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Henrietta Virginia Debussy

Female 1873 - 1895  (22 years)


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  • Name Henrietta Virginia Debussy 
    Born 17 Feb 1873  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 23 May 1895  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I12322  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2014 

    Father Robert Adolphus Debussy,   b. 14 Mar 1834, New York City, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1922, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Catherine Elizabeth Palmer,   b. Jul 1845, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1932, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Married 16 Feb 1865  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 

    • 1870 Grant Dist, Jackson, WV # 298
      Adolphus 36 NY
      Catherine E 22
      Alice 3
      Emma 1

      1880 Ravenswood, Jackson, WV # 4
      DeBussey, A 47 NY Eng Eng
      Cathorin 35 VA N Va
      Alice 13 da WV
      Emma 11 da WV
      Clara 9 da WV
      Virginia 7 da WV
      Sarah 5 da WV
      Annie 3 da WV
      Ella 8/12 Sept da WV

      1900 Ravenswood Dist, Jackson county WV
      Adolphus Debussey 3/1834 m 35y NY ENG ENG
      Katherine 7/1845 11-7 VA VA VA
      Clara 12/1870
      Annie 8/1877
      Ella 9/1879
      W R son 2/1882
      Florence 4/1884
      Mary 7/1886

      1910 Jackson Co Ravenswodd Dist
      Adolphus 76 m 45y
      Catherine E 65, 11-7 WV NH WV
      Anna 32
      Florence 26
      Maude 23
      Staats, Isaac C 62 m 20y laborer

      1920 Jackson co WV Ravenswood Town
      DeBussey, Robert A 85 NY
      Kathryn 74
      Anna 42

      DeBussey Cemetery, Sherman
      Robert, Catherine, Sarah, Emma, Clarence, Henrietta

      Hardesty's History of Jackson County
      Ravenswood District
      Robert A. DeBUSSEY- was born March 14, 1834, in New York City, but he grew to manhood among the people of Virginia, his parents, Thomas and Sarah (Evans) DeBussey settling with him in Jackson county when he was four years old. In this county he enlisted in 1861, in Company F, 4th Virginia Infantry, serving eighteen months as a private, and the remainder of his three years as a member of the regimental band. In Jackson county, January 26, 1865, he was joined in wedlock with Catherine E. Palmer, who was born in this county, July 24, 1845. Their living children, all residing at home are seven: Alice, born February 27, 1867; Clarica, December 10, 1870; Henrietta V., February 17, 1873; Sarah, May 16, 1875; Annie, August 6, 1877; Ella, September 16, 1879; Herbert R., February 23, 1882; They have lost one son and one daughter: Clarence, born in Illinois, November 13, 1865, and Emma, born March 18, 1869; Clarence died in Jackson county, April 21,1866, and Emma on the 2nd of October, 1881, in this county. Mr. DeBussey's wife is a daughter Herbert R. and Susannah (Neselroad) Palmer. Mr. DeBussey lived for a time in Illinois, leaving here October 16, 1865, and returning April 9, 1866. He is now a prosperous farmer of Grant district, receiving his mail at Ravenswood, Jackson county, West Virginia.
    Family ID F4217  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S479] Death records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.

    2. [S4] Death Records, Jackson Co, WV.

    3. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.