Hiram Milton Bushnell ¹

   Find a Grave ID: 45625972.

  General Notes:

Enlisted for one year Feb 11, 1865 in the 44th reg. Wis Vo l Inf., Co. K. The 44th Wis was employed in post and guar d duty at Nashville Tn. and then in April of 1865 moved t o Paducah, Ky where they were used for picket duty until th e end of Aug. 1865.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Land. Hiram, on 22 FEB 1859, purchased from his brother, Ralph and Ralph's wife, land as described: "The North half of Fifty acres off the South end of the West half of the North West quarter, of section number Twelve, of Township number Three North of Range number Two West of the fourth Principal meridian".

2. Military. Enlisted as a Private in Co. C, 29th Infantry Reg. WI.; transferred to Co. K, 14th Infantry Reg. WI. on June 22, 1865; Mustered out Co. K, 14th Infantry Reg. WI on Oct 9, 1865 at Mobile, AL.

3. Obituary. H.M. Bushnell,
Civil War Vet,
Dies At Age Of 91

Hiram M. Bushnell was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, April 14, 1829. He came west with his parents when 15 years of age and settled in the town of Harrison. He was united in marriage to Lenice Robbins Dec 28, 1855. She departed this life in 1862 leaving three motherless children, Newton Bushnell and Mrs. Anna Hake of Platteville and Chester of Elko, Nevada. In the year 1863 he married Jane L. Norris. From this union were born two children, Lenora hake of Cornell, Wis. and Bertha, his youngest daughter, who has been his companion and housekeeper since the death of her mother in 1894.

He was converted in 1849 and has lived a Christian life ever since and departed this life to join his loved ones in a better land Jan 22, 1920. If he had lived until April 14 he would have been 91.

Mr. Bushnell was a veteran of the Civil War, enlisting in Co. K, 44th Wis. and served until the close of the war. He was an honorable member of the G.A.R. of this city.

Mr. Bushnell was well and favorably known by his many friends living in or near Platteville for 75 years. His many friends will miss the genial smile and hearty hand clasp but his was a life well spent and we feel that he was ready to enter into his reward. His lasrt illness was of a few dasys duration. Less than two weeks ago he met his comrades and friends at installation of the Post. He passed peacefully away as he had lived.

Funeral services were held at 1 o'clock Sunday at the Free Methodist church. The G.A.R. officiated and sermon by the minister.(sic) The remains were laid to rest in Union cemetery.
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank the neighbors and friends who so kindly helped in the death of our beloved father, also to those who brought flowers and to the G.A.R.
Mr. and Mrs. N.M. Bushnell
Mr. and Mrs. L.L. Hake
Mrs. G.G. Hake
Bertha Busnell

Hiram married Louisa Maria Robbins, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 25 Dec 1855. (Louisa Maria Robbins was born on 10 Mar 1836, died on 9 Oct 1962 and was buried in Platteville, WI, Whig Cemetery.)

  Marriage Notes:

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Hiram next married Jane Sylvia Norris, daughter of James Monroe Norris and Lenora A Marr, on 21 May 1863. (Jane Sylvia Norris was born in 1846 in PA, died on 14 Feb 1894 in Grant Cty, WI and was buried in Union, WI, Lima Union Cemetery.)