This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: vroper Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.busby/1995.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I found the name of your subject to be very interesting. I feel quite certain that he is one of my relatives. My great, great grandfather was Benjamin Busby and his wife was Virginia HARPER. I think the similarities in the name is more than a coincidence. They also named on of their children Harper. Benjamin Harper was the son of Abraham Busby and Deborah Kemp. His parents were John Busby and Edith Price Busby from Maryland. Abraham and Deborah were originally from Baltimore but moved to Harrison County Ohio after the War of 1812. According to all of the information and research that I have found on my Busby family, they came from England and I think the Harpers came from Ireland. I hope this information will be of some help to you. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.