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HISTORY OF BRANCH COUNTY, MI. Pg. 624
William B. Bushnell, a furniture dealer of Bronson, Michigan, was born on his father's farm in Noble township, six miles south of Bronson, February 21, 1849, son of Ephraim B. Bushnell. The latter, a native of Ohio, moved to Michigan in 1836, accompanied by his father, Samuel Bushnell, who was born in Vermont and who at an early day had come as far as Ohio. Samuel Bushnell spent the rest of his life in Michigan, and died at the home of his son in Branch county.
Like other farm boys, William B. Bushnell worked on a farm in summer and during the winter months attended the country school near his home. Also for a short time he was a student at Orland Academy in Indiana. At the age of twenty, ambitious to see something of the world, he went west, visiting Iowa, Nebraska, Idaho, Montana and California, where he spent sometime engaged in mining and various other occupations. Returning to Michigan in 1876, he settled down to farming in Branch County and gave his attention to agricultural pursuits here until January 1902, when he became associated with E. M. Turner in a general furniture and undertaking business in Bronson.
He still owns a farm of ninety acres. Located two and half miles west of Bronson.
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