Ten years later they moved over into Hancock county and settled in Brown township, where Martin P. Bussell, upon growing to manhood, bought a forty-acre farm, which he later enlarged by purchase, to one hundred and sixty acres and became a substantial farmer.
In 1852 Martin married Sarah McQuerry, who was born in Brown Township, this county, daughter of James McQuerry and wife, and to that union fourteen children were born, as follow:
Rachael, Sarah, William P., Martha, Allen, Louisa, James H., John R., Margaret, Edith, Alice and Joseph E.
Martin P. Bussell was a Democrat and he and his wife were earnest members of the Christian church, their children being reared in that faith.
Martin died on February 21, 1897.
Ten years later they moved over into Hancock county and settled in Brown township, where Martin P. Bussell, upon growing to manhood, bought a forty-acre farm, which he later enlarged by purchase, to one hundred and sixty acres and became a substantial farmer.
In 1852 Martin married Sarah McQuerry, who was born in Brown Township, this county, daughter of James McQuerry and wife, and to that union fourteen children were born, as follow:
Rachael, Sarah, William P., Martha, Allen, Louisa, James H., John R., Margaret, Edith, Alice and Joseph E.
Martin P. Bussell was a Democrat and he and his wife were earnest members of the Christian church, their children being reared in that faith.
Martin died on February 21, 1897.
Family Members
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Infant Bussell
1853–1853
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Rachel Ann Bussell Ware
1854–1919
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Sarah Jane Bussell Wilson
1855–1894
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William Perry Bussell
1857–1902
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Martha Hannah Bussell Johnson
1858–1941
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Mary Ellen Bussell Albea
1860–1894
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Louisa E. Bussell Morris
1862–1953
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James Harvey Bussell
1863–1939
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John R. Bussell
1864–1927
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Edith Christine Bussell
1868–1945
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Phoebe Alice Bussell Masters
1870–1946
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Joseph Bussell
unknown–1874
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