Individual Details
Elijah Dennis Bushnell
(19 Jan 1834 - 12 May 1899)
Monroe Weekly Times, Monroe Wisconsin, Thursday, May 18, 1899, Page 4, Col. 3: W. F. Grindell, a Platteville undertaker, was in the city and left with the remains of Elijah Bushnell, inmate of the county insane asylum, who will be burried (sic) at Rewey. Bushnell was 65 years old and had been in asylums for nineteen years. He was a old soldier and was held prisoner in both Anniston and Libby prisons. He became insane in 1865 and was at Mendota nine years before coming here. His family receives $72 per month pension.
Events
| Birth | 19 Jan 1834 | Hartland, Trumbull Co., Ohio |  | ||
| Military | 13 Aug 1861 | Enlisted in Company C, Wisconsin 7th Infantry Regiment on 13 Aug 1861.Mustered out on 28 Apr 1865. - Wisconsin | | ||
| Marriage | 23 Aug 1868 | Belmont, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin - Elizabeth Jane Austin | | ||
| Residence | 1880 | Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self - Belmont, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin | | ||
| Death | 12 May 1899 | Wisconsin | | ||
| Burial | Greenwood Cemetery, Platteville, Grant Co., Wisconsin | | |||
| Military | Wisconsin | | |||
| Residence | Wisconsin | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Jane Austin (1849 - 1925) |
| Child | Lewis Edward Bushnell (1873 - 1957) |