I just noticed that John replied to this, sorry On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 7:13 PM, Ann Fahey <alfahey61@gmail.com> wrote: > My dad's family lived in Portalis New Mexico. They herded sheap on about > 160 acres. I believe that would be around 1904 because my dad was 11 > yrs old and his brother was 12 1/2. That would be James Wilson Bushong > with sons Robert and Thomas N. That would be before they settled in > Gladwin Michigan > > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Russell Bushong <chochoruss@aol.com>wrote: > >> >> John, You may or may not be correct. Do you have a Deed that shows this >> property as owned by John Stout Bushong? If not, you might want to write >> for one. There seemed to be quite a few Bushongs in that area in the late >> 1890s, early 1900s including this H. R. Bushong. He then went to Kansas and >> then came back to Arizona. The Stanisfer gal who H. R. is living with in >> Kansas had family in Portales and they are buried in the cemetery there. >> And H. R. was a stockman so he had to have land for his cattle and horses. >> >> Also I. N. Bushong of Gladstone, Michigan, the lumber and oil man was >> buying large tracts of land in Arizona at this time and later selling them >> off, keeping the mineral rights. He might be the one that owned this >> property. >> >> Never assume. :) >> >> Gloria >> ----------------- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Fahey <faheyjn@gmail.com> >> To: boschong <boschong@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Mon, Apr 29, 2013 5:46 pm >> Subject: Re: [BOSCHONG] Bushong Land Transaction in Portales, New Mexico >> - 1912 >> >> >> This is probably land that was owned by John Stout Bushong as he was in >> Portales, New Mexico around that time. >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Russell Bushong <chochoruss@aol.com> >> wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > >> > The El Paso Herald >> > Monday, Evening, 19 August 1912 >> > Page 3, Column 1 >> > >> > IMPORTANT SALES OF LAND IN PORTALES >> > OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS MEN BUY PROPERTY; PROMINENT EDUCATORS LECTURE. >> > >> > PORTALES, New Mexico, 19 August -- Several important land deals have >> been >> > made here during the past week. >> > The Reid Land company has sold the Bushong place, a few miles west of >> > town, to Dr. D. W. Miller, of Blackwell, Oklahoma, the Peterson place, >> > which is under irrigation, to Dr. Reid, from Kansas, and has traded some >> > good property to Frank Heilman, of Clovis. >> > ------------------- >> > I am thinking that this property belonged to H. R. Bushong who died in >> > 1918. >> > ------------------- >> > Researched and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > BOSCHONG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BOSCHONG-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the >> body of >> the message >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BOSCHONG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >