Hello, Linda Odd that you mention a Greenberry Haywood Busby. Odder yet that you say he had no children. Could there be TWO by that decidedly different name? The Greenberry Haywood Busby I know of appears in the 1860 Putnam Co Mo census, age 34, born in TN, married w/ children!!!! 7 children as of 1860, in fact. One of those children , William Bagley Busby marries a relative of mine, a Martha Victoria Busby in 1878, Dekalb Co MO, daughter of Thomas A. Busby and Mary Victoria Hammer. Could this be the cousin marrying a cousin of which you speak? Many Greenberry Haywood Busby children end up in the far west. This sounds like too much of a coincidence. There must be a relationship here. Please email me. Bonnie in Oakland CA In a message dated 12/21/99 12:18:29 AM, BUSBY-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: >My great grandmother was born in Mason County, Iowa (?) in the >1850's and came west in the early 1860's in a wagon train. Her name was >Mary Ann. She and her sister Matilda married Wm. Galloway and Samuel >Galloway (brothers) in Oregon/Washington. They had two brothers, one of >which was named Greenberry Haywood Solomon Sherwood Busby. He never >married and was known as Uncle Green to his nieces and nephews. I'm sure >there were other siblings as well. Their father became ill en route, most >likely in the Blue Mountains of Oregon, and the family were left by their >wagon train to await his death. They made it in to Fort Walla Walla during >a snow storm later in the year. There was an older brother to the the >family who must have come West at the same time and probably was married >to >a cousin. I don't know if he stayed with his mother and helped, or went >on >with the train. If anyone knows more of this story, I'd love to hear from >you. > >Linda Knettle