From collection Member List
EDUCATION: Brother Bussey entered Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia on September 14, 1868, a member of VMI’s Class of 1872, but resigned from the Institute one year later to enroll at The University of Georgia. Bussey was a member of the Kappa Deuteron Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. Class of 1876, The University of Georgia, but did not graduate. Probably initiated in 1873 before the University’s 1874 ban on fraternities.
His father, Dr. Nathan Jordan Bussey, was “one of the wealthiest manufacturers in Columbus and one of the most prominent residents of Georgia.” Dr. Bussey was the first president (1866-1893) of the re-built Eagle & Phenix textile mills, which was established after the original 1851 Eagle Mill was burned during the Civil War. During Dr. Bussey’s term, Eagle & Phenix became the largest textile mill in the South. John Paul Illges - father of Brother George Arden Illges - was prominent in the affairs of the mill and Brother Emmett Cody was also associated with it.
Brother Bussey’s sister-in-law, Susie Lucas, married William Alexander Carlton, a brother of Kappa Deuteron’s James Moore Carlton.
CAREER: After leaving The University of Georgia, Henry Clay Bussey joined his father in the textile manufacturing business at Eagle & Phenix mills. “The Catalogue of the Trustees, Officers, Alumni and Matriculates of the University of Georgia at Athens, Georgia, from 1785-1906,” E. D. Stone Press, Athens, 1906 gives his occupation as “manufacturer,” Eagle & Phenix Mills. Brother Bussey also served as Alderman for the city of Columbus, Georgia, beginning in 1884. At the time of his death in 1893, he had recently been re-elected as a member of the Columbus City Council [src: The Daily Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia, Friday, August 25, 1893, p. 4.]
His father, Dr. Nathan Jordan Bussey, was “one of the wealthiest manufacturers in Columbus and one of the most prominent residents of Georgia.” Dr. Bussey was the first president (1866-1893) of the re-built Eagle & Phenix textile mills, which was established after the original 1851 Eagle Mill was burned during the Civil War. During Dr. Bussey’s term, Eagle & Phenix became the largest textile mill in the South. John Paul Illges - father of Brother George Arden Illges - was prominent in the affairs of the mill and Brother Emmett Cody was also associated with it.
Brother Bussey’s sister-in-law, Susie Lucas, married William Alexander Carlton, a brother of Kappa Deuteron’s James Moore Carlton.
CAREER: After leaving The University of Georgia, Henry Clay Bussey joined his father in the textile manufacturing business at Eagle & Phenix mills. “The Catalogue of the Trustees, Officers, Alumni and Matriculates of the University of Georgia at Athens, Georgia, from 1785-1906,” E. D. Stone Press, Athens, 1906 gives his occupation as “manufacturer,” Eagle & Phenix Mills. Brother Bussey also served as Alderman for the city of Columbus, Georgia, beginning in 1884. At the time of his death in 1893, he had recently been re-elected as a member of the Columbus City Council [src: The Daily Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia, Friday, August 25, 1893, p. 4.]
