Santa Clara County CA Archives Obituaries.....Bussing, Margaret Reel December 28, 1903
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Morgan Hill Sun Times January 1, 1904
At Rest

   Mrs. Margaret Reel Bussing quietly entered unto rest on Monday afternoon
about 3 o’clock, aged 76 years, 5 months and 5 days.  Her maiden name was
Marshall.  She was a native of Ohio, born in Wayne county, where the first 8
years of her life were spent.  The home was afterwards in Richland county, near
Mansfield where she grew to womanhood and in 1851, was united in marriage with
William Bussing of Mansfield.  In 1855 they removed to Iowa, settling first in
Washington county removing later to Marion county near Knoxville and later the
home was established in Knoxville.  Five children were born to them, four boys
and one girl, two of them dying in infancy.  Her husband died April 8, 1875 and
her oldest son, April 8, 1882 and two sons, F. B. and C. M. are still living, F.
B. in Morgan Hill and C. M. in San Jose.  With these two sons and their families
she came to California in 1896 and established her home in Morgan Hill.
   Mrs. Bussing was a woman of rare worth, quiet and retiring, yet strong in her
convictions of right and duty and faithful in living up to very high and pure
ideals.  She was a sincere Christian woman, having made a public profession of
her faith in Christ at sixteen.  She exemplified that faith through sixty years
of faithful living.  Sometimes she passed through the deep waters and under the
dark shadows, but the promises of Him in whom she believed were verified in her
experience.  The testimony of her consistant [sic] life cannot be questioned. 
She endeared herself to all with whom she became acquainted, as one worthy to be
imitated.
   The United Presbyterian congregation of which she was a member has suffered a
great loss, her example of faithfulness and trust being most precious.  They
sympathy of many friends is extended to the bereaved family.
   The funeral services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. W. E. Gordon, in the
U. P. church and were attended by a large congregation of friends who came to
show their regard for the departed and their sympathy with the bereaved family.
 The remains were then laid to rest in Mount Hope Cemetery.  One whose life was
singularly pure, gentle and noble has gone out from us, and the power of her
example still lives with us.


Additional Comments:
Per the 1860 US Census, Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa, William and Margaret had
son William Joseph, born about 1854, and daughter, Mary A., age 10/12 months,
both born in Iowa.  By the 1870 census, Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa, they
added Findley, born about 1865 and Cary, shown as a female, born about 1867. 
Daughter Mary is not listed.  1880 shows Margaret with Findley and Cary, again
shown as a daughter.

Per the 1900 US Census, Burnett Township, Santa Clara County, California,
Margaret, born July 1827 in Ohio, lived with her son, Findley B. Bussing, born
September 1865 in Iowa, and his wife, Etta C., born August 1877 in Iowa. 
Findley was a farmer.  Son Cary M. Bussing, born November 1868 in Iowa, was also
in Burnett Township, Santa Clara County, California in 1900.  With him were his
wife, Edith G., born April 1869 in Iowa, daughter Velma, born March 1894 in
Iowa, and son Frank M. Bussing, born December 1897 in California.

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