Grundy County IL Archives Obituaries.....Bushnell, Alexander 1894
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Morris Herald, Mar 14, 1894
A Good Man Gone. 

After Four Months Illness Alexander Bushnell Succombs to The Inevitable; After 
a painful illness of four months to the very day of his death Alexander 
Bushnell passed peacefully to the great Beyond at 6:45 last Wednesday evening. 
Deceased was born in Madison county, New York, May 20, 1822. In 1830 he came 
west with his parents, settling on a farm north of Morris. March 13, 1850, he 
was married in this city to Miss Fannie J Lyons, who survives him. They lived 
on what has long been known as the Stone place, four miles north of Morris 
until late in the 50's when they took up their residence in this city. Mr 
Bushnell held the respect of all who knew him. At the April election in 1860 
he was elected city marshal, was elected as alderman from the Fourth ward in 
1862, and was elected street commissioner, as the office was then called, in 
1869, re-elected in 1871 to 1875 inclusive, and few men served the public more 
faithfully and honorably than did Alexander Bushnell. Of nine brothers and one 
sister only two brothers survive, Lyman of Lisbon, and David of Burlington, 
Wis. He was a brother of the late Washington Bushnell, ex-attorney General of 
Illinois, and was uncle of the wife of Judge Charles Blanchard. Four months 
ago, as before stated, to the very day of his death he was taken sick, but for 
many years he had been troubled with asthma. Kidney disease was his fatal 
illness, and for many weeks he suffered untold pain. He was conscious up to 
within two hours of his death, at that period he seemed to rest easier, and 
when the final summons came he passed away without a struggle. It was a 
peaceful parting. He was generous to a fault, many live who can say "He was 
one of my best and dearest friends." Mr and Mrs Bushnell were not blessed with 
any children, but they reared a niece and at her death they did likewise to 
her daughters, now Mrs Charles Maunders and Mrs Richard Winemiller. The 
funeral took place from the house Friday at 11 o'clock, Rev W C Magner 
officiating, and the remains being laid to rest in Evergreen cemetery. 

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