JOHN A. BUSHFIELD, editor and publisher of the Pioneer Press, at Miller, Hand county, is a native of the old Buckeye state, having been born in Cambridge, Guernsey county, Ohio, on the 9th of August, 1856, and being a son of John M. and Sarah E. (Moore) Bushfield. He received his early educational discipline in the public schools of his native town, and there served an apprenticeship at the printer's trade, gaining a thorough knowledge of the mysteries of the "art preservative of all arts," and securing incidentally that training which has been well said to be equivalent to a literal education—the discipline of a newspaper office.
He continued his residence in Ohio until 1878, when he located in Atlantic, Cass county, Iowa, where he was identified with newspaper work until 1883, when he came to the present state of South Dakota and cast in his lot with the early settlers of Miller, which was then but a small and primitive frontier village. Here he purchased a half interest in the Pioneer Press, which had been established the preceding year, and in 1889 he purchased his partner's interest in the enterprise, which he has since individually conducted, the paper being a model country journal and wielding much influence in the local field, both in a political and civic way. The Pioneer Press is issued on Thursday of each week, is a six-column quarto and is the official paper of the city and county in which it is published.
Mr. Bushfield is a member of the State Press Association and is popular in the circles of the newspaper fraternity of the state, as is he also in business and social circles in his home city. In politics he has ever accorded an unequivocal allegiance to the Republican party, and both in a personal way and through the columns of his paper he has done much to further its interests in a local way. In January, 1899, the late lamented President McKinley appointed him postmaster of Miller, and in January, 1903, he was re-appointed, by President Roosevelt, so that he is incumbent of the office at the time of this writing. He is identified with the local lodge of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
On the 9th of November, 1880, Mr. Bushfield was united in marriage to Miss Cora E. Pearson, of Atlantic, Iowa, and they have three children, Harley J., Laura D. and Anna M.
From bio for John A. Bushfield in "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), p 1796-1797.
Contributor: Heather Hall (48030601)
He continued his residence in Ohio until 1878, when he located in Atlantic, Cass county, Iowa, where he was identified with newspaper work until 1883, when he came to the present state of South Dakota and cast in his lot with the early settlers of Miller, which was then but a small and primitive frontier village. Here he purchased a half interest in the Pioneer Press, which had been established the preceding year, and in 1889 he purchased his partner's interest in the enterprise, which he has since individually conducted, the paper being a model country journal and wielding much influence in the local field, both in a political and civic way. The Pioneer Press is issued on Thursday of each week, is a six-column quarto and is the official paper of the city and county in which it is published.
Mr. Bushfield is a member of the State Press Association and is popular in the circles of the newspaper fraternity of the state, as is he also in business and social circles in his home city. In politics he has ever accorded an unequivocal allegiance to the Republican party, and both in a personal way and through the columns of his paper he has done much to further its interests in a local way. In January, 1899, the late lamented President McKinley appointed him postmaster of Miller, and in January, 1903, he was re-appointed, by President Roosevelt, so that he is incumbent of the office at the time of this writing. He is identified with the local lodge of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
On the 9th of November, 1880, Mr. Bushfield was united in marriage to Miss Cora E. Pearson, of Atlantic, Iowa, and they have three children, Harley J., Laura D. and Anna M.
From bio for John A. Bushfield in "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), p 1796-1797.
Contributor: Heather Hall (48030601)
JOHN A. BUSHFIELD, editor and publisher of the Pioneer Press, at Miller, Hand county, is a native of the old Buckeye state, having been born in Cambridge, Guernsey county, Ohio, on the 9th of August, 1856, and being a son of John M. and Sarah E. (Moore) Bushfield. He received his early educational discipline in the public schools of his native town, and there served an apprenticeship at the printer's trade, gaining a thorough knowledge of the mysteries of the "art preservative of all arts," and securing incidentally that training which has been well said to be equivalent to a literal education—the discipline of a newspaper office.
He continued his residence in Ohio until 1878, when he located in Atlantic, Cass county, Iowa, where he was identified with newspaper work until 1883, when he came to the present state of South Dakota and cast in his lot with the early settlers of Miller, which was then but a small and primitive frontier village. Here he purchased a half interest in the Pioneer Press, which had been established the preceding year, and in 1889 he purchased his partner's interest in the enterprise, which he has since individually conducted, the paper being a model country journal and wielding much influence in the local field, both in a political and civic way. The Pioneer Press is issued on Thursday of each week, is a six-column quarto and is the official paper of the city and county in which it is published.
Mr. Bushfield is a member of the State Press Association and is popular in the circles of the newspaper fraternity of the state, as is he also in business and social circles in his home city. In politics he has ever accorded an unequivocal allegiance to the Republican party, and both in a personal way and through the columns of his paper he has done much to further its interests in a local way. In January, 1899, the late lamented President McKinley appointed him postmaster of Miller, and in January, 1903, he was re-appointed, by President Roosevelt, so that he is incumbent of the office at the time of this writing. He is identified with the local lodge of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
On the 9th of November, 1880, Mr. Bushfield was united in marriage to Miss Cora E. Pearson, of Atlantic, Iowa, and they have three children, Harley J., Laura D. and Anna M.
From bio for John A. Bushfield in "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), p 1796-1797.
Contributor: Heather Hall (48030601)
He continued his residence in Ohio until 1878, when he located in Atlantic, Cass county, Iowa, where he was identified with newspaper work until 1883, when he came to the present state of South Dakota and cast in his lot with the early settlers of Miller, which was then but a small and primitive frontier village. Here he purchased a half interest in the Pioneer Press, which had been established the preceding year, and in 1889 he purchased his partner's interest in the enterprise, which he has since individually conducted, the paper being a model country journal and wielding much influence in the local field, both in a political and civic way. The Pioneer Press is issued on Thursday of each week, is a six-column quarto and is the official paper of the city and county in which it is published.
Mr. Bushfield is a member of the State Press Association and is popular in the circles of the newspaper fraternity of the state, as is he also in business and social circles in his home city. In politics he has ever accorded an unequivocal allegiance to the Republican party, and both in a personal way and through the columns of his paper he has done much to further its interests in a local way. In January, 1899, the late lamented President McKinley appointed him postmaster of Miller, and in January, 1903, he was re-appointed, by President Roosevelt, so that he is incumbent of the office at the time of this writing. He is identified with the local lodge of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
On the 9th of November, 1880, Mr. Bushfield was united in marriage to Miss Cora E. Pearson, of Atlantic, Iowa, and they have three children, Harley J., Laura D. and Anna M.
From bio for John A. Bushfield in "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904), p 1796-1797.
Contributor: Heather Hall (48030601)
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