George Bussey, Utica NY

[walker_mckay]

I am currently researching George Bussey who married Mary Wheeler Sippell (1815-1904) before 1840 in or near Utica, NY.

Mary W. Bussey appears to have been widowed or estranged from George Bussey by 1850. She had two children Frances L. Bussey born about 1840 and William George Bussey born about 1846.

Frances L. Bussey married Samuel A. Field and lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

William George Bussey (1846-1904) was born in 1846 in Utica, NY. He went to school at Hamilton College and later Yale Law (1868). He married Grace Fletcher Trufant in 1875 in Lynn, Massachusetts.

The only bit of information I have for George Bussey is that he was purportedly a civil engineer (per William G. Bussey's obituary).



Walker

[Lisa in California]

It's not much help, but according to a book found online, William George Bussey was the son of George A. Bussey, Civil Engineer.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0r3i/

[Lisa in California]

According to another book, Mary W. Sippel married George O. Bussey.  Mr. Bussey apparently died in 1846, in Lowell, Massachusetts.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0r3j/
I did not read the entire article...I am assuming this is your couple.

[Lisa in California]

Possible burial for the above George O. Bussey:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0r3k/
Westernville Cemetery, Oneida County

[Lisa in California]

1847 Lowell, Massachusetts Directory
Bussey George O., civil engineer, bds 50 E. Merrimack

Someone with the same last name, or a possible relative?
Bussey Peter, Lowell, h. Carpet lane

[Lisa in California]

Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index
George C. Bussey
Location:  Lowell
Date: 1847
Subject: Administration
No.:  28589

Could this be George O. Bussey?

[Lisa in California]

Worth following up (I should turn off the computer soon):
Benjamin Bussey was living in Western, Oneida, NY in 1840
Austin P Bussey, same as above.

Update:  two graves in Westernville Cemetery
Austin P. Bussey, 1816-1889
Benjamin Bussey, June 4, 1791-June 8, 1869

[Lisa in California]

December 21, 1889 (Rome, NY newspaper?)
Austin P. Bussey, 74 years old.
Born Alexandria, Genesee County.
Came to "this" town when 14 years of age.

Could this be a relative of George O. Bussey, or was he just someone who had the same last name. 

[walker_mckay]

Hi Lisa -  I do know that phrase "I should turn the computer off now...".

Thank you for accompanying me on this nocturnal journey through online resources. I did not pick up the probate reference which you have provided.

George O. appears to have been the son of Dr. Benjamin Bussey (1791-1869) and "Frances" (abt 1792 to 1859). Benjamin, per census records, was born in Massachusetts and Frances was born in Vermont. Just what Mrs. Bussey's maiden name was is anybody's guess...for now.

There are a handful of genealogies that I have seen. Benjamin Bussey was purported to have been the son of Jesse and Nancy Morse Bussey. They had a large family and I believe Austin P. Bussey was their youngest child. Austin P. Bussey's wife was Sarah Halleck.

I had "known" from oral history that the Bussey family in Oneida County but have just started looking at the primary references for them. One "bit" of information that has always intrigued me is the claim that they are somehow related to a branch of the Bushnell family (of the Bushnell Turtle fame) that was based in Connecticut.

I have a feeling that I'll be picking at this for quite some time.

Thank you again for your kind and informative reply.

Walker