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N. Y. Appealing from the archbishop's order to the congregation of the Propaganda at Rome, he was ordered to submit to the archbishop's decree. He therefore preached his farewell ser- mon at the church of the Epiphanj-, July 27, 1890, and obeyed his ecclesiastical superior, tak- ing charge of St. Mary's church in Rondout, Noa'. 8, 1890.

BUSBEE, Charles Manly, lawyer, was born in Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 23, 1845; son of Perrin Busbee, lawyer, grandson of John.son Busbee, jurist, and maternal grandson of James F. Tay- lor, attorney -general of North Carolina. He was a student at Hampden-Sidney and in 1863, when just eighteen years of age, left college and vol- unteered in the Confederate service, and from the rank of private rose to the position of ser- geant-major in the 5th North Carolina infantry. In the battle of Spottsylvania Court House he was captured by the Union forces, sent to the prison at Fort Delaware, subsequently transferred to Fort Pulaski, and afterwards to Morris Island, where, to retaliate on the Confederate govern- ment for jjlacing five hundred Union prisoners within that portion of the city of Charleston, which was being bombarded by the Union guns, he was one of a like number of Confederate prisoners placed in front of the redoubts on Mor- ris Island, directly in the face of the fire from the Confederate batteries on Sullivan's Island. He was afterward allowed to return home on parole, and a few months later was exchanged. Shortly afterwards he entered the North Caro- lina state university, where he was graduated in 1867, and admitted to the bar. He practised his profession in his native city, and in 1874 was elected a member of the state senate. In 1884 he was elected a member of the lower house of the state legislatiu'e, and was for many years a member of the Democratic state executive com- mittee. In 1890 he was elected grand sire of the sovereign grand lodge of the I. O. O. F., the high- est honor of tliis great fraternal order, and Mr. Busbee was the youngest man ever selected for the position.

BUSBEE, Fabius Haywood, lawyer, was born at Raleigh, N. C, March 4, 1848; .son of Perrin and grandson of Johnson Busbee, well- known members of the North Carolina bar. His early education was received at the Lovejoy academy at Raleigh, and at the age of fifteen he entered the University of North Carolina, but withdrew in February, 1865, to volunteer as a private in the 71.st N. C. regiment. He was a lad of only sixteen yeai-.s. but liis bravery and good conduct so won the admiration of his com- rades that they elected him to a lieutenancy. He acquitted himself with credit in the liattles of Kinston and the struggle at Bentouville, N. C,

on March 19, 1865. After Johnston surrendered, young Busbee re-entered the university, where he was graduated with first honors in 1868. In June of that year he passed examination for ad- mission to the bar, but his license was withheld until the following year as he had not I'eached legal age. He practised law at Raleigh, and in 1875 was elected attorney for the city, a position he held vmtil 1884. In 1876 he was an elector for the fourth N. C. district on the Tilden and Hen- dricks ticket. In 1880 he was chosen elector for the state at large on the Hancock and English ticket. During the administration of President Cleveland he was United States attorney for the eastern district of North Carolina. During the years 1885 and 1886 he was grand master of Ma- sons in North Carolina. He received the degree of A.M. from the University of North Carolina in 1869, and a like honor from Princeton college and from Trinity college, Hartford, Conn., in 1871. He was elected in 1892 one of the trustees of the University of North Carolina.

BUSEY, Samuel Thompson, soldier, was born at Greencastle, Ind., Nov. 16, 1835. When but a child he was taken by his parents to Urbana, 111., where he labored on a farm, attended a dis- trict school at intervals, and was clerk in a store. In 1862, as 2d lieutenant in the recruiting ser- vice, he organized a company of volunteers, of which he was elected captain, and on the organi- zation of the 76th Illinois regiment was com- missioned lieutenant-colonel; in the ensuing January he succeeded to the command of the regiment, and in May was mustered in as colonel. He was on several occasions mentioned in general orders for meritorious services and distinguislied bravery, and was brevetted briga- dier-general for leading the assault on Fort Blakeley, Ala., on April 9, 1865, when he scaled the enemy's works alone, and engaged, unsup- ported, in a hand-to-hand encounter with a gun squad, killing the gunner and wounding two others of the squad. Though severely wounded him.self, he received in person the surrender of tlie Confederate officer and his staff. He was mustered out of service in August, 1865, with the rank of brevet brigadier-genei'al. In 1867 he organized Busey's bank at Urbana, which he successfully managed for twenty-one years, when he retired from business in 1888. In 1880 he was elected mayor, and president of the board of education of the city of Urbana, by five successive elections held tho.se oflSces for nine years, and in 1890 was elected a representative to the 52d Congress as a Democrat, defeating Joseph G. Cannon, the Republican incumbent, in a district that had been Republican for years, and had been reoresented by Mr. Cannon con- tinuously from 1873.