Brief Life History of John Virgil
When John Virgil Bushman was born on 23 May 1921, in Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States, his father, Preston Ammaron Bushman, was 45 and his mother, Daphne Decker, was 38. He married Gwendolyn Victoria Fife on 17 December 1943, in Albany, Alameda, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to World in 1943 and lived in Boise, Idaho, United States in 1998 and Gridley, Butte, California, United States in 2007. He registered for military service in 1943. He died on 29 September 2007, in Orem, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Gridley-Biggs Cemetery, Gridley, Butte, California, United States.
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- John V Bushman, "United States 1950 Census"
- John Virgil Bushman, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
- John V Bushman, "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985"
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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.
1927
"Prior to 1877, the Gridley-Biggs Cemetery was known as the ""Wharton Burial Grounds"" named after John O. Wharton, a local farmer who deeded the first portion of land to the community for burials. On March 17, 1877, the Wharton Burial Grounds became the Live Oak Cemetery Association. The Association was formed as the Gridley-Biggs Cemetery District on June 29, 1927. The first known burial occurred in November 1855."
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Buschmann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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John Virgil Bushman and Gwendolyn Victoria Fife
From Unflinching Courage pp. 107-108 John Virgil Bushman was born May 23, 1921, at Snowflake, Arizona. He is the son of Preston A. Bushman and Daphne Decker, and a grandson of John Bushman and Lois A …
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