LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 3, p.611

Bushman, Lewis Jacob, an Elder of the Church who died while laboring in the missionary field, was the son of Martin Benjamin Bushman and Lucinda L. Goodwin, and was born in Lehi, Utah county, Utah, July 16, 1872. He was baptized by Abel John Evans in 1880, and later ordained to the Priesthood. Elder Bushman was set apart for a mission to the Southern States April 14, 1897, and after laboring in the ministry about one [p.612] year, he was suddenly taken sick with typhoid fever. He was sick about twenty-three days and gradually grew worse from day to day until his death, which occurred Oct. 31, 1897, in Russell county, Kentucky.

Andrew Jenson, Church Chronology, October 31, 1897 (Sunday)

Elder Lewis Jacob Bushman, of Escalante, Garfield Co., died of typhoid fever in Kentucky, where he labored as a missionary.