Ezra M. Buswell
Ezra M. Buswell (1844-1906) was born in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, and
died in Beatrice, Nebraska. In 1864 he served in the American Civil War as a private in
Company C, 39th Wisconsin Infantry of the Union Army. After the war he settled in
Beatrice where he became a farmer, owned a lumberyard, and became a pastor of the United
Brethren Church. He married Elizabeth Buswell (b. LePoidevin) in Beatrice in 1867. Both
suffered from chronic ill health for many years. Upon hearing of Christian Science in
1884, his wife traveled to Omaha, Nebraska, to seek Christian Science treatment and
returned home a few days later fully healed. Buswell subsequently bought a copy of
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker
Eddy and, through studying it, he too was healed. In 1886 Buswell and his wife studied
Christian Science with Janet T. Colman and Jennie B. Fenn, both students of Mary Baker
Eddy's. They then became students of Eddy's themselves, completing her Primary course in
1887 and her Normal course in 1889. They joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist,
in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 1, 1893. Buswell took Eddy's Normal course again in
1898. He served as pastor and later First Reader of the Church of Christ, Scientist, in
Beatrice. In 1893 Buswell was charged with illegally practicing medicine without a
license. The case went to trial in a Nebraska district court, and he was acquitted,
setting an important legal precedent there and in other states in favor of the right to
practice Christian Science. In 1895, upon Eddy's request, Buswell and his wife moved to
Concord, New Hampshire, to assist with establishing Christian Science and building a
church there. It was completed in 1897, and Buswell served as its First Reader. He was
also a member of the General Association of Teachers and the National Christian Science
Association, and he frequently wrote articles for publication in The
Christian Science Journal. The Buswells returned to Beatrice in 1899. They
were both listed as practitioners and teachers of Christian Science in The Christian Science Journal from 1889 until their respective
passings.
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Ezra M. Buswell
Ezra M. Buswell (1844-1906) was born in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, and
died in Beatrice, Nebraska. In 1864 he served in the American Civil War as a private in
Company C, 39th Wisconsin Infantry of the Union Army. After the war he settled in
Beatrice where he became a farmer, owned a lumberyard, and became a pastor of the United
Brethren Church. He married Elizabeth Buswell (b. LePoidevin) in Beatrice in 1867. Both
suffered from chronic ill health for many years. Upon hearing of Christian Science in
1884, his wife traveled to Omaha, Nebraska, to seek Christian Science treatment and
returned home a few days later fully healed. Buswell subsequently bought a copy of
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker
Eddy and, through studying it, he too was healed. In 1886 Buswell and his wife studied
Christian Science with Janet T. Colman and Jennie B. Fenn, both students of Mary Baker
Eddy's. They then became students of Eddy's themselves, completing her Primary course in
1887 and her Normal course in 1889. They joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist,
in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 1, 1893. Buswell took Eddy's Normal course again in
1898. He served as pastor and later First Reader of the Church of Christ, Scientist, in
Beatrice. In 1893 Buswell was charged with illegally practicing medicine without a
license. The case went to trial in a Nebraska district court, and he was acquitted,
setting an important legal precedent there and in other states in favor of the right to
practice Christian Science. In 1895, upon Eddy's request, Buswell and his wife moved to
Concord, New Hampshire, to assist with establishing Christian Science and building a
church there. It was completed in 1897, and Buswell served as its First Reader. He was
also a member of the General Association of Teachers and the National Christian Science
Association, and he frequently wrote articles for publication in The
Christian Science Journal. The Buswells returned to Beatrice in 1899. They
were both listed as practitioners and teachers of Christian Science in The Christian Science Journal from 1889 until their respective
passings.
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