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Putnam county, Missouri, is his birthplace, and December 5, 1857, was the date, his parents being Andrew H. and Araminta (Fickle) Busick. In 1862 Arthur N., then being less than five years of age, the family crossed the plains, leaving Missouri on May 1. The journey was successfully and safely consummated when the train pulled up on the old Indian camping ground that is now the site of Union. The country was unsurveyed, and the sturdy pioneers built cabins and cut hay for the stock and commenced the life of the wild west. In March, 1867, the mother of our subject was called to pass the river of death and the children were left without that tender care that is so sweet to childhood's nature. The father soon went to California and Arthur N., was taken to the home of his uncle, Jackson Fickle, where he was raised. Stockraising and farming occupied him, and in that line he is engaged at the present time. In 1876 he was engaged in driving cattle to Cheyenne, the nearest shipping station being Kelton, but a short distance west from Ogden. His first recollections are of the pioneer days of this country, and he has been brought up in the midst of the scenes of the west, enduring in a commendable manner the hardships and facing fearlessly the dangers of this life, while he has striven faithfully to build up the country in a manner becoming to civilization's wisdom.

In 1886 Mr. Busick took to himself a wife to share life's victories and to brighten the days of pilgrimage. The lady of his choice was Miss Effa, daughter of R.J. and Eveline Cusick. Two children have been born to this union, Eunice and Alpha. Mr. Busick's father and mother are natives of Illinois and Missouri, respectively. The father was a pioneer of California of the notable year of "Forty-nine," and returned to Illinois in 1852, and the next spring brought the family to the Willamette valley. Mr. Busick bought his present ranch of one hundred and fifty-six acres in 1886 and has lived there continuously since. It is located two miles southeast from Union and he has it in a high state of cultivation. Mr. Busick is deeply interested in horticulture and has been instrumental in making some very valuable experiments in raising grasses and fruits. He has embellished his farm with substantial buildings and is now arranging the plans for constructing a fine residence. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Empire City Lodge, No. 86, W. of W.