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Neat little piece of Mormon history5 X 4CHURCH OF THE LATTER DAY SAINTShandwritten note with stamped cancelST JOSEPH, APACHE CO. ARIZONA, JAN 23RD, 1891A COLE JR?PLEASE PAY BISHOP J (JOHN) BUSHMAN 8 DOLLARS IN MERCHANDISE APPLY ON ANYTHING AND CHARGE MEsigned S.G. LADDwe assume this is the handwriting and signature of SAMUEL GREENLEAF LADD (ALIAS SAM JOHNSON)one of the BROOKLYN SAINTS, listed as a passenger on the voyage of the ship BROOKLYN in 1846LADD had a military background (major?) and was a trained surveyorHe worked for Brigham Young for yearsLived at the Mormon Colony in Arizona and stayed there permanently in 1876he was part of the THOMAS RHOADES "GOLD TRAIN"he became an elder at the church
BISHOP JOHN BUSHMAN
In 1878, he moved his wife Lois and family to Arizona and helped to settle St. Joseph. John Bushman was an outstanding leader and pioneer. He helped to build eight dams on the Little Colorado River before one stayed permanently.
He sowed the first wheat in Northern Arizona, made a broom machine and made all the brooms for the Community for some time. He helped build the old Fort, was a Counselor to the First Bishop and also a Counselor to Lot Smith in the Little Colorado Stake Presidency from 1879 to 1887.
From 1887 to 1916 he was Bishop of St. Joseph ward (29 years). He was vice president of the United Order from 1879-83. Years later when the United Order of the Sunset Ward broke up, John Bushman was chosen by the General Authorities to be chairman of a committee to settle the affairs of this order. It took the committee two years and a most trying experience to complete the job.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~THE BROOKLYN VOYAGE
On February 4, 1846, a party ofMormon pioneerfamilies (the "BrooklynSaints") began a voyage aboard the shipBrooklynfromNew York CitytoAlta California, to establish the first Mormoncolony in the West,as part of the plan bythe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints(LDS Church) to relocate the Mormon populace outside the United States to escape religious persecution.[Two hundred thirty eight pioneers, led bySamuel Brannan, were recruited to sail aroundCape Hornwith heavy equipment for a large colony, plant crops, and build infrastructure to receive a larger migration that was planned to come west by wagon the following year.
Brooklyntook six months to sail 24,000 miles.It arrived at theSan Francisco Bayshortly after theMexican–American Warcommenced in California, just as US forces were gaining control of the area.Brooklyn's seventy male passengers were immediately pressed into service, delaying the construction of the planned settlement.
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