Thomas B. BUSSEY & Rebecca EVANS

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Thomas B. BUSSEY
Rebecca EVANS

Husband: Thomas B. BUSSEY / BUSSY / BUSSIE
Birth: 1804, VA
Death:
Occupation: tavern keeper
Father: Jesse BUSSEY (1769- )
Mother: Margaret SMITH (1773- )

Marriage:

Wife: Rebecca EVANS
Birth: 1805/6, PA
Death: in or aft. 1880
Occupation: homamker

Children:

. (Son A) BUSSEY, b. 1820-25
. (Son B) BUSSEY, b. 1830-35

? Naoma / Naomi / Anna BUSSEY, b. 1829/30, PA
? Naoma / Naomi BUSSEY, b. 1833/4, OH

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1830

3. 1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #3-4 of 18 — mis-indexed "Thorn B. Bussey"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 OH Adams Co. Liberty Twp. pp. 13B-14A Ln. 5 Thom B Bussey 010 101 - 010 001 0101000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = Son B

1 male 15-19 1820-1825 = Son A

1 male 30-39 1800-1810 = Thomas (b. 1804)

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = Naomi/Naoma (b. 1829/30 or 1832/3)

1 female 30-39 1800-1810 = Rebecca (b. 1805/6)

1 person employed in agriculture

1 person

The only other Thomas BUSSEY/BUSSY/BUSSIE in Ohio is African-American. There is a Thomas D. BUSSIE in VA, but he has no daughters; and there's a Thomas BUSSY in MI, but the wife is too young.

4. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #29 of 31): Dodson Twp., Highland Co., OH, p. 279B, 985/985, enumerated 21 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Thos. B. Bussy 45 M Tavern Keeper 800 Va

Rebecca " 44 F Pa

Thomas is the only BUSSY/BUSSEY/BUSSIE in the county. Listed two households from Henry STROUP.

5. 1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #24 of 38): Dodsonville P.O., Dodson Twp., Highland Co., OH, p. 69B, PN 139, 1011/986, enumerated 19 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Thos Bussey 56 M Blacksmith 1040 200 Va

Rebecca " 55 F Pa

Naoma " 27 F Ohio

Thos J Stroup 11 M "

John Geip 22 M France

Waitaminit. Thomas J. STROUP is their grandson, son of their daughter, Naomi (BUSSEY) STROUP. So, how could Rebecca have two daughters named Naomi? Something's screwed up here.

6. 1870

7. 1880 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #38 of 40): Dodsonville, Dodson Twp., Highland Co., OH, p. 289B, PN 38, SD 4, ED, 41, enumerated 23 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 11 12 13 21 22 23 24 25 26

203 211 Bussie Rebecca W F 74 / Keeping house / / Penn Penn Penn

Stroup Maggie W F 15 Grand.D. / / OH OH OH

______ Jessie W M 11 Grand.S. / / OH OH OH

Maggie and Jessie are the children of Rebecca's daughter, Naomi (BUSSEY) STROUP, who is also a widow.

. Messages in the Bussey Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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