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Isaac Newton Busby

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Isaac Newton Busby

Birth
Harrison County, Ohio, USA
Death
17 Jul 1923 (aged 83)
Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA
Plot
Block VI lot 8
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Son of John Wisner Busby and Anna Merriman.

From the Biographies and portraits of the progressive men of Iowa : leaders in business, politics and the professions :

"Isaac N Busby, M.D., the well known physician and former minister of Brooklyn, was born near Perrysville, Ohio, June 2 1840, on a farm of 120 acres owned by his father. He is the son of John W. and Anna Merriman Busby. Ther father was of Scotch descent and one of the early members of the family was a prominent physician of Scotland. The mother's family were early settlers of Maryland, having come to this country from England prior to the time of the Revolution. History states that Mrs. John Busby, whose maiden name was Wisner [Isaac's grandmother], was a daughter of a member of the staff of General Washington."

Isaac N. Busby at the close of his district school days, entered McCoy's Academy at Carrolton. This was in 1860. He had earned the money with which to go through college by teaching school, and at the same time had studied medicine under the tutorage of Drs. A. J. Busby [Isaac's older brother] and Alexander Scott of Hagerstown. In 1861 he volunteered in Company A, Eightieth Ohio Infantry in which he served for 3 years."


CIVIL WAR VETERAN: Busby, Issac Newton; 80th Ohio; 1862 (Dec) detached & added 17th Army Corps, 1863 took charge as hospital surgeon; A; 1840-1923; GAR; Brooklyn /Soldiers' Records

Married Francis Jenny Conaway on Feb 22, 1866, They were the parents of two children:
Clara E BUSBY 1867 – 1877
Dr. Charles Dorrance "Charlie" BUSBY 1870 – 1937
Son of John Wisner Busby and Anna Merriman.

From the Biographies and portraits of the progressive men of Iowa : leaders in business, politics and the professions :

"Isaac N Busby, M.D., the well known physician and former minister of Brooklyn, was born near Perrysville, Ohio, June 2 1840, on a farm of 120 acres owned by his father. He is the son of John W. and Anna Merriman Busby. Ther father was of Scotch descent and one of the early members of the family was a prominent physician of Scotland. The mother's family were early settlers of Maryland, having come to this country from England prior to the time of the Revolution. History states that Mrs. John Busby, whose maiden name was Wisner [Isaac's grandmother], was a daughter of a member of the staff of General Washington."

Isaac N. Busby at the close of his district school days, entered McCoy's Academy at Carrolton. This was in 1860. He had earned the money with which to go through college by teaching school, and at the same time had studied medicine under the tutorage of Drs. A. J. Busby [Isaac's older brother] and Alexander Scott of Hagerstown. In 1861 he volunteered in Company A, Eightieth Ohio Infantry in which he served for 3 years."


CIVIL WAR VETERAN: Busby, Issac Newton; 80th Ohio; 1862 (Dec) detached & added 17th Army Corps, 1863 took charge as hospital surgeon; A; 1840-1923; GAR; Brooklyn /Soldiers' Records

Married Francis Jenny Conaway on Feb 22, 1866, They were the parents of two children:
Clara E BUSBY 1867 – 1877
Dr. Charles Dorrance "Charlie" BUSBY 1870 – 1937

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