792 –1839)
Mary PETTENGILL
(1790 –1874)
Linus BUSHNELL
(1810 –1891)
Lucinda RICE
(1825 –1895)
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Martin Lewis BUSHNELL
(1844 –1926)

 

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1. Mary Ann OLMSTEAD

2. Mary Josephine SWIFT

Martin Lewis BUSHNELL 3 4
  • Born: 4 October 1844, Tipton, Center Township, Cedar County, Iowa, USA 1 5
  • Marriage (1): Mary Ann OLMSTEAD on 12 July 1863 in Douglas County, Oregon, USA
  • Marriage (2): Mary Josephine SWIFT on 19 October 1885 in Douglas County, Oregon, USA 1 2 3
  • Died: 28 February 1926, Tenmile, Douglas County, Oregon, USA at age 81 4
  • Buried: 1926, Tenmile, Douglas County, Oregon, USA

bullet   Other names for Martin were L. Martin BUSHNELL,5 Martin BUSHNELL 6 7 8 9 and Martin L. BUSHNELL.1

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bullet  Burial Notes

Tenmile Cemetery

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He has conflicting birth information of Abt October 1843 and Iowa, USA. 7 8

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  • He appeared on the 1850 US Federal Census on 11 September 1850 in Center Township, Cedar County, Iowa, USA. 9

1850 Census — Center Township, Cedar County, Iowa, USA

Name            Age   Sex   Occupation     Birthplace     Remarks
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Linas Bushnell   38    M    OK driver      New York       --
Lucinda  "       25    F    --             Ohio           --
Martin   "        6    M    --             Iowa           Attended school within past year
William  "        5    M    --             Iowa           Attended school within past year
Lucretia "        3    F    --             Iowa           --
Erastus  "        1    M    --             Iowa           -- 
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Source Citation:  Year: 1850; Census Place: Center, Cedar, Iowa;
                  Roll: M432_182; Page: 104; Image: 198.


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  • He appeared on the 1860 US Federal Census on 5 July 1860 in Tenmile Precinct, Douglas County, Oregon, USA. 7

1860 Census — Ten Mile Precinct, Douglas County, Oregon, USA

                                         Real    Personal
Name             Age  Sex  Occupation   Estate   Property   Birthplace      Remarks
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Lewis Bushnell   45    M   Farmer        1500      1625     New York        --
Lucinda          35    F   --             --        --      Ohio            --
Martin           16    M   Laborer        --        --      Iowa            --
William          14    M   --             --        --      Iowa            deaf and dumb
Lucretia         12    F   --             --        --      Iowa            --
Henry            10    M   --             --        --      Iowa            --
Alvia             8    M   --             --        --      Oregon          --
Edmond            4    M   --             --        --      Oregon          --
Oliver            3m   M   --             --        --      Oregon          --
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Source Citation:  Year: 1860; Census Place: Tenmile, Douglas, Oregon;
                  Roll: M653_1055; Page: 127; Image: 257.

  • He worked as a farmer on 12 July 1870 in Tenmile Precinct, Douglas County, Oregon, USA. 8

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  • He appeared on the 1870 US Federal Census on 12 July 1870 in Tenmile Precinct, Douglas County, Oregon, USA. 8

1870 Census — Ten Mile Precinct, Douglas County, Oregon, USA

                                                      Real   Personal 
No.  Name              Age  Sex Race  Occupation     Estate   Estate   Birthplace  Remarks
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4    Bushnell Martin    26   M   W    Farmer          1500       625   Iowa        male US citizen >21 yrs
     -------- Mary      23   F   W    Keeping house    --        --    Illinois    --     
     -------- Hamilton   6   M   W    --               --        --    Oregon      --     
     -------- Emma       4   F   W    --               --        --    Oregon      --     
     -------- Ada        1   F   W    --               --        --    Oregon      --     

6    Bushnell Lineeus   54   M   W    Farmer          1000      2895   New York    male US citizen >21 yrs
     -------- Lucinda   44   F   W    Keeping house    --        --    Ohio        --     
     -------- William   24   M   W    Farmer           --        --    Iowa        male US citizen >21 yrs
     -------- Alva      17   M   W    --               --        --    Iowa        -- 
     -------- Henry     20   M   W    --               --        --    Iowa        -- 
     -------- Edmund    13   M   W    --               --        --    Oregon      -- 
     -------- Austin    10   M   W    --               --        --    Oregon      -- 
     -------- Ulysses    5   M   W    --               --        --    Oregon      -- 
     -------- Adella     1   F   W    --               --        --    Oregon      -- 
     Fleming  Henry     54   M   W    Miner            --        --    Ohio        male US citizen >21 yrs
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Source Citation:  Year: 1870; Census Place: Ten Mile Precinct, Douglas, Oregon;
                  Roll: M593_1285; Page: 256; Image: 512.

  • He worked as a farmer on 17 June 1880 in Tenmile Precinct, Douglas County, Oregon, USA. 5

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  • He appeared on the 1880 US Federal Census on 17 June 1880 in Tenmile Precinct, Douglas County, Oregon, USA. 5

1880 Census — Ten Mile Precinct, Douglas County, Oregon, USA

                               Marital                                                      Father's     Mother's
Name                Relation   Status   Gender   Race   Age   Occupation      Birthplace   Birthplace   Birthplace
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Bushnell, L. Martin     --        M     Male      W     35    Farmer          Iowa         Michigan      Ohio
--------  A. Mary       Wife      M     Female    W     35    Keeping house   Illinois     New York      Illinois
--------  S. Hamilton   Son       S     Male      W     15    At school       Oregon       Iowa          Illinois
--------  A. Emma       Dau       S     Female    W     13    At school       Oregon       Iowa          Illinois
--------  R. Ada*       Dau       S     Female    W     11    --              Oregon       Iowa          Illinois
--------  L. Anna       Dau       S     Female    W      6    At school       Oregon       Iowa          Illinois
--------  L. John       Son       S     Male      W      1    --              Oregon       Iowa          Illinois
   *cannot read or write
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Source Citation:  Year: 1880; Census Place: Ten-Mile, Douglas, Oregon; Roll: T9_1081;
                  Family History Film: 1255081; Page: 520.2000; Enumeration District: 43; Image: 0178.

  • He worked as a general farmer on 21 April 1910 in Olalla Precinct, Douglas County, Oregon, USA. 1

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  • He appeared on the 1910 US Federal Census on 21 April 1910 in Olalla Precinct, Douglas County, Oregon, USA. 1

1910 census — Olalla Precinct, Douglas County, Oregon, USA

Name; Relation; Gender; Race; Age; Marital Status; Number of Years Married; Mother of How Many Children;
Number of Children Still Living; Birthplace; Father's Birthplace; Mother's Birthplace; Occupation/Industry;
Owns or rents, free or mortgaged, farm or house
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Bushnell Martin L   Head       M   W   65   M2   24           Iowa     Michigan   Ohio          Farmer/general farm   OFF
-------- Mary       Wife       F   W   43   M1   24   0   0   Oregon   Kentucky   Scot Scotch   None
Swift    Melvin     Grandson   M   W    5   S                 Oregon   Oregon     Oregon        None

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Source Citation:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Olalla, Douglas, Oregon;
                  Roll: T624_1280; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 76; Image: 729.


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Martin married Mary Ann OLMSTEAD, daughter of John Martin OLMSTEAD Sr. and Elizabeth Jane LANNING, on 12 July 1863 in Douglas County, Oregon, USA. (Mary Ann OLMSTEAD was born on 27 September 1844 in Adams County, Illinois, USA,5 8 died on 9 December 1880 in Tenmile, Douglas County, Oregon, USA and was buried in 1880 in Tenmile, Douglas County, Oregon, USA.)

bullet  Recorded Events about their Marriage


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Martin next married Mary Josephine SWIFT, daughter of John Nelson SWIFT and Elizabeth Emma McDONNELL, on 19 October 1885 in Douglas County, Oregon, USA.1 2 3 (Mary Josephine SWIFT was born in October 1866 in Polk County, Oregon, USA 1 10 and died on 13 January 1938 in Douglas County, Oregon, USA 2.)


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Martin L. Bushnell household, Olalla Precinct, Douglas County, Oregon, USA.
  2. Ancestry.com, Oregon, Death Index, 1898 – 2008 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of Oregon. Oregon Death Index, 1903 –1998. Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Archives and Records Center; and Oregon Death Indexes, 1903 –1970 and Oregon Death Indexes, 1971– 2008; Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Library), Mary Bushnell death, 13 Jan 1938, Douglas County, Oregon, Certificate No. 8.
  3. Kirsty M. Haining.
  4. Ancestry.com, Oregon, Death Index, 1898 – 2008 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of Oregon. Oregon Death Index, 1903 –1998. Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Archives and Records Center; and Oregon Death Indexes, 1903 –1970 and Oregon Death Indexes, 1971– 2008; Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Library).
  5. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Martin L. Bushnell household, Ten Mile Precinct, Douglas County, Oregon, USA.
  6. Reminiscences of Southern Oregon Pioneers (a typescript WPA publication in the collection at the Douglas County Library in Oregon), RSOP Thankful Lucretia Ollivant page 1.
  7. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, National Archives, Washington, DC), Lewis Bushnell household, Tenmile Precinct, Douglas County, Oregon, USA.
  8. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls; and Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870, NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, National Archives, Washington, DC), Martin Bushnell and Linus Bushnell households, Ten Mile Precinct, Douglas County, Oregon, USA.
  9. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. NARA microfilm publication M432, 1009 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, DC), Linas Bushnell household, Center Township, Cedar County, Iowa, USA.
  10. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. NARA microfilm publication T626, 2,667 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, DC), Related families and households (Collver, Lockwood, Bushnell, Sibold, Swift, Patterson, Sprague & Wilson), Olalla Election Precinct, Douglas County, Oregon, USA.


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