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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-29............John Hopson Bussey, b. 1880, Georgia............Brannon Bussey, b. 1883, Georgia............Herman Bussey, b. 1885, GeorgiaOn September 10, 1861, Hezekiah joined the Confederate Army and was made alieutenant in Company K, 27th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry. Hezekiahwas promoted to Captain of the same company. He was captured on September13, 1862. On April 1, 1864, Hezekiah was commissioned as a major and then asan lieutenant colonel on September 27, 1864. Hezekiah and Francesca Busseylived in Stewart County, Georgia, Chattahoochee County, Georgia and later inColumbus, Georgia. Hezekiah Bussey died on November 5, 1917 in Columbus,Georgia and Francesca (Stokes) Bussey died on February 4, 1929 in Columbus,Georgia. Leila Bussey married Clebourne Eberhart and they had one son: -Clebourne Bussey Eberhart. Leila (Bussey) Eberhart died in 1932. FrankBussey died in 1905. Brannon Bussey married Pauline Frances Brewer.Herman Bussey married Nellie Waters. Herman Bussey died in 1934.References: 1) Letter, Lou (Bussey) Brannon to Sallie, September 22, 1949; 2) “TheBussey Family Genealogy,” by Lynn (Bussey) Guittard, 1979; 3) Internet Web Site, RegisterReport of Lucy Ann Baugh and Nathan Bussey, by David L. Casey, July, 2002ARTHUR BUSSEY (1.1.1.2.8.1) is the son of Hezekiah Bussey marriedFrancesca Caroline (Stokes) Bussey. Arthur was born on March 5, 1867 inMuscogee County, Georgia. On June 19, 1903, Arthur Bussey married “Starlight”Respess. Starlight was born on March 30, 1876 in Schley County, Georgia.Arthur and Starlight Bussey were the parents of three children:............Eleanor Bussey, b. 1908, Georgia............Sara Bussey, b. 1911, Georgia............John K. Bussey, b. 1913, GeorgiaIn 1920, Arthur and Starlight Bussey were living in Muscogee County, Georgia.Arthur Bussey died on October 26, 1936 in Columbus, Georgia. Sara Busseymarried Neil Bickerstaff. Eleanor Bussey married Charles Woolfolk and theyhave one child (name unknown).References: 1) 1920 Census, Muscogee County, Georgia; 2) Letter, Lou (Bussey)Brannon to Sallie, September 22, 1949; 3) “The Bussey Family Genealogy,” by Lynn(Bussey) Guittard, 1979; 4) Internet Web Site, Register Report of Lucy Ann Baugh andNathan Bussey, by David L. Casey, July, 2002