Category Archives: Family History

We had a wonderful evening celebrating family, ancestors and descendants.  This is the conclusion of the main part of our reunion.  Tomorrow’s optional activities will take many of us to Lincoln’s country, then back to St. Louis. Tonight we feasted … Continue reading →

This afternoon we loaded the buses for a field trip to Iowa, to visit the farm area where the Bushmans lived and worked after leaving Nauvoo.  Here is the view from across the river in Montrose, looking back on Nauvoo. … Continue reading →

For the rest of the afternoon, we had free time to explore Old Nauvoo.  We walked through as many homes and businesses as we had time for.  There are a lot of photos in the post.  Don’t feel obligated.  They … Continue reading →

With the extermination order pronounced, the Saints living in Nauvoo had to leave to save their lives.  They crossed the Mississippi River to Montrose during the winter of 1846.  Conditions were hard.  They took what they could carry.  They didn’t … Continue reading →

We met at the Stake Center this morning for some instruction on the Bushman’s departure from Nauvoo in 1846. Jacob Bushman wrote to John Bushman in 1902: “We lived on Bishop Hunter’s farm until the Spring of 1846. And in … Continue reading →

We spent the rest of the afternoon visiting some of the restored homes in Old Nauvoo.  This is my favorite thing to do here.  I love to walk where they walked, and Feel their spaces.  I like to see the … Continue reading →

Our large group arrived in Carthage in shifts, and all afternoon we took turns watching the film and touring the jail.  This is a sobering sacred place where hard things happened. Here are my bus notes for this field trip: … Continue reading →

Martin Benjamin Bushman mentioned in a life sketch of his parents their participation in building the Nauvoo Temple. He included this brief statement, “They helped to build the temple the Saints was building at that time,” although he did not … Continue reading →

This bright Sunday morning we met at the Zion’s Mercantile Store on Bluff and Muholland Streets to dedicate a memorial to our Bushman Ancestors who lived here in Nauvoo.  Brian and Christy Christiansen own the Mercantile and have given us … Continue reading →