Bustill, Joseph C. (Joseph Cassey), 1822-1895

found: NUCMC data from Moorland-Spingarn Research Center for Jacob C. White papers, 1857-1914(correspondents include Joseph C. Bustill)

found: English Wikipedia website, viewed July 5, 2012(Joseph Cassey Bustill (1822--1895) was an African American conductor in the Underground Railroad. Joseph was born in Philadelphia in 1822 to David Bustill and Elizabeth W. Hicks (aka Mary Hicks). His sibling was: Charles Hicks Bustill (1816--1890). Joseph married Sarah Humphreys (1829-?) and they had a child: Anna Amelia Bustill (1862-?))

found: African American National Biography, accessed January 3, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Bustill, Joseph Cassey; abolitionist, underground railroad conductor, school teacher; born 1822 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; active shipping agent on the Underground Railroad; began teaching school in Wilmington, Delaware (1843); joined Unity Lodge 711, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, England (1845) and remained active in the order until his death; continued teaching and worked on Underground Railroad, Harrisburg (1853); formed the Fugitive Aid Society (1856); led the twenty-four delegates from Philadelphia to Pennsylvania Equal Rights League, Harrisburg (1865); was a trustee of the Banneker Institute (1853); member of the American Moral Reform Society; founder of the short-lived Montana Agricultural Emigrant Aid Association (1871); died 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)