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Leland Mainwaring Bushnell

Leland Mainwaring Bushnell

Male 1908 - 1972  (64 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has more than 100 ancestors and 14 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Leland Mainwaring Bushnell 
    Birth 23 Apr 1908  Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1910  Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Initiatory (LDS) 7 Feb 1934  SLAKE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID KWCW-SC7 
    Death 9 Jul 1972  Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 11 Jul 1972  Meadow Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Person ID I4659  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father Daniel Brockbank Bushnell,   b. 22 Jun 1862, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1940, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Susan Dearden,   b. 22 Dec 1869, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Oct 1943, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 13 Feb 1888  Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3120  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lola Duncan,   b. 11 Apr 1915, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 2006, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 7 Feb 1934  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Marriage: Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966
    Children 
    +1. Elmer Leon Bushnell,   b. 8 Mar 1935, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Aug 2000, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    +2. Dixie Bushnell,   b. 22 Nov 1940, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 2018, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +3. Jim L Bushnell,   b. 7 Apr 1946, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1994, Herndon, Fairfax, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    Family ID F3160  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 23 Apr 1908 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1930 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 7 Feb 1934 - SLAKE Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Feb 1934 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Jul 1972 - Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 11 Jul 1972 - Meadow Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Bushnell, Stanley - Edna - Elmer - Leland - Duncan, Floyd    		Bushnell, Stanley - Edna - Elmer - Leland - Duncan, Floyd

    Headstones
    Bushnell, Leland M b1908 - Duncan, Lola b1915    		Bushnell, Leland M b1908 - Duncan, Lola b1915

  • Notes 
    • Occupation: Farmer

      Leland Mainwaring Bushnell 1908-1972, A Life Sketch by his Wife, Lola Du n can Bushnell

      I sit here this hot, windy summer day, trying to write my husband, Lela n d M. Bushnell's history. I don't know too much about his early boyhoo d da ys, and have waited too long, for help from him, as he has gone ou t of m y life now. Seven years have slipped by since his passing, July 9 , 1972.

      He was born to Daniel Bushnell and Susan Dearden Bushnell on the 23rd d a y of April 1908, the thirteenth of fifteen children .

      The town was rather small when we were growing up, and still is. Lee ( a s we called him) was a little older than I, so we went with a differen t c rowd of boys and girls.

      He talked a little about his family life. They were farmers by trade a n d also had a sheep herd. He lived in the last house on the street. He m en tioned the big vegetable gardens that were planted in the field next t o t he house. It seemed that everyone planted a watermelon patch, so ever yon e was well-supplied with his own melons. But to a group of boys and g irls , the melons in the neighbor's gardens were always more enjoyable, e speci ally at night when it was more convenient and safer to help yoursel f. W e had many watermelon busts on the side of the ditch banks. We neve r ha d a knife so we would drop the melons, the lush, red, ripe inside su re wa s enjoyable to eat out of your fingers, unless they turned out to b e gree n, which most of the time seemed to happen. But it was fun, we tho ught .

      Livestock was raised too, along with alfalfa, grain, etc. There were ple n ty of young chickens running loose in the corrals. So once in a whil e a c hick roast, from someone else's coop seemed to be the order of a pa rty, a lways spontaneous, never planned, and I am sure Les was with the g roup, o r groups, as these raids took place .

      In spite of his childhood pranks and being mischievous, Les was a good b o y, congenial, and pleasant to be around, and a good worker. Being the t hi rd to the last child of a large family, his father and mother were get tin g along in years, so Les more or less took the responsibility of th e hom e and farm early in his young life. I remember his mother saying, i f sh e wanted to get things done she would enlist Lee's help .

      Every spring, Lee quit school early to help with the lambing at the she e p herd. Then trailed them to the mountain, where they stayed all summe r . The sheep camp was a covered wagon equipped with a stove, bed, etc. a n d was pulled by horses up the canyon while the sheep were working thei r w ay slowly up the trail, eating as they went. Then Lee brought them ba ck i n the fall to winter in the desert. Lee was the sheepherder, helpe d alon g with several good sheep dogs or sometimes a camp tender. I remem ber mor e than once during the summer, riding on horse back seven miles t o the mo untain top, to have dinner at the sheep camp. There were alway s dour doug h biscuits cooked on the camp stove and plenty of mutton. Som etimes the b iscuits were black on the outside and dough on the inside, b ut not Lee' s as he was known as one of the best cooks on the mountain. W e were alway s hungry so it tasted really good. At the time, I was onl y a kid and he w as not interested in me.

      Lee never missed a Deer Hunt, and always brought one home. He didn't d o s o well with the Pheasant Hunt. He said, "They flew up unexpectedly a d sca red him." He came home empty-handed more than once .

      He enjoyed sports. While in high school, he was on the varsity basketba l l team. He enjoyed school, and seemed to be in most activities, and a p ar t of things. His senior year was spent with his older brother, Dan an d wi fe Melba, in Provo.

      Lee was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Au g ust 1, 1916, and confirmed a member of the church by Daniel B. Bushnel l , his father, August 6, 1916. I don't know when Lee graduated from Prim ar y, or when he was ordained a Deacon, but I'm sure it was a very specia l o ccasion.

      He was ordained a Priest in the Aaronic Priesthood November 15, 1925 . b y his father, who held the office of High Priest. He was ordained a n Elde r in the Melchizedek Priesthood December 20, 1931 by his brother D aniel D . Bushnell.

      Leland was sustained as Second Counselor in the Meadow Ward Bishopri c a t the early age of 29, with Milton Beckstrand as Bishop, Thomas Swall ow a s First Counselor, and Venoy Labrum as Ward Clerk. Lee held this off ice f or about seven years.

      He was ordained from an Elder to a High Priest September 23, 1937 by Jo h n Wells, who held the office of Presiding Bishop .

      Lee worked hard while a member of the Bishopric both physically and spir i tually. Lee was never absent from a meeting of any kind and contribute d k nowledge and wisdom pertaining to the ward's management. While he wa s act ively engaged, the old coal stove, which stood in the middle of th e chape l and heated the building, was replaced by a new heating system a long wit h much more renovation. The Meadow Ward had some property west o f town pl anted to alfalfa and grain from which they obtained most of th e ward's re venue which they used to remodel the building. Lee took car e of the irrig ating on the farm. This entailed much hard work, such as c leaning ditche s from town to the field, as well as taking the water tur n and caring fo r it till it was finished. Often, he was so tired from hi s own labors, h e could hardly go, but he always managed the strength t o get up in the mi ddle of the night and irrigate the church land. I neve r heard him complai n and I'm sure he received many blessings for doing i t. The land produce d well, for Lee was a good farmer .

      He loved temple work and went often, taking his car and coaxing other s t o go with him, never going with an empty car. He was often asked to h el p with the temple ordinances.

      He was a home teacher for many years. His partners were sometimes olde r m en, but mostly young boys. They never missed getting it done. He wa s alwa ys prepared with a subject and began with prayer. If there was a n eed fo r material things, he made sure it was taken care of. He often off ered hi s own outfits [vehicles] or whatever it called for .

      If there was ever a town or church project, Lee was there with his equip m ent starting with his team of horses and later on with his tractor an d eq uipment. He was always busy, working hard and accomplishing much. I f Le e had a fault, it was no play, always work. There should be some rel axati on in everyone's life. He often said he was going to play before h e died . But he never quite made it. He passed away with a camper being b uilt fo r the truck and a down payment on a trip to Hawaii, so both wer e canceled .

      Lee held many civic positions. He was the Mayor of Meadow four years , o n the Irrigation Board for many years, and served on the Town Board s ever al times. He held a town board position at the time of his death. Le e wa s full of good ideas and proved to be very capable in each positio n he he ld. His plans were always carried out to the satisfaction of al l concerne d.

      Leland had many girlfriends and dates, so he could usually be found at a l l the parties and dances. I suppose you could say that he enjoyed lif e i n general.

      The fun times were many when Lee and I started to date. His family h a d a Model T. Ford car, which was one of the nicest in town, so it was f u n to go with him. We were married February 7, 1934, in the Salt Lake Te mp le.

      We started our married life in a little two-room house, on the lot whe r e we now live. Our first child was born there, a son, and we named hi m E . Leon. He was born on my Father's birthday, that's why he was give n th e initial E. for Elmer, after his grandfather's name .

      Some two years later we moved to Dan's home, Lee's brother's. We had a h a rd time making a living because of the depression. The price of grain h a d fallen to 25 cents per bushel and there was no sale for the cattle. T h e government sent cracked wheat to all who qualified for it, becaus e o f a drought which lasted for three years and made it impossible to gr ow w heat in the valley. We washed some of the wheat and cooked it for ce real . It tasted quite delicious with cream and sugar. The government bou ght o ur veal calves, slaughtered them, and gave them back to us. We bott led th e meat for use in winter and were very glad to get it .

      We were living in Dan's big house which was heated with a coal furnace . A t this time, we didn't have enough money to buy coal for it, so we sp en t the coldest winter months in the kitchen with only a cook stove fo r hea t. It was here our second child was born, a little girl. We were s o happ y to have a boy and a girl in our family. We named her Dixie .

      It wasn't long after that, when we bought the Vince Adams home down th e s treet a block, because we desperately needed a home of our own. It wa sn' t a new one, but we were comfortable. All this time, Lee was struggli ng t o get farmland for us. We also rented other land to make a better in come . He worked with a team of horses for a long time, so it was a memor abl e day when we bought our first tractor. It was like a new toy and w e ha d to have a lot of new machinery to pull behind it. So the struggl e to li ve went on and on.

      Our third and last child, Jim, was borne in Fillmore in a maternity hom e . Our children were all about five years apart .

      It wasn't long before they were all grown up. They attended grade scho o l in Meadow and high school in Fillmore. Leon was the first to graduat e a nd then he was called on a mission to the Netherlands. He labored the re f or two and one-half years and completed an honorable mission. We wer e s o proud of him. then Leon attended college in Cedar City. He now live s i n Bountiful with his wife Andrea and their two beautiful children , a gir l and a boy. Leon is a barber and has his own shop. He is also a n antiqu e train dealer.

      After completing high school, Dixie attended college for three years a t B .Y.U. She met Dee Allred there and later married him. They now resid e i n Springville and have a lovely new home. They have four boys to thei r cr edit. After sixteen years and a lot of hard work, Dixie has receive d he r degree from Brigham Young University. She is now a qualified schoo l tea cher in Health and Physical Education .

      Jim went to the Cumorah Mission in New York after completing his high sc h ool education and attending two years of college in Cedar City. He wa s ve ry successful in the mission field and had the opportunity to partic ipat e in the Cumorah Pageant. He received his Bachelor's and Master's De gree s from Brigham Young University. Jim continued his education at Ohi o Stat e College in Columbus, Ohio and received his Doctorate Degree in C hemica l Engineering. Jim and his wife Sue live in Fillmore where he work s as th e County Agent. They have four children, three girls and one bo y .

      Lee worked the farm, milked cows, and raised many crops to give his chil d ren all the advantages that he could, which, I am sure they appreciat e .

      Leland was called to be the first counselor in the Meadow Ward Bishopr i c later in life. This time he served with Harold Beckstrand as Bishop , De Lyle Carling as Second Counselor, and Ben Stott as Ward Clerk. He en joye d this time tremendously, as we were a little better off financiall y .

      We built a new home in 1964, down on the corner where we first started o u r married life. It was a pleasure to move into it, because of the centr a l heating and all the nice things that go into a new home. We worked to ge ther to build corrals and landscape the surroundings. By now all the c hil dren were married and we were getting older .

      It was only eight years from the time we moved in our new home and whi l e Lee was in the Bishopric for the second time that he passed away at t h e age of 64. It came quickly and quietly without warning or any previo u s sickness. It was a terrible shock and was hard to take, but I am than kf ul he went so easily. He often prayed that when his time came and he h a d to go, it would be sudden and without too much sickness or struggle . H e did just that and I am thankful for it. This is my recollection o f Lee' s life although it is very brief.

      I am proud to have been a part of Lee's life even if only in a small wa y . We had both happy and sad times, but we both loved being together an d m aking a home for our children, the best way we knew how, and to the b es t of our ability.

      His loving wife
      Lola Duncan Bushnell



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