DALTON ECHO 5/31/1901
MRS. CATHERINE ANN BUSHART, DAUGHTER OF ALEXANDER AND SUSAN PATTERSON WAS BORN IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY, OHIO, JAN. 19,1828 AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HER HOME IN BETHANY, ILLINOIS, MAY 26, 1901, AGED 73 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS.
SHE WAS MARRIED TO JOHN BUSHART IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY, OHIO, MARCH 9, 1844 AND THEY WALKED THE PATH OF LIFE TOGETHER OVER 57 YEARS. TO THEM WERE BORN SEVEN CHILDRN, SIX OF WHOM SURVIVE, ELI, THE ELDEST SON, DIED WHEN HE WAS THIRTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
ALL THE CHILDREN EXCEPT GEORGE OF MORRISONVILLE, MO WERE PRESENT AT THE FUNERAL. MRS. BUSHART WAS CONVERTED TO CHRIST AND UNITED WITH THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT NEW HOPE UNDER THE MINISTRY OF ELDER JOHN W. SCONCE ABOUT 35 YEARS AGO AND WAS A FAITFUL MEMBER OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF BETHANY AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH. SHE LOVED TO READ AND MEDITATE UPON THE WORD OF GOD AND SPENT A GOOD PART OF THE TIME DURING HER AFFLICTION IN READING OR LISTENING TO SOMEONE READ THE BIBLE. SHE WAS A SUFFERER FOR ANY YEARS BUT ALWAYS BORE HER AFFLICTION WITH GREAT FORTITUDE.
OBITUARY BY JANET DONNER
Family Members
Spouse
John Bushart
1822–1903
Children
Eli Bushart
1847–1860
John M. Bushart
1853–1935
