Nancy Clark was the daughter of Reuben Clark and Nancy Chandler. She was born 18 Jul 1818 in Sullivan Township, Madison County, NY. In 1837 she married George Bushnell in Cass County, Michigan. They had nine children: James, Elizabeth, Jane, Joseph, Joel, Julia, Ida, Nancy and Washington. She moved to Lisbon, Kendall County, IL, with her father, Reuben Clark and her husband George Bushnell in 1840 at the age of 22. She and Reuben owned their own farm in Lisbon, IL. She passed away 24 Apr 1893 in Lisbon, IL and is buried in the Lisbon Cemetery.
Interesting ancestry: Nancy is a Mayflower descendant, the 6th Great Granddaughter of Richard Warren (Line: Nancy Clark, Reuben Clark, Mary Johnson, Mary Rodgers, Dorothy Wood, Mary Church, Joseph Church, Elizabeth Warren, Richard Warren).
Obituary: "The funeral of Mrs. Nancy Bushnell was held at her late home Tuesday afternoon, May 3, 1893, Rev. A. C. Miller officiating. Many old friends and neighbors being in attendance.
Deceased was born in Sullivan, Oneida County, NY in 1818. She was married to George Bushnell July 4, 1835, who preceded her to the other world more than twenty-six years ago. From Sullivan she went with her parents to Niles, Michigan, via the lakes, a journey of six weeks duration, and from thence to Lisbon in 1840, where she joined her husband, who had preceded her some months, to prepare a home on the then wild and bleak prairies of a new and unsettled country.
The journey from Michigan was made overland, and besides bringing household effects, material for their pioneer home was also transported the same way save the framework - that was taken from Big Grove. This modest dwelling was erected on the same place where the present large and commodious residence now stands, two miles north of Lisbon village.
This was 53 years ago, when the fine fields and flourishing farms of today were mostly an ocean of boundless, trackless, dreary, uncultivated waste; a sea of tall, sturdy grass, that waved and nodded its silent welcome to the playful, gentle winds, or whistled and swished in an agony of torture, as the wild, unrelenting tempest swept over its trembling, yielding surface. It was Nature’s only fertile gift to earth’s richest possibilities, save perhaps the stolen presence of some little wild flower, that had crept in to bloom and blush unseen, to died and waste away, a martyr to beauty’s venturesome and daring obtrusiveness.
The Indian’s trail was yet fresh, and the buffalo track scarcely undimmed. It was the pioneer period, when hardships were rife, and ill paid toil abundant; when people knew no caste, frivolities or waste; when every humble cabin was a rest for the straggling weary, a shelter for any lost or belated explorer. Free hospitality was the predominating quality of the poor and struggling pioneer. Many tired and impecunious travelers were made welcome and refreshed at the humble dwelling of this kind woman and her husband.
We had no personal acquaintance with deceased, but always heard her spoken of in kindly terms. She was devoted to her home, very quiet and retiring and mingled little with the world."
She was the mother of four daughters - Viola Van Valkenberg, Julia Cody, Ida Kellogg, all residents of Corning, Iowa, and Nancy Penfield of Morris. James is the only surviving son. Joseph, the oldest, was a member of Co. D, 36th 111 regiment, who died and was buried at Rienzi, Miss., during the war. Thus endeth a kind, busy and useful life. Kendall County Record # 34092, 3 May 1893
Interesting ancestry: Nancy is the 6th great granddaughter of Richard Warren, passenger on the Mayflower.
Interesting ancestry: Nancy is a Mayflower descendant, the 6th Great Granddaughter of Richard Warren (Line: Nancy Clark, Reuben Clark, Mary Johnson, Mary Rodgers, Dorothy Wood, Mary Church, Joseph Church, Elizabeth Warren, Richard Warren).
Obituary: "The funeral of Mrs. Nancy Bushnell was held at her late home Tuesday afternoon, May 3, 1893, Rev. A. C. Miller officiating. Many old friends and neighbors being in attendance.
Deceased was born in Sullivan, Oneida County, NY in 1818. She was married to George Bushnell July 4, 1835, who preceded her to the other world more than twenty-six years ago. From Sullivan she went with her parents to Niles, Michigan, via the lakes, a journey of six weeks duration, and from thence to Lisbon in 1840, where she joined her husband, who had preceded her some months, to prepare a home on the then wild and bleak prairies of a new and unsettled country.
The journey from Michigan was made overland, and besides bringing household effects, material for their pioneer home was also transported the same way save the framework - that was taken from Big Grove. This modest dwelling was erected on the same place where the present large and commodious residence now stands, two miles north of Lisbon village.
This was 53 years ago, when the fine fields and flourishing farms of today were mostly an ocean of boundless, trackless, dreary, uncultivated waste; a sea of tall, sturdy grass, that waved and nodded its silent welcome to the playful, gentle winds, or whistled and swished in an agony of torture, as the wild, unrelenting tempest swept over its trembling, yielding surface. It was Nature’s only fertile gift to earth’s richest possibilities, save perhaps the stolen presence of some little wild flower, that had crept in to bloom and blush unseen, to died and waste away, a martyr to beauty’s venturesome and daring obtrusiveness.
The Indian’s trail was yet fresh, and the buffalo track scarcely undimmed. It was the pioneer period, when hardships were rife, and ill paid toil abundant; when people knew no caste, frivolities or waste; when every humble cabin was a rest for the straggling weary, a shelter for any lost or belated explorer. Free hospitality was the predominating quality of the poor and struggling pioneer. Many tired and impecunious travelers were made welcome and refreshed at the humble dwelling of this kind woman and her husband.
We had no personal acquaintance with deceased, but always heard her spoken of in kindly terms. She was devoted to her home, very quiet and retiring and mingled little with the world."
She was the mother of four daughters - Viola Van Valkenberg, Julia Cody, Ida Kellogg, all residents of Corning, Iowa, and Nancy Penfield of Morris. James is the only surviving son. Joseph, the oldest, was a member of Co. D, 36th 111 regiment, who died and was buried at Rienzi, Miss., during the war. Thus endeth a kind, busy and useful life. Kendall County Record # 34092, 3 May 1893
Interesting ancestry: Nancy is the 6th great granddaughter of Richard Warren, passenger on the Mayflower.
Nancy Clark was the daughter of Reuben Clark and Nancy Chandler. She was born 18 Jul 1818 in Sullivan Township, Madison County, NY. In 1837 she married George Bushnell in Cass County, Michigan. They had nine children: James, Elizabeth, Jane, Joseph, Joel, Julia, Ida, Nancy and Washington. She moved to Lisbon, Kendall County, IL, with her father, Reuben Clark and her husband George Bushnell in 1840 at the age of 22. She and Reuben owned their own farm in Lisbon, IL. She passed away 24 Apr 1893 in Lisbon, IL and is buried in the Lisbon Cemetery.
Interesting ancestry: Nancy is a Mayflower descendant, the 6th Great Granddaughter of Richard Warren (Line: Nancy Clark, Reuben Clark, Mary Johnson, Mary Rodgers, Dorothy Wood, Mary Church, Joseph Church, Elizabeth Warren, Richard Warren).
Obituary: "The funeral of Mrs. Nancy Bushnell was held at her late home Tuesday afternoon, May 3, 1893, Rev. A. C. Miller officiating. Many old friends and neighbors being in attendance.
Deceased was born in Sullivan, Oneida County, NY in 1818. She was married to George Bushnell July 4, 1835, who preceded her to the other world more than twenty-six years ago. From Sullivan she went with her parents to Niles, Michigan, via the lakes, a journey of six weeks duration, and from thence to Lisbon in 1840, where she joined her husband, who had preceded her some months, to prepare a home on the then wild and bleak prairies of a new and unsettled country.
The journey from Michigan was made overland, and besides bringing household effects, material for their pioneer home was also transported the same way save the framework - that was taken from Big Grove. This modest dwelling was erected on the same place where the present large and commodious residence now stands, two miles north of Lisbon village.
This was 53 years ago, when the fine fields and flourishing farms of today were mostly an ocean of boundless, trackless, dreary, uncultivated waste; a sea of tall, sturdy grass, that waved and nodded its silent welcome to the playful, gentle winds, or whistled and swished in an agony of torture, as the wild, unrelenting tempest swept over its trembling, yielding surface. It was Nature’s only fertile gift to earth’s richest possibilities, save perhaps the stolen presence of some little wild flower, that had crept in to bloom and blush unseen, to died and waste away, a martyr to beauty’s venturesome and daring obtrusiveness.
The Indian’s trail was yet fresh, and the buffalo track scarcely undimmed. It was the pioneer period, when hardships were rife, and ill paid toil abundant; when people knew no caste, frivolities or waste; when every humble cabin was a rest for the straggling weary, a shelter for any lost or belated explorer. Free hospitality was the predominating quality of the poor and struggling pioneer. Many tired and impecunious travelers were made welcome and refreshed at the humble dwelling of this kind woman and her husband.
We had no personal acquaintance with deceased, but always heard her spoken of in kindly terms. She was devoted to her home, very quiet and retiring and mingled little with the world."
She was the mother of four daughters - Viola Van Valkenberg, Julia Cody, Ida Kellogg, all residents of Corning, Iowa, and Nancy Penfield of Morris. James is the only surviving son. Joseph, the oldest, was a member of Co. D, 36th 111 regiment, who died and was buried at Rienzi, Miss., during the war. Thus endeth a kind, busy and useful life. Kendall County Record # 34092, 3 May 1893
Interesting ancestry: Nancy is the 6th great granddaughter of Richard Warren, passenger on the Mayflower.
Interesting ancestry: Nancy is a Mayflower descendant, the 6th Great Granddaughter of Richard Warren (Line: Nancy Clark, Reuben Clark, Mary Johnson, Mary Rodgers, Dorothy Wood, Mary Church, Joseph Church, Elizabeth Warren, Richard Warren).
Obituary: "The funeral of Mrs. Nancy Bushnell was held at her late home Tuesday afternoon, May 3, 1893, Rev. A. C. Miller officiating. Many old friends and neighbors being in attendance.
Deceased was born in Sullivan, Oneida County, NY in 1818. She was married to George Bushnell July 4, 1835, who preceded her to the other world more than twenty-six years ago. From Sullivan she went with her parents to Niles, Michigan, via the lakes, a journey of six weeks duration, and from thence to Lisbon in 1840, where she joined her husband, who had preceded her some months, to prepare a home on the then wild and bleak prairies of a new and unsettled country.
The journey from Michigan was made overland, and besides bringing household effects, material for their pioneer home was also transported the same way save the framework - that was taken from Big Grove. This modest dwelling was erected on the same place where the present large and commodious residence now stands, two miles north of Lisbon village.
This was 53 years ago, when the fine fields and flourishing farms of today were mostly an ocean of boundless, trackless, dreary, uncultivated waste; a sea of tall, sturdy grass, that waved and nodded its silent welcome to the playful, gentle winds, or whistled and swished in an agony of torture, as the wild, unrelenting tempest swept over its trembling, yielding surface. It was Nature’s only fertile gift to earth’s richest possibilities, save perhaps the stolen presence of some little wild flower, that had crept in to bloom and blush unseen, to died and waste away, a martyr to beauty’s venturesome and daring obtrusiveness.
The Indian’s trail was yet fresh, and the buffalo track scarcely undimmed. It was the pioneer period, when hardships were rife, and ill paid toil abundant; when people knew no caste, frivolities or waste; when every humble cabin was a rest for the straggling weary, a shelter for any lost or belated explorer. Free hospitality was the predominating quality of the poor and struggling pioneer. Many tired and impecunious travelers were made welcome and refreshed at the humble dwelling of this kind woman and her husband.
We had no personal acquaintance with deceased, but always heard her spoken of in kindly terms. She was devoted to her home, very quiet and retiring and mingled little with the world."
She was the mother of four daughters - Viola Van Valkenberg, Julia Cody, Ida Kellogg, all residents of Corning, Iowa, and Nancy Penfield of Morris. James is the only surviving son. Joseph, the oldest, was a member of Co. D, 36th 111 regiment, who died and was buried at Rienzi, Miss., during the war. Thus endeth a kind, busy and useful life. Kendall County Record # 34092, 3 May 1893
Interesting ancestry: Nancy is the 6th great granddaughter of Richard Warren, passenger on the Mayflower.
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