Bushman, Lois Angeline Smith, 1844-1921

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Dates

Existence: 1844 - 1921

Biography

Lois Angeline Smith Bushman (1844-1921) was an early founder of St. Joseph, Arizona.

Lois Angeline Smith Bushman was born on January 25, 1844, in Little Rock, Arkansas to John Mitchell Smith and Maria Amanda Foscue. Her family relocated from Texas to travel to Utah with the pioneers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Along the journey, her father contracted cholera and died, leaving behind his wife and their four small children which included Lois. Once in Utah, the family settled in Lehi, Utah. While in Lehi, Lois met John Bushman and they were married on February 11, 1865, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Together they had twelve children. In 1874 Lois and John were sent to establish the settlement of St. Joseph, Arizona. In 1902, Lois received a cash dowry of $500 from an uncle, which she used to open a dry goods store. The dry goods store was the first store in St. Joseph and served as a trading center for the Navajo Indians. Lois returned to Utah with her husband where they resettled in Lehi, Utah. She died on September 19, 1921, in Lehi, Utah.

Citation:

FamilySearch, November 20, 2023 (Lois Angeline Smith Bushman; b. January 25, 1844, in Little Rock, Arkansas to John Mitchell Smith and Maria Amanda Foscue; family relocated from Texas to travel to Utah with the pioneers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; father contracted cholera and died, leaving behind his wife and their four small children which included Lois; family settled in Lehi, Utah; met John Bushman; m.February 11, 1865, in Salt Lake City, Utah; twelve children; 1874 Lois and John were sent to establish the settlement of St. Joseph, Arizona; 1902, Lois received a cash dowry of $500 from an uncle, which she used to open a dry goods store; dry goods store was the first store in St. Joseph and also served as a trading center for the Navajo Indians; returned to Utah; resettled in Lehi, Utah; d. September 19, 1921, in Lehi, Utah) https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KWNN-X7F/lois-angeline-smith-1844-1921

Google Books, accessed January 18, 2024 ("I Will Sing": The Life Story of Lois Angeline Smith Bushman, a Pioneer Mother) https://books.google.com/books/about/I_Will_Sing_the_Life_Story_of_Lois_Angel.html?id=U9WRjwEACAAJ

Brief sketch of the pioneer life of Lois A. Smith Bushman, University of Utah, accessed January 18, 2024 (Lois A. Smith Bushman) https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63b52pb

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

A brief sketch of the pioneer life of Lois A. Smith Bushman

File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230305432]

Identifier: MSS SC 792

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typescript. Although intended to be a biographical sketch of Lois Bushman, manuscript includes a great deal of information about her husband, John, and the author as well. Covers the conversion of Lois's family to the Mormon Church in 1844; their trek across the plains to Utah; their subsequent move to establish Mormon settlements in eastern Arizona in 1876; and life on the Utah and Arizona frontier.

Dates: 1937

Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Lois Angeline Smith Bushman family letters

Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239131755]

Identifier: MSS 9505

Scope and Contents Collection consists of letters related to the family of Lois Angeline Smith Bushman. Includes six letters: 1) letter from Bushman's grandfather, Benjamin Foscue, to her father, John Smith, dated July 4, 1849, expressing displeasure that Smith and his wife, Maria, Benjamin's daughter, were moving from Texas to Utah with the Mormons; 2) letter from Maria Foscue Smith, Goshen, Utah, to Lois Angeline Smith Bushman, dated May 7, 1877, asking her to come to Goshen to help take care of her mother's...

Dates: 1849-1877