Charles E. Bussell

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Charles E. Bussell was born in Franklin County, Maine, December 11, 1850.  In 1871, he attended the Holton Seminary where he studied engineering before moving to Neillsville.  May 11, 1874, he was elected County Surveyor to replace James H. Reddan and held that office from 1875 - 1879.  He then became examiner of lands, and issued a fine map of Clark County.  He also worked on a map for La Crosse and the mapping of Northern portion of Wisconsin. He was an early resident of Pine Valley, Clark County, Wisconsin who lived in the O'Neill House Hotel.  He was a surveyor and a dealer in real estate in Neillsville, Clark County, Wisconsin.  Among other things, he worked as a Civil Engineer on the survey of a road built by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway company from Eau Claire to Reed’s Landing, on the Mississippi river.

 

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Charles E. Bussell

Mr. Bussell married Nelle L. Mallory on January 15, 1884, in Camden, Arkansas. [Neillsville Times, January 22, 1884]

In 1888 he completed an atlas for the city of Eau Claire WI.

Bussell was confined to the Idaho State Insane Asylum in Blackfoot some time around 1900-1901. His confinement there would lead a major political scandal. In 1902 he was returned to Lewiston, Idaho, where his wife and daughter Beulah were living. He was paralyzed, allegedly from the effects of the ill-treatment from asylum staff. He died that fall. [Spokesman-Review (Spokane WA), February 23, 1903, p. 8]

In the congressional election of 1902, candidate Weldon Heyburn (who would win election to the U.S. Senate) made his treatment a campaign issue is a speech that was reprinted across Idaho.

 

The Bussells had three (3) daughters:

Marion (b. 1889)
Nellie (b. 1890)
Beulah (b. 1887)

After studying at Lewiston State Normal School (Lewiston ID), Beulah would complete her education in Michigan and eventually become a high-ranking official in the American Red Cross.

Steven Branting
Nez Perce County Historical Society

SBranting@lewistonschools.net
 


 
1880 Federal Census--Neillsville, Clark Co., Wisconsin          
Name Relation Marital

Sex

 Color

Birth Year

 Birthplace

Occupation

 Father Born Mother Born
James O'Neill Head Married Male White 70-1810 New York Hotel Keeper Ireland New York
Caroline O'Neill Wife Married Female White 46-1834 New York Hotel Keeper Conneticut Conneticut
James H. O'Neill Son Single Male White 5-1875 Wisconsin   New York New York
Peter J. Teller Step Son Single Male White 17-1863 Wisconsin Teamster Ohio New York
Lizie Teller Other Single Female White 13-1867 Ohio Student Ohio Ohio
Jerry Bridge Other Married Male White 27-1853 Wisconsin Hotel Clerk Vermont New York
Louesa Bridge Other Married Female White 27-1853 Wisconsin Servant Canada New York
Mary Bliss Other Divorced Female White 24-1856 Canada Servant Canada Canada
Lizie Shoengarth Other Single Female White 20-1860 Prussia Servant Prussia Prussia
Emma Cook Other Single Female White 20-1860 Ohio Servant Ohio Ohio
Zilda Olingy Other Single Female White 15-1865 Canada Servant Canada Canada
Melvina Ploul Other Single Female White 15-1865 Germany Servant Germany Germany
Frank Thorp Other Single Male White 15-1865 Wisconsin Servant Wisconsin Illinois
Charles E. Bussell Other Single Male White 26-1854 Maine Suveyor Maine Maine
James F. Spencer Other Single Male White 27-1853 Maine Laborer Maine Maine
Edward E. Morris Other Single Male White 24-1856 Wisconsin Laborer Rhode Island Pennsylvania
John Williamson Other Single Male White 24-1856 New York Saloon Keeper Scotland Scotland
Thomas Finney Other Single Male White 26-1854 Atlantic Ocean Laborer Scotland Scotland
Charles McDermott Other Single Male White 25-1855 Canada Laborer Ireland Scotland
William C. Arnold Other Single Male White 23-1857 Pennsylvania Bookkeeper New York Pennsylvania
Ellis L. Hoffman Other Single Male White 37-1843 Pennsylvania Editor Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
Isaiah Myers Other Single Male White 44-1836 New York Druggist Pennsylvania New Jersey
Irving Hoffman Other Single Male White 20-1860 Wisconsin Printer Pennsylvania New York

 

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