| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History.
The 1873 map indicates T & B Bussey as the property owners and by 1890, Benjamin Bussey. An article in the Wisconsin State Journal calls Benjamin and his wife, Jane, “pioneers of the Albion Prairie area,” and the 1877 Madison, Dane County and Surrounding Towns notes the Bussey family as one of the earliest to settle in the Town of Albion. The Wisconsin State Journal notes that the Bussey homestead was settled in 1844, although the house was built later, in 1853. The 1880 History of Dane County states that Benjamin was a farmer, originally from England. He arrived to Wisconsin via Milwaukee, settling on his farm in 1844. Benjamin had seven children, including sons William and Ezra, who are indicted as the owners in 1904. According to The Capital Times, William, born in 1859, served as president of the Tobacco Exchange Bank in Edgerton and was also one of the founders of the Albion Cooperative Creamery and its president for many years. Beginning in 1911 Ezra owned the property. Ezra was a farmer and was a former vice president of the First National Bank in Edgerton. He also served as clerk of the Albion Prairie school board. By 1968, the property had transferred out of the Bussey family to Elmer Schutte. The Schutte family owned the property through 1993. Peg Erdman owns the property today |
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| Bibliographic References: | Atlas of Dane County, Wisconsin (1873)
Madison, Dane County and Surrounding Towns, 283
History of Dane County, 1183
Plat Book of Dane County, Wisconsin (1890)
Atlas of Dane County (1904)
Standard Historical Atlas of Dane County Wisconsin (1911)
Dane County Plat Book (1929)
Plat Book of Dane County, Wisconsin (1931)
Plat Book (Farm Atlas) of Dane County, Wisconsin (1947)
Atlas of Dane County, Wisconsin (1954)
Official County Plat Book and Rural Directory of Dane County, Wisconsin (1958)
Dane County, Wisconsin: Official Farm Plat Book (1960 and 1968)
Tri-Annual Atlas and Plat Book of Dane County, Wisconsin (1964)
Farm Plat Book Dane County, Wisconsin (1974)
Land Atlas & Plat Book Dane County, Wisconsin (1979, 1985, 1993, 1997 and 2003)
Land Atlas & Plat Book Dane County, Wisconsin (2007)
The Capital Times, “William Bussey Ex-Edgerton Banker, Dead,” 18 September 1941
Wisconsin State Journal, “William Bussey, 81, Edgerton, Dies,” 19 September 1941
Wisconsin State Journal, “Ezra Bussey, Ex Banker At Edgerton, Dies,” 14 July 1961
Wisconsin State Journal, “Edgerton Couple, Pioneers’ Children, Married 50 Years,” 14 November 1947 |
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