Oren Busby was an older son of Sheppard Busby and Mary Polly McIlwain. He did serve in the Civil War and in 1918 wrote an article for the Waynesboro newpaper relating his trials and battles in that war. He was known in the Waynesboro/Buccatuna, MS area as Uncle "Iron". A fine looking tgentlemen who wore a beard and lots of time a white linen suit. He married Salina Alice McIlwain who was his neice. I descend from Oren's youngest brother, Charles Edward Busby who was married to Sara Inez Mills. I do show a William J. Busby married to Mary J Simpson and they had a son Sheppard (grandson of my gr grandfather Sheppard Busby and Mary Polly McIlwain) in the line. This Busby line of my family had 2 children both of which married Mauldin family members. They were Sheppard and Isadora. William J. Busby was born 1846 and married Mary J. Simpson in 1869. I have complete info from Sheppard (the gr grandfather b. 1810) forward but am still trying to find the name of his mother and father. That Sheppard had one sister, Susannah Busby Agnew,wife of James A. Agnew who was a Revolutionary War soldier and at least one brother, William. My great grandfather, Sheppard, was prominent in Lauderdale Co., MS in his prime. He, his wives, and many of his children and grandchildren are buried in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church cemetery in Buccatuna, MS and many descendants still live in that area and in Washington Co., AL. Dottie Busby Wainwright