Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

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Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWNX-M85
• Indvandring: 22 sep. 1851, Utah, USA
• Obituary: 2 nov. 1927, Utah, USA

Notater:

Martin Benjamin Bushman was born 5 February 1841, in Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, son of Martin and Elizabeth Degen, who was the son of Abraham Bushman, who was the son on Henry Bushman. At the age of one year he was taken from Lancaster to Nauvoo, Illinois by horse team, which was about one thousand miles. At Nauvoo his parents labored hard to make their children comfortable. He saw the Prophet Joseph and Hyrum Smith and remembered, though very young, of sitting on their laps. He remembered how his parents mourned because of their deaths. His parents were driven from their homes. They had to leave their crops in the fields and take a few of their things in their wagon and bid good-bye to the city they loved. He remembered going into the Temple with his mother to take their last look at this beautiful house. Then they started on their journey through Iowa. They suffered much with cold and hunger. On that journey he remembered seeing two of his sisters laid in the silent grave who had died from exposure and for want of proper food. One of them was buried without a coffin. When they got to Winter Quarters in the western part of Iowa the family built a log house and a place for their team. His father and older brother went to Missouri to get work so they could obtain some food for the family. In their absence it was his job to take care of the team and get wood and chop it up. They often had to grind corn on a coffee mill before they had their meals. He used to set traps and catch quail and pheasant to help out with their meals. They lived there for four years to obtain an outfit to go on to Utah. While living there he was baptized a member of the church and also received a patriarchal blessing by William Draper. There were no schools in the little village he lived in, but his sister taught him to read. Though he never went to school but very little, he tried to educate himself by studying hard. He was ten years old when he came to Utah. The one thousand mile journey was long and tiresome. They were about four months on the way. The family spent one week in Salt Lake City, Utah, then moved on to Lehi. For the next ten years he stayed with his father and helped on the farm. Other jobs he did were to help build houses, make fences, reap and sow crops, herd cows and haul wood and timber from the canyons. Bushman, Martin B. age 20 abt 1861 At the age of twenty he started out to make a start for himself and just as he was planning on what he was going to do, he had a call from the Bishop for a short mission to drive an ox team to the Missouri River and back without any pay. He and five other boys from Lehi went. They had five wagons and four yoke of oxen to the wagon, two oxen to the yoke. That was forty oxen Lehi furnished. They were nearly five months on the journey and the trip was about two thousand miles there and back. When the Lehi teams got with their company there were sixty wagons, eight oxen to the wagon, making 480 oxen in the train. They made a caravan with the wagons. On the return trip they had from eight to twelve persons in each wagon. The wagons were so heavily loaded that the teamster had to walk the thousand miles and drive the teams. It was a hard journey, but the boys felt that they were doing a good work, and said they were glad they went and when they arrived home they returned the teams to the owners and had not lost a one. Bushman, Martin B. age abt 25 He now started out to make some means for himself, he thought he ought to get him a home for himself for he felt that he should get married and have a family of his own, so he obtained a small house and lot, some furniture-such as a stove, table and chairs and other necessary things. He had a cow and a yoke of oxen and a wagon. All this he obtained in three years. Then he obtained the consent of Lucinda Ladelia Goodwin to marry him. They were married 22 March 1863 by President Brigham Young. They stayed one week with her parents, then moved into their own home. One year later they had a baby girl born to them but she only lived sixteen days. One year later twins were born, a boy they named Martin Isaac and the girl Laura Ellen. They were born 9 October 1865. Both children were strong and healthy so they had to get a girl to help take care of them. They obtained the services of a young lady by the name of Martha Worlton. She lived with them for two years. He became so attached to her that he asked her to marry him as a plural wife. She said she would if her parents would give their consent. It was then that he realized the responsibility that he was taking upon himself being a young man of only 27 years and in poor circumstances to take care of two families, so he went to the Lord in secret prayer and asked that if it was his will that he should marry her that it would be so, if not, that something may turn up to stop the marriage. Her parents and his first wife gave their consent and they were married on the 2nd of March 1867 by Wilford Woodruff. Bushman, Martin Benjamin and Martha Worlton Martin and Martha on their wedding day, 2 March 1867 Bushman, Martin Benjamin and Martha Worlton 1 Both wives and their children lived in peace in the same house for ten years, then he provided each family with a home and he was always able to pay his debts and his tithing. After living with these two wives for thirty-two years he was arrested by a United States Official, taken to court and there he was given the privilege of turning one family away or go to prison and pay a fine. He chose to go to prison rather than turn away a wife that had been true and faithful to him. He was sent to prison for three months and paid a fine. He made it a practice to live with each family the dame, that he might help them take care of their children and have prayers with them. He tried to set a good example before them by having prayers night and morning as well as going to Sunday School and to meetings, also by paying his tithing and all other requirements. He wishes to say that his wives and their children have tried to obey his counsel and have shown him all the respect he could ask of them. As a member of the church he has tried to live a consistent life. In the priesthood he has acted as a deacon in caring for the house of worship, he has acted as a block teacher for many years and as a priest in visiting the saints in their homes and teaching them the gospel. He was in the Elder’s Quorum for five years and a member of the 68th Quorum of Seventies for 39 years and was one of the Presidents. He served as a member of the High Priests Quorum for 18 years. He was a Sunday School teacher for thirty years. At the age of sixty he went back to his native state of Pennsylvania to visit his relatives. He also visited New York, Philadelphia and many of the large cities and places of interest. Twenty children were born to him and he was present when each one of them was born. Out of the twenty, he lived to see thirteen of them and one wife that was very dear to him laid away. Of the 7 children still living at the time he wrote this history, two lived in Canada, one in Washington State, one in Salt Lake City, one in Provo (Martin Isaac Bushman) and two in Lehi. In writing the closing of this history he wishes to say to his children-Be faithful to God and his church and he will bless you. He has written this sketch of his life that his children might know of his life’s labors. * * * * * * [Handwritten on to the copy of this account:] He died 31 Oct 1927 in Lehi, Utah at age 86. 2nd wife Martha Worlton died 20 Jan 1938 at age 89. Martha Worlton’s father was James Worlton born at Bath, Sommersetshire, Mother Elizabeth Borne [?] 1848, Sommersetshire, Eng. The following is a list of the children born to Martin Benjamin Bushman and Lucinda Ladelia Goodwin Bushman. Their birth dates and death dates. Mary Elizabeth 29 Sept. 1864 Lehi, Utah 15 Oct. 1864 Martin Isaac 9 Oct. 1865 “ ” 24 Sept. 1933 Laura Ellen 9 Oct. 1865 “ ” 4 May 1899 Nancy Lucinda 3 Oct. 1868 “ ” 22 Ma.r. 1872 Sarah 17 June 1870 “ ” 30 Sept. 1871 Lewis Jacob 16 July 1872 “ ” 31 Oct. 1897 Edith 3 Mar. 1875 “ ” 30 Oct. 1875 Ester 5 Sept. 1877 “ ” 8 Oct. 1878 Rhoda 5 Sept. 1877 “ ” 30 Aug. 1922 Emerette Ruth 20 June 1884 “ ” 27 Nov. 1939 Bushman, Lucinda Ladelia b. 1843 headstone Bushman, Martin Benjamin headstone [Handwritten on to the copy of this account:] 10 by Lucinda 10 by Martha James Albert 4 June 1868 “ ” 12 Oct. 1917 John Benjamin 16 Nov. 1870 “ ” 10 Aug. 1871 Alvin Alonzo 28 Dec. 1872 “ ” 28 Sept. 1873 Flora Elizabeth 15 Aug. 1874 “ ” - Eugene Worlton 14 Dec. 1876 “ ” 28 Feb 1931 Annie Lois 27 Apr. 1880 “ ” 22 Jan. 1950 Martha Emma 3 Sept. 1882 “ ” 13 Sept. 1936 Cyrus William 23 Sept. 1884 “ ” 22 Apr. 1909 Drucella Jane 24 Nov 1886 “ ” 15 Dec. 1887 Vera 22 Jun. 1891 “ ” -

Martin blev gift med Martha Worlton den 2 mar. 1867 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Martha (datter af James Timbrell Worlton og Elizabeth Bourne) blev født den 14 sep. 1849 i Lyncombe Or Widcomb, Bath, Somerset, England; døde den 20 jan. 1938 i Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA; blev begravet den 25 jan. 1938 i Lehi Cemetery, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWNX-M8R
• Bopæl: 1851, Lyncombe & Widcombe, Somerset, England
• Indvandring: 1854
• Indvandring: 1855
• Indvandring: 25 sep. 1855
• Indvandring: 25 sep. 1855, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 1910, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 1920, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA

Notater:

Stories about Martha's Life can be found under Documents.

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

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• Bopæl: 1850, Pottawattamie county, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
• Beskæftigelse: 1870, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA; Laborer
• Beskæftigelse: 1870, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA; Laborer

Notater:

Martin was born April 1, 1802 in Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Degen 20 March 1827 in Bart, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. Their first 2 children were born quickly and did not survive long. After the first 6 children were born, they joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints May 10, 1840, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Most likely in Bart or Strasburg, Pennsylvania.

After joining the church, they moved to Nauvoo, Illinois where they lived for four years. They were forced to leave Nauvoo due to mob violence. Two of their children died from exposure during that winter.

They lived in western Iowa for 4 years until accruing sufficient means to ultimately cross the plains to Utah in 1851, ultimately settling in Lehi, Utah.

In physique he was very strong and healthy, standing six feet high and weighing 175 pounds. He had light brown hair and blue eyes.

They are the parents of 10 children, six grew to maturity.

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: K2MQ-XR5
• Dåb: 11 jun. 1843
• Bopæl: 1851, Lyncombe & Widcombe, Somerset, England
• Indvandring: 25 sep. 1855
• Indvandring: 25 sep. 1855, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 1860, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA
• Beskæftigelse: 1 okt. 1860, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA; Shoemaker
• Bopæl: 1880, Morgan, Morgan, Utah, USA

Notater:

Stories about the life of James Timbrell Worlton can be found under Documents. Not finding the documents mentioned, I shall record some information on his life here.
James Timbrell Worlton was born on March 20, 1821, the oldest child of John and Mary Parsons Worlton. Although born in Bath, Timbrell spent part of his boyhood with his father's family in London which is where he first heard the gospel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Eventually, the family returned to Bath where John worked as a shoemaker and schooled his son in the craft.
In 1837, when Timbrell was 16 years old, his father suddenly died and he, his mother and two younger sisters fell heir to John's one-fourth share of Timbrell's Court. (A fourth child, Benjamin Timbrell was christened August 8, 1830, but evidently did not survive, since nothing more is heard of him.) The family lived in the main house which faced down the street between two rows of cottages.
Timbrell was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1840 when he was 19 years old, becoming part of the Bath Branch then presided over by Elder Thomas Brown. (Official Church records show Timbrell's baptism date to be 1843, but that is probably because the earlier records were lost and he was rebaptized.) He was ordained an elder and preached the gospel to his neighbors and associates.
On July 27, 1842, Timbrell married Emma Mary Martin, who also joined the Church. Emma was born in 1820, the daughter of James and Ann Austin Martin. (Emma's family can be traced back to 1600 -seven generations before Emma.
Emma gave birth to Emma Ann (Annie), January 17, 1844, and John, September 14, 1846, in Bristol. Timbrell "continued to labor for the support of his family and to preach on street corners...(He) was soon called to preside over a small branch of the Church in Somerset."
Not long after John's birth Emma became ill and on August 31, 1848, at the age of 28, she died of ovarian disease, leaving Timbrell with "two helpless children." (Annie was four and a half and John was not quite two.).......
Following Emma's death, Timbrell met Elizabeth Bourne, a "young sister in the church," and on December 3, 1848, they were married, two weeks before her 21st birthday. It is easy to understand his haste to marry again, since he obviously had to have help with his children, and surely was lonely as well.
1849 was a busy year for the new family. Timbrell was called by the Church to preside over a branch in Marchfield, England, and on September 14, John's third birthday Martha was born. Another daughter was added to the family on May 9, 1851, and they called her Flora. The same year almost the entire branch in Marchfield emigrated to Utah, and Timbrell returned to Bath to practice and preach. He and Lille were most disappointed not to be able to accompany their congregation to Zion, but they did not have the means.
Eventually, Timbrell was able to sell his interest in Timbrell's Court. He promptly placed the L50 he gained into the Perpetual Emigration Fund, and the family left immediately for Zion. ...
They left Bath February 8th, 1855, took the train to Liver pool, and arrived there on February 10th. They sailed on the "Siddons," on February 27. Their party included Timbrell (34), Elizabeth (27), Annie (11), John (8), Martha (5), Emilly Amelia (21 months), and a hired girl, Elizabeth being in "delicate health." (She was six months pregnant.) The Siddons was an 895 ton old sailing vessel under the command of Captain J. Taylor. It carried 430 Mormon emigrants under the presidency of Elder John Fullmer. After a voyage of 52 days, they landed in Philadelphia on April 20, 1855, and from there traveled by rail to Pittsburgh. There they traveled by river steamboat to St. Louis, going down the Ohio to the Mississippi then north on the Mississippi.
Arriving in St. Louis on May 7th, the group left on May 9 on the steamer "Polar Star" journeying west across Missouri to Atchinson, Kansas. From there they went at once to Mormon Grove, the campground appointed by the Church for wagon parties to assemble before crossing the plains.
It took almost two months for the arrangements to be completed. The party consisting of 402 people, including babies and all, 45 wagons, 220 oxen, and 24 cows...Twenty0five horsemen acted as scouts, all under the direction of Captain Ballantyne.
Shortly after they got underway, the scouts came back to say that a large company of Indians was coming toward them and was demanding beef and flour as the price for allowing the Saints to travel through their land. Captain Ballantyne met them about a mile from camp, smoked with them and told them that the party was "very poor and meant no harm. The cattle were so poor they could hardly pull the wagons." Nevertheless, the Indians insisted tat they be given one beef and several sacks of flour in return for their promise not to molest the party again. The promise was kept.
Still, trouble was to follow the company because in early July, "the whole camp was struck with the mountain fever." Elizabeth became ill and "the baby nursed it from her." On July 13, James Cyrus Worlton died at the age of two and a half months. Elizabeth wrote: I never will forget the day we laid our dear little boy away by the roadside and traveled on the next morning." She was to bear no more children. His death was a sad blow to the older children who loved him tenderly. Flora, who was only four, later recalled:"...the wagon train stopped while a shallow grave was arranged in which to bury our tiny baby brother." Sacks were laid over the baby, who was wrapped only in his blanket, before the grave was closed.
The road to Zion continued to be a rocky one. Timbrell wrote:
"One night when camped on the Green River on our way across the plains Indians came upon us to our camp and acted in an aggressive manner, causing us to fear they might give us trouble by stampeding our cattle. We had driven our cattle across a fork of the river that they might be better fed, but on account of the actions of the Indians orders came from the captain to gather in the cattle. I, with others waded the stream to get the cattle and bring them across the river again, and I stood guard in my wet clothes. I had chill after chill from this, and I think it was on this occasion that I contracted a disease of the kidney..."
They traveled on, finally reaching Salt Lake City on September 25, 1855, over seven and a half months after leaving Bath. They were welcomed by a brass band which led them into the city, taking them to Union Square (now known as Pioneer Park), a campground. It was Sunday, and in the afternoon, they went to meeting, hearing president Brigham young and Heber C. Kimball preach. The speakers directed their talk to the newcomers, blessing and encouraging them. "This was a joyous moment for our family and the others, who had traveled so long and sacrificed so much, " Timbrell recalled.
The family stayed in SLC for almost a year, living in a dugout without a floor. Since most of their money had gone to finance the trip, thy were exceedingly poor, soon finding themselves (in Lilly's words): '...without money or flour. My husband took some silver spoons that he brought from England. The spoons had been handed down for a number of generations; he took the spoons from door to door in exchange for flour, but flour seemed so scarce that no one had any to spare. At last he came to the home of Heber C. Kimball. That good man would not let him go away without flour, but exchanged the flour for the spoons. When he returned with the flour, the family was so happy they joined hands and danced around the sack. In later years, their son John Worlton, was to recall that the children were so hungry they ate the raw flour out of the bag.....
In the fall of 1856, at Brigham's suggestion, the family moved to East Weber (Morgan City), also living a year there in a dugout without a floor.......Later Lily wrote: "We took part in the general move with the Saints south at the time of Johnston's army coming to Utah. (My husband) having learned the trade of shoemaking in England, we did well in making and repairing shoes for the soldiers. We had cows and sold milk to the soldiers. I also nursed the Dr.'s wife. She had a small baby. She had a bad fever and I was paid well for my work When the army went back, the Dr.'s wife dreaded the journey so much that she tried to get me to go with her."
The family was able to set aside some money in the form of gold coins.....During the winter, after the soldiers departure, the children were ill and developing cabin fever. It entertained them to play with the family savings, the little bag of gold coins. One day, however, the bag of coins could not be found..... One morning, while giving the pig pen a cleaning, his fork stuck into something that sounded very much like metal.....It was the gold coins -$500 in gold. Evidently, one of the children had dropped the bag into the pan of pigslop.
The family moved to Lehi in the spring of 1862, to a home that Timbrell purchased.....Here Annie met and married John Oborn. JTWI then took a second wife, Maria Dallimore who was then 16 years old. She had also come from Bath, England. She gave birth to William Albion Worlton. She later fell in love with someone else and left the marriage. In 1866, they moved back to Morgan where they lived for the next 20 years. During the first year, they lived in a little cabin. While in Morgan, Timbrell farmed, worked in the Cooperative Tanning and Manufacturing Company, and also made shoes for men working on the railroad that was being built in Utah at the time.
JTWI is described as having a slight speech impediment, being very prompt, and being exceedingly zealous with regard to his religion.
On December 27, 1882, he wrote out his will. On the 6th of February, 1885, he was given a blessing by the Church elders and at 12:25 that afternoon, he died at 63 years.

James + Elizabeth Bourne. Elizabeth blev født den 18 dec. 1827 i Rode, Bath, Somerset, England; blev døbt den 24 okt. 1830 i Beckington, St George, Somerset, England; døde den 10 mar. 1901 i Morgan, Morgan, Utah, USA; blev begravet den 12 mar. 1901 i Morgan, Morgan, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWV7-5TH
• Bopæl: 1841, Road, Somersetshire, England
• Bopæl: 1851, England
• Bopæl: 1851, Lyncombe & Widcombe, Somerset, England
• Bopæl: 1860, Lehi, Utah, Utah, USA

Notater:

Information about the life of Elizabeth Bourne can be found under Documents on her's and James Family Search pages.