Bushman, Althedore

"ALTHEDORE BUSHMAN, farmer, P.O. Gettysburg, was born in Mountjoy Township, Adams Co., Penn., July 6, 1837, a son of George (a farmer) and Mary (Kepner) Bushman, natives of Pennsylvania, of German origin. George Bushman has been twice married, and of his four children (two of whom are living), Althedore is the youngest, the other survivor being Lewis A., a merchant of Adams County. Althedore grew up on the farm and attended the schools of his neighborhood, choosing the vocation of his father, that of farmer, which occupation he has thus far through life followed, and at which he has been reasonably successful. Mr. Bushman has been twice married; his first wife being Mary M., daughter of Peter Baker, and to whom he was married in 1862. Her death occurred in 1863, and in 1866 he married Lucinda Benner, a sister of George Benner, a prominent attorney of Gettysburg, by whom he had two children: Andrew B. and Mary C. Mr. and Mrs. Bushman and son, are members of the Lutheran Church, in which Mr. Bushman has been a deacon. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.; in politics, a Democrat. "