Buffum, G. A. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 790, Lewistown Township
G. A. Buffum, farmer, sec. 3, is the son of Daniel and Hannah Buffum, and was born in this county May 5, 1833. He was reared upon a farm, and has followed that avocation thus far through life except when in the late war. In 1861 he enlisted in Co. A, 58th Ill. Inf.; was at the battle of Shiloh and several battles of less note. He was married, May 28, 1854, to Maria Miner, who was born in Kentucky in 1831. They have a family of 6 children born to them, 3 of whom are living: Eunice, Clara and Mary. Mr. B. went to Kansas in 1868 and returned in 1870. He belongs to the Missionary Baptist Church.
transcribed by Nan Krull