Biographical Sketch

Ruby Myrtle as a young woman.

Ruby Myrtle Claybourn was born 24 November 1886 in Kinmundy, Illinois. Ruby married Franklyn Charles Bussey on 12 March 1911, and they lived at Raton, New Mexico. Franklyn died on 26 October 1944, and Ruby moved to 2000 Ahlin Drive in Montrose, California (an apartment). Ruby died on 9 June 1960. She and Franklin had six children.

Pedigree Chart

						Ephraim Claybourn 1788 - 1850
				William Divine Claybourn 1819 - 1876
						Mary "Polly" Browning 1792 - 1874
		Reuben Cicero Claybourn 1854 - 1921
						Reuben Hawker b. 1794
				Frances Alla Hawker 1820 - 1863
						Nancy Hawker b. 1796
Ruby Myrtle Claybourn 1886 - 1960
				Rev. James Jackson Williams
		Mary Ann Eldorado Williams 1857 - 1914
				Sophronia Jane Bryant

Descendants

1. Louis Kleon Bussey was born 6 January 1912. He married (1st) Mary Barkley of Trinidad, Colorado. He married (2nd) in 1935 to Lorene Rains of Denver, Colorado. They had two children:
   1. Timothy Lee Bussey, born 18 May 1936
   2. Donald Ray Bussey, born 4 October 1938
   Louis married (3rd) Maxine Page (born 31 August 1918) of Bourbon, Missouri. They had two children:
   3. Tim Fred Bussey, born October 17, 1940
   4. Carl James Bussey, born 1 December 1943

2. Frankie Gwendolyn Bussey was born 21 January 1914. During World War II she wroked as a street car conductor in Los Angeles and was killed in an accident 30 September 1945. Prior to her death she married Ray M. Rubidoux of Riverside, California (born 12 January 1907). They had two children:
   1. Charles Andrew Rubidous was born 6 February 1934. He married Shirley Ann Moon (born 11 September 1936. They had at least one child:
      1. Charles Michael Rubidoux, born 30 September 1956
   2. Donald Ray Rubidoux was born 27 August 1936. He married Beverly Louise Thompson (born 18 July 1937) on 3 November 1956.
   3. Cody Allen Rubidoux was born 5 March 1945.

3. Noel James Bussey was born 3 October 1915. He served in the Naval Air Service in World War II and died in 1966 of lung cancer. Noel married (1st) Elizabeth Marie Plunkett (born 18 March 1918). They had one child:
   1. Noel James Bussey, Jr. was born 3 June 1935 and did jet engineering repair in Kansas. He died some time after 1960.
   Noel married (2nd) Lola Letcher of Madison, South Dakota. They had one child:
   2. Nola Jean Bussey, born 19 February 1939. She married and had a child born 30 September 1956
   Noel married (3rd) Maxine Thornbrough (born 27 April 1915) and they had two children:
   3. Lawrence Cody Bussey II, known as "Larry", was born 30 November 1953
   4. Marla Kay Bussey was born 27 June 1957

4. Aaron Herbert Bussey was born 20 August 1917 and died on 6 November 1918

5. Lawrence Cody Bussey was born 16 November 1921. He served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S.A.F. In 1945, while serving as a reconnaissance flyer taking photos behind enemy lines, his B-17 crashed in Germany and killed him. Prior to the war he married Allyce Jane Hards on 31 March 1940. She re-married a Waller of Arvada, Colorado.

6. Helen Lois Bussey was born 11 February 1929 and lived at 7847 Mountain Avenue in Orangeville, California. She married (1st) Harold R.F. Thrasher.
   1. Cody Robert Thrasher was born 2 February 1947
   2. Thomas Harold Franklin Thrasher was born 11 February 1948
   3. James Leonard Thrasher was born 5 March 1949
   4. John Irvin Thrasher was born 25 July 1952
   5. Laurie Ann Thrasher was born 7 July 1956
   Helen married (2nd) Virgil L. Bankson (born 19 July 1928). They had two children:
   6. Sue Ellen Bankson, born 17 December 1957
   7. Ralph Alen (sic) Bankson, born 4 February 1959