Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-23
nOtR BusHaANs DEATH.
49,, If Elder Martincau, Who Was with
1st"''' Him at the Last,

,,,orez. Mex. Nov. IL, 1897.
10 the hai' oxtroots from letter Just
ens ss from my son, Nephi Mar
rsc'hs1 ~ monticello, Wayne county,
tnsaa' .,st,re to the last Illness ana
~ ts,', rl5er Bushman, as 1t may be
dsath % TO his personal friends
d ~, m YOU deem it worthy OF pnoi,T@-
shouiu JAMES II. MAhTlNhAu'
ton. "rawbush, Nov 3, 1897.
father. Mother and Alive
'peM called upon to part with one
t,' sn y number, Elder Bushman' VINO
q ~ peacefully away sunday , &C.
rass ,ss- Al 6:45 a. m. of typhoid FEVER.
o. w. ,aer in the field nearly a year
He hau u,,ate and hearty until SUD
md wa IN AWAY. He was SICK
denly M .1re. days and gradually GOT
twenty I'm ,s day to day. was In Al
worse IT, forty miles away, traVel-
tAny, ~" ia. Elders, when we re-
ing ainVI tslegrnm that he was dnhge,-
tsiIed 'eaying Albany for MS peu,
ogs! 1890 a. m. on foot, we Pr,sset
sac snassing many houses, anu n'l d.
o. ftelt TO go up 10 ce,u.ih Iii
onse ,bsre find u dinner, Whicn We u'u,
aa1 we're we're asked to partake. we 1871
and WI onward. turning aside at times
pesseu nraver. determined not to stop
70 ha'e re9ched our sick brother. Az
unili w came to the Cumberland
sHnse. az M money to pay the ferry
ryer ,rhom we told our condition,
nan' Iod MIN to ferry us over ana go
ani asnv ~ Inc owner OF the boat when
villa Us nh owner of the boat said IL
BE uip ,isbt nnd gave us n good warm
vas az W. then passed out into our
slppssi rad through the timber. .
Nnus vas now dark, and after. little
we mad prayers, asking the LORD
uuH ls to the house, some sixteen
w away, through an unknown roau
h As eountry. We lost our way In the
l lns,rsss, and felt impressed not TO go
%, s,rther in that direction, ana soon
ss.g,inad our true course. Apou, l
is'tslork we called at a house To ,nquire
osV 'rav and were given good lunch
on we warm fire. the night being chilly;
th1 ~" man OF the house kindly volun-
az. .a a 10 guide us to Elder Bushman' s
t'islis Arriving there we found Elder
III Tones feeling poorly and Elder
1s'b,,au very low with fever. he had
~. Hi, three weeks. We admins
- 10 him and then lay down to rest,
,.nr very tired. and having done for
~ a we could. But he spent n
r , had night having n cold sweat
,sS constantly sinking. | was watch
irs with him and at o'clock / awoke
T5Ar Martin and we administered to
m, again and he quietly passed away
rhle we were kneeling by him. He
rsver uttered word. While he was
I'll and asked II he wanted to go
t5me he always answered mo- My
iii and Elder Jones laid him out while
riar Martin went to procure n team
md wagon to take his body TO the rail-
rad We were told to get him away
i-1n the house as soon as possible. the
rsople not being very friendly. and at
N we left. going to Somerset. thirty
IKE miles distant, and arrived there at
o'clock am. We telegraphed to his
home and to Chattanooga, and Elder
Martin accompanied his remains to
Cincinnati
IT was very sad to part with one
50 noble and true to his duty; he was
good worker, and ! feel that he has
gone to continue his work on the other
tIie NEPHI MARTINEAU."