Bio of BUSHNELL, Rev. John Edward, Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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REV. JOHN EDWARD BUSHNELL - Vol III, pg 651
Rev. John Edward Bushnell, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian church of
Minneapolis for the past twenty-three years, is widely recognized as one of the
leading divines of the city. He is a native of Old Saybrook, Connecticut, and a
son of John Frederick and Emma (Palmer) Bushnell. His earliest American ancestor
was Francis Bushnell, who came to this country in the closing years of the
seventeenth century. Excellent educational advantages were afforded him in his
youth. He attended the Morgan School at Clinton, Connecticut, and subsequently
matriculated in Yale University, from which he was graduated with the degree of
Bachelor of Arts in 1880. In preparation for the ministry he continued his
studies in Yale Theological Seminary, which in 1883 conferred upon him the
degree of Bachelor of Sacred Theology and in which institution he pursued
postgraduate work the following year, having been appointed to a fellowship.
From New York University he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity. His first
pastorate was at Fairfield, Connecticut, where he preached as a Congregational
minister from 1884 until 1888, when he became pastor of the Presby­terian church
at Rye, New York, there remaining through the succeeding five years. From 1893
until 1898 he served as pastor of the Phillips Presbyterian church of New York
city and continued in the eastern metropolis for two more years as pastor of the
Madison Avenue Presbyterian church. Since 1900 he has occupied the pulpit of the
Westminster Presbyterian church in Minneapolis, where his labors have been
attended with splendid results in the moral and spiritual life of the people.
On the 14th of June, 1887, in Brooklyn, New York, Rev. Bushnell was united in
marriage to Miss Florence Ellsworth and they have become parents of three sons,
namely: Ellsworth, who wedded Miriam Howard of Boston; John Horace, who married
Margaret Wagemaker of Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Paul Palmer. Rev. Bushnell
holds membership in the Minneapolis Club and the Minikahda Club and is held in
high esteem throughout the city as a consecrated and zealous servant of the
Master.