Typed by: Kay Cunningham


BUSBY, NATHAN


Surnames: BUSBY, DRUSHER, CARAWAY, SCHULTZ, KURGIN, SUGGS, HERRINGTON, BIRKES, BUCKLES, BONE, CARAWAY, RHEA, COURTNEY, BARRON, GRAY.


    Nathan Busby, b 1825 in Georgia, d ca 1872 in Falls County, Texas -- married in South Texas about 1848 to Margaret Drusher, b 1828 in North Carolina, d April 1870 in Falls County, Texas of Consumption and buried in Powell Cemetery near Chilton, Texas.  Nathan Busby was a son of Jacob and Miriam Busby, who settled in west Falls County, Texas shortly after 1850.
 Nathan Busby came to Texas several years before his parents, living in Gonzales County, Texas until the mid 1860's, when he and his wife, Margaret, moved to Falls County where his parents had settled near Mooreville, Nathan and Margaret had nine children when Margaret died, and a year later, Nathan married second to Rebecca Gray -- who was left a widow soon afterwards.  
    The nine children of Nathan and Margaret (Drusher) Busby were:
    Bird F. Busby, b 1849, d 1912 at Stamford in Jones County, Texas -- married December 7, 1869, in Falls County to Rebecca Elizabeth Caraway, b 1852 in Gonzales County, Texas -- a daughter of K. S. and Nancy Caraway.  Bird F. and Rebecca Elizabeth had five children: Kelon Smith Busby, b 1870; Nancy Busby, b 1872; John Franklin Busby, b 1874; Arline Busby, b 1876; and P. C. Busby, b 1882.
    George Busby, b 1851 in Gonzales County, Texas -- married first to Perlina Schultz in Falls County, Texas; married second to Virginia Kurgin.
    James Monroe Busby, b June 2, 1852, d December 8, 1934.  His first wife, Lucinda, and two children, died of typhoid fever in 1880.  James Monroe married second to Martha Ann Suggs, and married third to Mrs. Melissa E. Herrington.
    Elisa Busby, b 1856 -- married Jeremiah M. Birkes (called "Jerry") -- a son of Rial and Sarah (Buckles) Birkes, of the Carolina Community.
    John Wesley Busby, b 1857 -- married Mrs. M. A. Bone.
    Margaret Jane Busby, b 1858 -- married E. H. Caraway.
    Thomas Edward Busby, b 1864 -- married Clemin Rhea.
    Bradford T. Busby, b 1867 -- no further information.
    Bradley Polk Busby, b 1868 -- married Louisa E. Courtney, a daughter of James Lafayette and Mary Ellen (Barron) Courtney, of the Blevins Community in Falls County.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 64 Column 2 and page 65 column 1
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