BIOGRAPHIES:  John BUSBY, Arcadia, Trempealeau Co., WI

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John Busby, a well known and successful farmer of Arcadia Township, was 
born in Waukegan, Lake County, Ill., Sept. 27, 1857, son of Thomas and 
Mary (Knight) Busby.  His parents were born and married in England and 
came to America in 1854, later settling on a farm one mile north of Arcadia 
Village, on the east side of Trempealeau River.  They are no living retired 
at Wakefield, Neb., their unmarried daughter, Florence, keeping house for 
them.  Thomas Busby was 89 years old, Aug. 24, 1917, and his wife 80 years 
Jan. 1, 1917.  John Busby was less than a year old when he accompanied his 
parents to Wisconsin.  He was brought up on the home farm and remained with 
his father until he was 30 years old.  At the age of 22 he bought a 
threshing outfit with which he threshed for the neighboring farmers every 
fall.  In 1888 he bought a farm in Korpal Vlley, six miles north of Arcadia 
and four south of Independence.  It consisted of 120 acres and was partly 
improved, having a small house but no barn.  That same year he was married 
to Gertrude Lewis, daughter of John D. and Charlotte (Maybury) Lewis of 
Lewis Valley, Arcadia Township, and they settled on the Korpal Valley farm, 
where they resided until 1903.  Mr. Busby then traded his farm for the Lewis 
homestead of 240 acres, a well improved piece of property, with frame house, 
a full basement barn, 30 by 66 feet and 16 feet above basement.  He has 
since built a granary, machine shed and garage building and has put every 
part of the property into excellent condition.  One hundred and seventy-five 
acres of his land is under the plow.  Mr. Busby caries on general farming 
and dairying, keeping 25 grade "Red Poll" cattle, all young cows.  He has a 
full equipment of machinery, teams and everything necessary to carry on a 
modern farm.  The land in this valley is extremely fertile and is among the 
best farming section in the county. Mr. Busby is a stockholder in the 
Glencoe Co-operative Creamery of Arcadia Village.  In politics he is 
independent, voting for the man rather than for the party.  He has served 
for a number of years as treasurer and clerk of the school district.  He and 
his wife have two children -- Benjamin and Irene.  Benjamin, born Feb. 2, 
1890, who is unmarried and lives at home, was graduated from the district 
school and the Arcadia high school, and attended for one year the department 
of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin.  Irene, born March 
24, 1897, resides at home with her parents.  Mr. Busby has had four sisters 
and six brothers:  Emma, Thomas, Florence, Charles, Andrew, Oliver, Mary, 
Lilly, Mark and William.  Of these Emma, Andrew, Lilly and Mark are deceased.

--From the "History of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, 1917"
page 740.