BIO:  Lewis A. BUSHMAN, Cumberland Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 398

LEWIS A. BUSHMAN, merchant, P.O. Gettysburg, was born in Cumberland Township, 
Adams Co., Penn., July 4, 1833, a son of George and Polly (Kepner) Bushman.  
His great-grandfather emigrated from Germany to America, settling in the city of 
Baltimore, Md., and served as a soldier in the war of 1812.  Andrew Bushman, the 
grandfather of Lewis A., was a farmer by occupation.  Our subject is the eldest 
of four children, two of whom are now living:  Althedore, the youngest, being a 
farmer of Adams County.  Lewis A. was reared on a farm, and chose that pursuit 
as his occupation, which he followed until 1883, when he opened a store at the 
foot of Round Top (at the terminus of the railroad) where he deals in all kinds 
of produce.  His schooling was acquired in the district schools while working on 
the farm with his parents.  Mr. Bushman has always been an industrious and 
faithful worker in whatever he undertook, and in business matters has been just 
and honest, sustaining himself honorably among his fellow-men, his word being as 
good as his note.  In 1856 he was married to Miss Caroline M., daughter of 
Joseph Little, she having been born in Gettysburg, Penn., of English origin.  
The names of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Bushman are Harry (deceased), George 
J. (a farmer), Strong Vincent and M. V.  Mr. and Mrs. Bushman are members of the 
Lutheran Church.  In politics he is a Democrat.