aged 69 years.
General Andrews Bushnell, eldest son of Thomas, was born in Hartland, Connecticut, August 14, 1782, married Sarah Lane, of the same place, and immediately started for New Connecticut as it was then called. He settled on lot twenty-four, in Hartford, where he died June 17, 1851. He was an extensive farmer and one of the pioneer breeders of blooded cattle in northern Ohio. He was also in early life an efficient and accurate surveyor; was for four years sheriff of Trumbull county, and held various other positions of trust and honor. He held a lieutenant's commission in the War of 1812; commanded a company at the Thames where Tecumseh was killed, and did brave and honorable service in the defense of Fort Erie, where he was wounded by a musket ball through the left lung, for which he received a pension the remainder of his life. He was an able and well drilled officer, and after the close of the war was made brigadier-general of militia, which position he held with honor many years. He was a member of the Congregational church, and a Whig in politics until the formation of the Liberty party, which he supported until his death. His children were Jerusha, who died at the age of nineteen years, a young lady highly esteemed and sincerely regretted by the community; David E., who is supposed to have died in Palestine in January, 1840. He was intelligent young farmer of great originality and very studious habits, fond of historical reading and investigation. Restive of farm life he laid extensive plans for foreign travel and research, for which work he had remarkable qualities. He accordingly left home in December, 1838. He landed at Liverpool, traveled through England, France, Switzerland, and Italy, spent some time in Egypt, traveled up the Nile to Abyssinia, visited the missionaries at Beyroot, and left that place January 8, 1840, with a guide, intending to visit Jerusalem and other points in Palestine. The guide soon returned and reported that Bushnell was short of money and had gone on alone, since which time no tidings were ever received, and it is supposed he was killed by his guide for his money. General Bushnell's next child was Mary, wife of Simon R. Estabrook, of Warren; and the youngest, Seth A., for many years a resident of Hartford, now of Oberlin, Ohio.
General Andrews Bushnell, eldest son of Thomas, was born in Hartland, Connecticut, August 14, 1782, married Sarah Lane, of the same place, and immediately started for New Connecticut as it was then called. He settled on lot twenty-four, in Hartford, where he died June 17, 1851. He was an extensive farmer and one of the pioneer breeders of blooded cattle in northern Ohio. He was also in early life an efficient and accurate surveyor; was for four years sheriff of Trumbull county, and held various other positions of trust and honor. He held a lieutenant's commission in the War of 1812; commanded a company at the Thames where Tecumseh was killed, and did brave and honorable service in the defense of Fort Erie, where he was wounded by a musket ball through the left lung, for which he received a pension the remainder of his life. He was an able and well drilled officer, and after the close of the war was made brigadier-general of militia, which position he held with honor many years. He was a member of the Congregational church, and a Whig in politics until the formation of the Liberty party, which he supported until his death. His children were Jerusha, who died at the age of nineteen years, a young lady highly esteemed and sincerely regretted by the community; David E., who is supposed to have died in Palestine in January, 1840. He was intelligent young farmer of great originality and very studious habits, fond of historical reading and investigation. Restive of farm life he laid extensive plans for foreign travel and research, for which work he had remarkable qualities. He accordingly left home in December, 1838. He landed at Liverpool, traveled through England, France, Switzerland, and Italy, spent some time in Egypt, traveled up the Nile to Abyssinia, visited the missionaries at Beyroot, and left that place January 8, 1840, with a guide, intending to visit Jerusalem and other points in Palestine. The guide soon returned and reported that Bushnell was short of money and had gone on alone, since which time no tidings were ever received, and it is supposed he was killed by his guide for his money. General Bushnell's next child was Mary, wife of Simon R. Estabrook, of Warren; and the youngest, Seth A., for many years a resident of Hartford, now of Oberlin, Ohio.
aged 69 years.
General Andrews Bushnell, eldest son of Thomas, was born in Hartland, Connecticut, August 14, 1782, married Sarah Lane, of the same place, and immediately started for New Connecticut as it was then called. He settled on lot twenty-four, in Hartford, where he died June 17, 1851. He was an extensive farmer and one of the pioneer breeders of blooded cattle in northern Ohio. He was also in early life an efficient and accurate surveyor; was for four years sheriff of Trumbull county, and held various other positions of trust and honor. He held a lieutenant's commission in the War of 1812; commanded a company at the Thames where Tecumseh was killed, and did brave and honorable service in the defense of Fort Erie, where he was wounded by a musket ball through the left lung, for which he received a pension the remainder of his life. He was an able and well drilled officer, and after the close of the war was made brigadier-general of militia, which position he held with honor many years. He was a member of the Congregational church, and a Whig in politics until the formation of the Liberty party, which he supported until his death. His children were Jerusha, who died at the age of nineteen years, a young lady highly esteemed and sincerely regretted by the community; David E., who is supposed to have died in Palestine in January, 1840. He was intelligent young farmer of great originality and very studious habits, fond of historical reading and investigation. Restive of farm life he laid extensive plans for foreign travel and research, for which work he had remarkable qualities. He accordingly left home in December, 1838. He landed at Liverpool, traveled through England, France, Switzerland, and Italy, spent some time in Egypt, traveled up the Nile to Abyssinia, visited the missionaries at Beyroot, and left that place January 8, 1840, with a guide, intending to visit Jerusalem and other points in Palestine. The guide soon returned and reported that Bushnell was short of money and had gone on alone, since which time no tidings were ever received, and it is supposed he was killed by his guide for his money. General Bushnell's next child was Mary, wife of Simon R. Estabrook, of Warren; and the youngest, Seth A., for many years a resident of Hartford, now of Oberlin, Ohio.
General Andrews Bushnell, eldest son of Thomas, was born in Hartland, Connecticut, August 14, 1782, married Sarah Lane, of the same place, and immediately started for New Connecticut as it was then called. He settled on lot twenty-four, in Hartford, where he died June 17, 1851. He was an extensive farmer and one of the pioneer breeders of blooded cattle in northern Ohio. He was also in early life an efficient and accurate surveyor; was for four years sheriff of Trumbull county, and held various other positions of trust and honor. He held a lieutenant's commission in the War of 1812; commanded a company at the Thames where Tecumseh was killed, and did brave and honorable service in the defense of Fort Erie, where he was wounded by a musket ball through the left lung, for which he received a pension the remainder of his life. He was an able and well drilled officer, and after the close of the war was made brigadier-general of militia, which position he held with honor many years. He was a member of the Congregational church, and a Whig in politics until the formation of the Liberty party, which he supported until his death. His children were Jerusha, who died at the age of nineteen years, a young lady highly esteemed and sincerely regretted by the community; David E., who is supposed to have died in Palestine in January, 1840. He was intelligent young farmer of great originality and very studious habits, fond of historical reading and investigation. Restive of farm life he laid extensive plans for foreign travel and research, for which work he had remarkable qualities. He accordingly left home in December, 1838. He landed at Liverpool, traveled through England, France, Switzerland, and Italy, spent some time in Egypt, traveled up the Nile to Abyssinia, visited the missionaries at Beyroot, and left that place January 8, 1840, with a guide, intending to visit Jerusalem and other points in Palestine. The guide soon returned and reported that Bushnell was short of money and had gone on alone, since which time no tidings were ever received, and it is supposed he was killed by his guide for his money. General Bushnell's next child was Mary, wife of Simon R. Estabrook, of Warren; and the youngest, Seth A., for many years a resident of Hartford, now of Oberlin, Ohio.
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