Nehemiah Bushnell (1813 - 1873)

Born 8 Oct 1813 in Connecticut

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Died 31 Jan 1873 at age 59 in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois

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Biography

Nehemiah Bushnell is Notable.

Nehemiah was born in 1813. He was the son of Nehemiah Bushnell and Mehitable Bushnell.

It is hardly necessary to preface this sketch with the assertion of the eminent ability, marked services, and irreproachable character of its subject. His achievements as a prominent and public spirited citizen of Quincy are as household words in the community, while his great qualities of head and heart displayed in social life are not less familiar.

A native of Connecticut, Nehemiah Bushnell received his education in that State, graduating at Yale College in 1835. Entering Harvard Law School, he passed the greater portion of the years 1836-7 in this institution, and then returning home completed his law studies in the office of Samuel Ingham, then one of the most eminent lawyers of New England.

Admitted to the bar in 1837, he immediately came west, locating at Quincy. On the 20th of December, in the same year, he commenced the practice of law with his present partner, Hon. O. H. Browning: and this professional association has since continued without interruption. Shortly after establishing himself here tho publication of the Quincy Whig was commenced, and Mr. Bushnell, assisted by Andrew Johnson, also an attorney, conducted its editorial department, both volunteering their services. Subsequently these gentlemen surrendered their editorial responsibilities, and Mr. Bushnell has since devoted himself exclusively to his profession.

As a lawyer he promptly took rank as the peer of the most gifted men in the State, and adding to his native powers, untiring energy and industry, soon attracted a large and lucrative practice. This he retains to the present day.

Although zealously devoted to his profession, and indefatigable in the interests of his clients, Mr. Bushnell has engaged largely in public enterprises for the advancement of Quincy. As President of the Northern Cross Railroad for many years, and the Quincy Railroad Bridge Company, he was instrumental in achieving for our city two of the grandest enterprises in its history and progress. An active friend of education and science he has aided materially in their development, while in promoting the religious and moral status of Quincy his efforts have been not less marked. In brief, no one citizen has accomplished more for Quincy, and none more justly or more universally esteemed than Nehemiah Bushnell.^[1]

He passed away in 1873.

Sources

1. ↑ History of Quincy and Its Men of Mark, 1869

• Vital Records of Millbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1903);
  • p. 63 "BENEDICT, Eliza H. and Nehemiah Bushnell of Quincy, 111., Oct. 12, 1840."

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehemiah_Bushnell