Dane County WI Archives Photo Tombstone.....BUSSEY, Thomas 
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Cemetery:           Albion Prairie Cemetery, Albion, Dane Co., Wi.
Name:               Thomas BUSSEY
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BUSSEY, Thomas
15 Dec 1812- 24 Feb 1900
Son of Benjamin and Sussannah (SNARR) BUSSEY.
Uncle
The obit says his birth was Nov. and death was the 23rd. I
have used the dates in the cemetery listing for now.
 

Busseyville
Bonnie Kruckenberg Hinton
January 1, 1974
There was much built in Busseyville during these years. A saw
mill was laid up on the creek using water power to produce the
much needed logs for buildings. However, things changed when
Thomas Bussey moved in. He was an Englishman - born in
Yorkshire, England, 15 November, 1813. Being born and raised
on a farm, he was a good one. In the spring of 1844, he and
brother John came to Albion Township where they bought 360
acres and built up a farm. In the spring of 1855, Thomas
relocated in Sumner (where the Bud Kruckenberg farm is today.)
He owned 427 acres and raised a variety of crops, tobacco and
did some dairying. In 1856, he built a large dam and water
gates on the creek. Then he built a limestone mill four
stories high on the site of the old saw mill. Bob Richardson
and Peter Binkert came as his millers. Bussey plotted the land
by the creek and offered free lots to settlers.
 
 
 
Obit: The Wisconsin Tobbacco Reporter, Edgerton, Rock CO., Wi.
23 Mar 1900:

THOMAS BUSSEY Thomas Bussey, son of Sussanha and Benjamin
Bussey, was born November 15, 1812, died February 23, 1900,
aged 87 years, 3 months, and 8 days. He came to America in
1844, and located at Albion, Wis., being one of it's earliest
settlers on Albion Praire. THe greater part of his life was
spent in Sumner, Jefferson County where he was highly spoken
of as a kind and generous friend and neighbor, always willing
to lend a helping hand. The last thirteen years of his life
was spent at the home of his brother Benjamin, where in his
declining years he patiently watched the coming of his master,
longing and patiently awaiting the end which came at last. The
funeral service was held at Asbury M.E. church conducted by
Rev. E. J. Symons, and was largely arrended by relatives and
friends.



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