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William Cleveland BUSSEY

William Cleveland BUSSEY

Male 1887 - 1959  (72 years)


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  • Name William Cleveland BUSSEY
    Birth 30 Oct 1887  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1900  Clark District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [4] 
    snapper in glass house 
    Residence 1917  North View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Medical Condition 1918  [5] 
    bad eye, cut with glass, can see a little 
    Occupation 1918  [5] 
    teaming for People Furniture Co. in Clarksburg 
    Census 1920  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1920  [6] 
    glass factory worker 
    Residence 1935  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Brown, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In household of daughter & son-in-law Thelma & Elmer Smith and their family. We have not determined his whereabouts in the 1930 Census.
    Occupation 1940  [7] 
    laborer for natural gas company 
    Medical Condition 1942  [3] 
    two operations, scars 
    Residence 1942  Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 10 Nov 1959  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Burial Boring Cemetery (aka Bethlehem Church), Davisson Run, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I68486  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2017

    Father Edward BUSSEY,   b. 18 Oct 1842   d. 2 Feb 1928, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Mother Tamra Jane COFFINDAFFER,   b. CA 1847, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1899, Davisson Run (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 52 years)
    Family ID F28809  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Clotina "Cloe" LOWTHER,   b. 16 Dec 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1923, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
    Marriage 4 Jul 1907  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District, Town of Adamston), enumerated on Apr 30 1910:
      W. C. Bussey, 22, snapper in glass house, married 3 yrs; wife Chlotine, 22, married 3 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); dau Thelma V, 1y 10m.

      1920 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District, City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Jan 26 1920:
      William C. Bussey, 31, laborer in glass factory; wife Chloe, 31; dau Thelma, 11; dau Wilma, 9; dau Catharine, 6; son Paul, 4; dau Glenola, 1y 10m.
    Children 
    >1. Thelma Virginia BUSSEY,   b. 24 May 1908, North View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1990, Orange Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    >2. Wilma Elizabeth BUSSEY,   b. 10 Jun 1910, Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1993, Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    >3. Catherine Marie BUSSEY,   b. 10 Mar 1913, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1991 (Age 77 years)
    >4. Marlin Paul "Bud" BUSSEY,   b. 24 Apr 1914, North View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1986, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    >5. Glenola Doris BAKER,   b. 17 Feb 1918, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1999, Wichita Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +6. Jack William MARTIN,   b. 25 Jun 1922, North View (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jul 1998 (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F28808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=18598&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S2508] National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, (Ancestry.com online database).

    4. [S2113] 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    5. [S1875] National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com online database).

    6. [S2096] 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    7. [S2638] 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    8. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    9. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=18598&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as William Cleveland Bussey, 19, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of Edward & Jane Bussey; and Chlotina Lowther, 19, b. Doddridge Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of John D. S. & Ida E. Lowther. Married Jul 4 1907 "at the home of John D. S. Lowther," officiated by D. W. Cunningham, a minister of the U. B. Church. Informants for marriage license: William C. Bussey & Parents' Consent.