J. A. Bushfield Biography


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J. A. BUSHFIELD. "The Pioneer Press" of Miller, South Dakota, was 
founded January 4, 1882, by W. H. and E. J. Miller, as "The Hand County 
Press." It was conducted under this management until W. H. Kephart and 
George Seward purchased the paper, and the following year full control 
passed to Mr. Kephart, by the purchase of Mr. Steward's interest. In 
the spring of 1883 its present owner, John A. Bushfield, purchased a 
half interest, and it was conducted under joint partnership until 1889, 
when Mr. Bushfield purchased Mr. Kephart's interest, and has since had 
control of the entire plant. In November, 1893, he changed the name of 
the sheet from the "Hand County Press" to the "Pioneer Press," under 
which name it is now published. It is the oldest paper in the county, 
and is the Republican organ of Hand county, and enjoys a wide 
circulation. Its editorials are forcible, and it is considered one of 
the brightest exchanges in newspaper circles. 

John A. Bushfield was born in Cambridge, Ohio, in 1856, where he was 
reared and educated. At the age of twenty-one he removed to Atlantic, 
Iowa, where he followed the trade of a printer for five years. He 
located in Hand county in 1883, since which time he has been interested 
in newspaper work. 

Our subject was married in Atlantic, Iowa, in 1880, to Miss Cora 
Pearson, a native of Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Bushfield are the parents of 
three children, one son and two daughters, who bear the names of Harlie 
J., Dollie and Anna. 

Mr. Bushfield was deputy postmaster from 1885 to 1887, and was 
appointed postmaster at Miller in 1898, which office he is filling at 
present. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the 
Masonic fraternity, and is a stanch Republican, and has been a delegate 
to various county and state conventions. He is widely known and has a 
host of friends, who repose in him the highest confidence and esteem.