Sketches, Life Stories, Obituaries
Gathered by Ann Lewis
This is a collection of information about family members who descend from
Theodore Turley (1801-1871) and/or Martin Bushman (1802-1870). It is intended to help you gain a better
understanding of those who have gone before us. These life stories can be used
in your Family Home Evening lessons, as you prepare talks, or as your children
are asked to prepare school reports on their ancestors. Each name is linked to
information about that person that can easily be cut and pasted into your PAF
notes or Family History data bases, or printed out and shared with family
members.
President Gordon B. Hinckley reminds us:
�It is good to look to the
past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future. It is
good to look upon the virtues of those who have gone before, to gain strength
for whatever lies ahead. It is good to reflect upon the work of those who
labored so hard and gained so little in this world, but out of whose dreams has
come a great harvest of which we are the beneficiaries. Their tremendous
example can become a compelling motivation for us all, for each of us is a
pioneer in his own life, often in his own family, and many of us pioneer daily
in trying to establish a gospel foothold in distant parts of the world. . . .
�In the environment in which
many of us live, there is need for reminders of lessons learned in the past. In
our times of abundance, it is good occasionally to be taken back to earlier
days, to have our minds refocused on the struggles of the early Latter-day
Saints, to remind us of the necessity for labor if the earth is to be made to
yield, of the importance of faith in God if there is to be lasting achievement,
and of the need to recognize that many of the so-called old values are worthy of
present application.� (�The Faith of the Pioneers,� Ensign, July 1984, p. 3.)
If you have stories or life sketches of family
members who are not yet represented, and would like them included, please
contact Ann Lewis at annlewis@byu.net
or mail to: Ann Lewis, 24 West 500 South, Orem, Utah, 84054
The Theodore Turley Family Book, Wayne Turley, Nancy Romans
Turley, Robert E. Turley, eds. The original Book was published in 1978 and put
on CD in 2001. FHL Microfilm #1321300 and call number 929.273/T848t.
The Bushman Family, Originally of Pennsylvania and the Rocky
Mountain States, Newbern I.
Butt, comp., The Bushman
Family History Committee, Provo, Utah, 1956.
Lehi, Centennial History,
Hamilton Gardner, The Lehi Pioneer Committee, 1913.
Pioneer Women,
Roberta Flake Clayton, compiler/editor, BX 8670.07 .C579p, BYU Library (typed
and bound manuscript, no publisher or date listed).
Family
History Suite 2,
Ancestry.com, Pioneer Heritage Library.
Our
Pioneer Heritage, Carter, Kate B., ed..
20 vols. Salt Lake City: International Society, Daughters of Utah Pioneers,
1958�1977.
Pioneers
and Prominent Men of Utah, Frank Esshom,
ed. Comprising Photographs, Genealogies, Biographies. Salt Lake City: Utah
Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913.
Latter‑day
Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of
Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‑day Saints,
AndrewJenson,. 4 vols. A. Jenson History Company and Deseret News, 1901�36.
Heart
Throbs of the West, Daughters of the
Utah Pioneers, Salt Lake City: International Society, Daughters of Utah
Pioneers.
Climbing Life�s Mountains:
Arizona Pioneer Stories and Faith-Promoting Experiences, collected by Edith
Smith Bushman 1941-1972; compiled and published by The A. E. Bushman Family
Organization, 1993.
(Climbing
Life�s Mountainsis a rare collection of the
stories and faith inspiring experiences. Many of them relate to the early
Mormon colonists (and their descendants) in Arizona. Beginning with the
founding of the original four settlements: Allen�s Camp (Joseph City), Sunset,
Brigham City, and Obed in March 1876, the pioneers came in a steady stream for
the next ten years. They usually stopped at Sunset or Allen�s Camp for a rest
before moving on to establish new communities in Navajo and Apache Counties as
well as going further to the Gila valley in southeastern Arizona.
(They came
from well-established homes in Utah to a barren wilderness where survival became
their priority. Endurance, patience, and tolerance were virtues all had to
develop as they struggled to provide for their basic needs. There were always
the unpredictable elements, the scarcity of supplies, the lawless gangs, the
Indian uprisings and the need for more medical help as well as the isolation
from family and friend left behind. And there was work, work, work, with plenty
of discouragement. Success came because of commitment, stick-to-itiveness and
vision. Faith in God was their greatest asset and comfort. Many prayers were
offered. Many prayers were answered.)
Zimmerman Family of Lehi, Utahby William Z. Terry, Ogden, Utah 1956
(33 pages, copy in possession of
AnnLewis)
Ancestors of
the Zimmerman Family of Lehi, Utah, by
Terry, William Zimmerman.
Ogden, Utah, 1932.
Maria Elizabeth Bushman Smith The Life
Story of Our MotherBy Derryfield N. SmithPublished by the Maria E. B. and Silas D. Smith Family Association,
Altamonte Springs, Florida, 1982