Brief Life History of Preston Wilburt
When Preston Wilburt Bushman was born on 19 May 1921, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, his father, Jacob Virgil Bushman, was 32 and his mother, Ruth Campkin Fuller, was 30. He married Carol Eagar on 18 January 1945, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He immigrated to World in 1944 and lived in Arizona, United States in 1935 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1944. He died on 30 November 1996, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in East Lawn Memorial Hills, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Preston W Bushman, "United States 1950 Census"
- Preston Wilburt Bushman, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
- Preston Wilburt Bushman, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1923 · President Harding visits Utah to get to know the people.
President Warren G. Harding's visited Utah as part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him closer to the people and their conditions. After Speaking at Liberty Park, the president went to the Hotel Utah where he met with President Heber J. Grant and talked to him about the history of the church.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Buschmann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Preston Wilbert Bushman
From Unflinching Courage pp. 120-121 Preston W. Bushman was born May 19, 1921, at Mesa, Arizona. He is the son of Jacob Virgil Bushman and Ruth C. Fuller, and is a grandson of John Bushman and Lois A. …
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