John H. Buxton
Residence Montpelier VT;
Enlisted on 5/2/1861 as a Private.
On 5/9/1861 he mustered into "F" Co. VT 1st Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 8/15/1861 at Brattleboro, VT
John Healy Buxton was born in Woodstock, Connecticut on July 24, 1842. The son of Simeon and Caroline Boyden (Bullard) Buxton, he had three brothers: William, Harris, and Anson. The family moved to Worcester, Massachusetts about 1846, where John's father was a builder. In 1855 Simeon was in Rutland, Vermont, and had a manufacturing business. By 1857 they lived in Montpelier, where John's father had a large foundry and a sawmill on the Winooski River and manufactured waterwheels. John's father was also an inventor, owning patents for a variety of important sawmill and waterwheel improvements. John followed his father's example. He loved the workings of machinery; he grew up learning the business, and worked in the foundry as a machinist.
On May 2, 1861, John was among the first in Montpelier to enlist in Co F, 1st Vermont Infantry as a private. He was eighteen, six feet tall, with brown hair and hazel eyes. His company fought at Big Bethel, often called the first battle of the Civil War. He was discharged on August 15, 1861. On September 11, 1861 he was the first to enlist at Montpelier in the 1st Vermont Cavalry, joining Co C. A private, John fought in the Valley Campaign, and endured the hardships of Banks' Retreat. His obituary states that he was a scout, and was commended for his service. He often spoke of his adventures, and stated that he had two horses, "Stubs" and "Lady Carrigan", shot from under him. He received a medical discharge on November 21, 1862 for a back injury, which, in 1912, he attributed to the fall of his horse.
There was a house fire in Montpelier on January 7, 1863, and John joined the fire company - Capitol No.5. On June 19, 1863, John was in Boston, where he enlisted at Charleston Navy Yard in the U. S. Marines as a private. He re-injured his back, and was discharged on February 15, 1864. Lastly, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy.
"Then the next summer, while in Boston, I saw an advertisement of bounties offered at the enlistment office, and received the bounty, as I supposed, and afterwards enlisted as a first class fireman as a substitute for someone else, I know not what the name was, and which I have deplored ever since." John served from July 6, 1864 to the end of the war, being discharged at Norfolk, Virginia on April 18, 1865.
After the war, John located in Baltimore, Maryland and married Jane Elizabeth Curtis on March 27, 1866. They had four children. John was noted for his mechanical talents. In 1876 he set up a windmill business in Baltimore. In 1885 he bought an 80-acre farm at Buxton, on the B & 0 Railroad near Laurel, Md. John returned to Baltimore and became interested in gold mining. He developed mines in Maryland, North Carolina, Canada and Nevada. In 1912 he built and patented a mill for crushing gold ore. A man of boundless energy, optimism and determination, he died of apoplexy on November 19, 1914.
His Civil War papers and photographs were lost in a fire in 1885; only his GAR medal remains.
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&187731
http://vermontcivilwar.org/units/ca/buxton-jh.php
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NOTED WAR SCOUT DEAD
Col. John H. Buxton Also Famous As Mechanical Wizard.
The death Thursday at the Maryland General Hospital of Col. John H. Buxton, 512 Orkney road, Govans, ended a career that was interesting as it was unusual. As a scout and personal friend of General Custer, Colonel Buxton lived through stirring times in his young manhood and helped to make American history; as a mechanical and hydraulic engineer he was considered an authority in Maryland, and as an inventor he contributed to the world's progress various kinds of apparatus, in the way of machinery, which have proved of great value.
Colonel Buxton died suddenly as the result of a stroke of apoplexy~~~his third seizure. The stroke preceding this, and which nearly proved fatal, came to him when he was in the mountains of California at an altitude of more than 12,0O0 feet investigating a mining project in which Baltimoreans were interested.
It would hard to determine whether he achieved his greatest reputation as an inventor or as a soldier. He served under Custer and Colonel Monthouten in the Civil War, doing service as a scout which called for the commendation of the famous Indian fighter. He saved the life of Colonel---Monthouten also of Indian War fame---at the first battle of Manassas. And when the war was ended he bent his remarkable energies to mechanical research.
He built the first gasoline still made in Baltimore. The first cotton compress for export products was his design, and he insisted upon building the first machine with his own hands. He was a mechanical wizard with hydraulic apparatus and was known as the "pump doctor.” Colonel Buxton was one of the consulting engineers on the Gun powder waterworks.
For the last two decades he had been interested in mining and had financial connection with many well-known mining camps in the United States and other countries. On October 12, 1912, he was granted a patent for his invention of an ore mill, said to be the largest of its kind ever built and designed to extract all precious metals from ores. This mill is not yet ready for use, but is nearing completion in Baltimore.
Colonel Buxton had been a member of Oriental Lodge of Masons for 42 years. He had read The Sun constantly since 1866 as his exclusive morning paper.
The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) • 22 November 1914, Sunday • Page 7
Residence Montpelier VT;
Enlisted on 5/2/1861 as a Private.
On 5/9/1861 he mustered into "F" Co. VT 1st Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 8/15/1861 at Brattleboro, VT
John Healy Buxton was born in Woodstock, Connecticut on July 24, 1842. The son of Simeon and Caroline Boyden (Bullard) Buxton, he had three brothers: William, Harris, and Anson. The family moved to Worcester, Massachusetts about 1846, where John's father was a builder. In 1855 Simeon was in Rutland, Vermont, and had a manufacturing business. By 1857 they lived in Montpelier, where John's father had a large foundry and a sawmill on the Winooski River and manufactured waterwheels. John's father was also an inventor, owning patents for a variety of important sawmill and waterwheel improvements. John followed his father's example. He loved the workings of machinery; he grew up learning the business, and worked in the foundry as a machinist.
On May 2, 1861, John was among the first in Montpelier to enlist in Co F, 1st Vermont Infantry as a private. He was eighteen, six feet tall, with brown hair and hazel eyes. His company fought at Big Bethel, often called the first battle of the Civil War. He was discharged on August 15, 1861. On September 11, 1861 he was the first to enlist at Montpelier in the 1st Vermont Cavalry, joining Co C. A private, John fought in the Valley Campaign, and endured the hardships of Banks' Retreat. His obituary states that he was a scout, and was commended for his service. He often spoke of his adventures, and stated that he had two horses, "Stubs" and "Lady Carrigan", shot from under him. He received a medical discharge on November 21, 1862 for a back injury, which, in 1912, he attributed to the fall of his horse.
There was a house fire in Montpelier on January 7, 1863, and John joined the fire company - Capitol No.5. On June 19, 1863, John was in Boston, where he enlisted at Charleston Navy Yard in the U. S. Marines as a private. He re-injured his back, and was discharged on February 15, 1864. Lastly, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy.
"Then the next summer, while in Boston, I saw an advertisement of bounties offered at the enlistment office, and received the bounty, as I supposed, and afterwards enlisted as a first class fireman as a substitute for someone else, I know not what the name was, and which I have deplored ever since." John served from July 6, 1864 to the end of the war, being discharged at Norfolk, Virginia on April 18, 1865.
After the war, John located in Baltimore, Maryland and married Jane Elizabeth Curtis on March 27, 1866. They had four children. John was noted for his mechanical talents. In 1876 he set up a windmill business in Baltimore. In 1885 he bought an 80-acre farm at Buxton, on the B & 0 Railroad near Laurel, Md. John returned to Baltimore and became interested in gold mining. He developed mines in Maryland, North Carolina, Canada and Nevada. In 1912 he built and patented a mill for crushing gold ore. A man of boundless energy, optimism and determination, he died of apoplexy on November 19, 1914.
His Civil War papers and photographs were lost in a fire in 1885; only his GAR medal remains.
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&187731
http://vermontcivilwar.org/units/ca/buxton-jh.php
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NOTED WAR SCOUT DEAD
Col. John H. Buxton Also Famous As Mechanical Wizard.
The death Thursday at the Maryland General Hospital of Col. John H. Buxton, 512 Orkney road, Govans, ended a career that was interesting as it was unusual. As a scout and personal friend of General Custer, Colonel Buxton lived through stirring times in his young manhood and helped to make American history; as a mechanical and hydraulic engineer he was considered an authority in Maryland, and as an inventor he contributed to the world's progress various kinds of apparatus, in the way of machinery, which have proved of great value.
Colonel Buxton died suddenly as the result of a stroke of apoplexy~~~his third seizure. The stroke preceding this, and which nearly proved fatal, came to him when he was in the mountains of California at an altitude of more than 12,0O0 feet investigating a mining project in which Baltimoreans were interested.
It would hard to determine whether he achieved his greatest reputation as an inventor or as a soldier. He served under Custer and Colonel Monthouten in the Civil War, doing service as a scout which called for the commendation of the famous Indian fighter. He saved the life of Colonel---Monthouten also of Indian War fame---at the first battle of Manassas. And when the war was ended he bent his remarkable energies to mechanical research.
He built the first gasoline still made in Baltimore. The first cotton compress for export products was his design, and he insisted upon building the first machine with his own hands. He was a mechanical wizard with hydraulic apparatus and was known as the "pump doctor.” Colonel Buxton was one of the consulting engineers on the Gun powder waterworks.
For the last two decades he had been interested in mining and had financial connection with many well-known mining camps in the United States and other countries. On October 12, 1912, he was granted a patent for his invention of an ore mill, said to be the largest of its kind ever built and designed to extract all precious metals from ores. This mill is not yet ready for use, but is nearing completion in Baltimore.
Colonel Buxton had been a member of Oriental Lodge of Masons for 42 years. He had read The Sun constantly since 1866 as his exclusive morning paper.
The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) • 22 November 1914, Sunday • Page 7
John H. Buxton
Residence Montpelier VT;
Enlisted on 5/2/1861 as a Private.
On 5/9/1861 he mustered into "F" Co. VT 1st Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 8/15/1861 at Brattleboro, VT
John Healy Buxton was born in Woodstock, Connecticut on July 24, 1842. The son of Simeon and Caroline Boyden (Bullard) Buxton, he had three brothers: William, Harris, and Anson. The family moved to Worcester, Massachusetts about 1846, where John's father was a builder. In 1855 Simeon was in Rutland, Vermont, and had a manufacturing business. By 1857 they lived in Montpelier, where John's father had a large foundry and a sawmill on the Winooski River and manufactured waterwheels. John's father was also an inventor, owning patents for a variety of important sawmill and waterwheel improvements. John followed his father's example. He loved the workings of machinery; he grew up learning the business, and worked in the foundry as a machinist.
On May 2, 1861, John was among the first in Montpelier to enlist in Co F, 1st Vermont Infantry as a private. He was eighteen, six feet tall, with brown hair and hazel eyes. His company fought at Big Bethel, often called the first battle of the Civil War. He was discharged on August 15, 1861. On September 11, 1861 he was the first to enlist at Montpelier in the 1st Vermont Cavalry, joining Co C. A private, John fought in the Valley Campaign, and endured the hardships of Banks' Retreat. His obituary states that he was a scout, and was commended for his service. He often spoke of his adventures, and stated that he had two horses, "Stubs" and "Lady Carrigan", shot from under him. He received a medical discharge on November 21, 1862 for a back injury, which, in 1912, he attributed to the fall of his horse.
There was a house fire in Montpelier on January 7, 1863, and John joined the fire company - Capitol No.5. On June 19, 1863, John was in Boston, where he enlisted at Charleston Navy Yard in the U. S. Marines as a private. He re-injured his back, and was discharged on February 15, 1864. Lastly, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy.
"Then the next summer, while in Boston, I saw an advertisement of bounties offered at the enlistment office, and received the bounty, as I supposed, and afterwards enlisted as a first class fireman as a substitute for someone else, I know not what the name was, and which I have deplored ever since." John served from July 6, 1864 to the end of the war, being discharged at Norfolk, Virginia on April 18, 1865.
After the war, John located in Baltimore, Maryland and married Jane Elizabeth Curtis on March 27, 1866. They had four children. John was noted for his mechanical talents. In 1876 he set up a windmill business in Baltimore. In 1885 he bought an 80-acre farm at Buxton, on the B & 0 Railroad near Laurel, Md. John returned to Baltimore and became interested in gold mining. He developed mines in Maryland, North Carolina, Canada and Nevada. In 1912 he built and patented a mill for crushing gold ore. A man of boundless energy, optimism and determination, he died of apoplexy on November 19, 1914.
His Civil War papers and photographs were lost in a fire in 1885; only his GAR medal remains.
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&187731
http://vermontcivilwar.org/units/ca/buxton-jh.php
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NOTED WAR SCOUT DEAD
Col. John H. Buxton Also Famous As Mechanical Wizard.
The death Thursday at the Maryland General Hospital of Col. John H. Buxton, 512 Orkney road, Govans, ended a career that was interesting as it was unusual. As a scout and personal friend of General Custer, Colonel Buxton lived through stirring times in his young manhood and helped to make American history; as a mechanical and hydraulic engineer he was considered an authority in Maryland, and as an inventor he contributed to the world's progress various kinds of apparatus, in the way of machinery, which have proved of great value.
Colonel Buxton died suddenly as the result of a stroke of apoplexy~~~his third seizure. The stroke preceding this, and which nearly proved fatal, came to him when he was in the mountains of California at an altitude of more than 12,0O0 feet investigating a mining project in which Baltimoreans were interested.
It would hard to determine whether he achieved his greatest reputation as an inventor or as a soldier. He served under Custer and Colonel Monthouten in the Civil War, doing service as a scout which called for the commendation of the famous Indian fighter. He saved the life of Colonel---Monthouten also of Indian War fame---at the first battle of Manassas. And when the war was ended he bent his remarkable energies to mechanical research.
He built the first gasoline still made in Baltimore. The first cotton compress for export products was his design, and he insisted upon building the first machine with his own hands. He was a mechanical wizard with hydraulic apparatus and was known as the "pump doctor.” Colonel Buxton was one of the consulting engineers on the Gun powder waterworks.
For the last two decades he had been interested in mining and had financial connection with many well-known mining camps in the United States and other countries. On October 12, 1912, he was granted a patent for his invention of an ore mill, said to be the largest of its kind ever built and designed to extract all precious metals from ores. This mill is not yet ready for use, but is nearing completion in Baltimore.
Colonel Buxton had been a member of Oriental Lodge of Masons for 42 years. He had read The Sun constantly since 1866 as his exclusive morning paper.
The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) • 22 November 1914, Sunday • Page 7
Residence Montpelier VT;
Enlisted on 5/2/1861 as a Private.
On 5/9/1861 he mustered into "F" Co. VT 1st Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 8/15/1861 at Brattleboro, VT
John Healy Buxton was born in Woodstock, Connecticut on July 24, 1842. The son of Simeon and Caroline Boyden (Bullard) Buxton, he had three brothers: William, Harris, and Anson. The family moved to Worcester, Massachusetts about 1846, where John's father was a builder. In 1855 Simeon was in Rutland, Vermont, and had a manufacturing business. By 1857 they lived in Montpelier, where John's father had a large foundry and a sawmill on the Winooski River and manufactured waterwheels. John's father was also an inventor, owning patents for a variety of important sawmill and waterwheel improvements. John followed his father's example. He loved the workings of machinery; he grew up learning the business, and worked in the foundry as a machinist.
On May 2, 1861, John was among the first in Montpelier to enlist in Co F, 1st Vermont Infantry as a private. He was eighteen, six feet tall, with brown hair and hazel eyes. His company fought at Big Bethel, often called the first battle of the Civil War. He was discharged on August 15, 1861. On September 11, 1861 he was the first to enlist at Montpelier in the 1st Vermont Cavalry, joining Co C. A private, John fought in the Valley Campaign, and endured the hardships of Banks' Retreat. His obituary states that he was a scout, and was commended for his service. He often spoke of his adventures, and stated that he had two horses, "Stubs" and "Lady Carrigan", shot from under him. He received a medical discharge on November 21, 1862 for a back injury, which, in 1912, he attributed to the fall of his horse.
There was a house fire in Montpelier on January 7, 1863, and John joined the fire company - Capitol No.5. On June 19, 1863, John was in Boston, where he enlisted at Charleston Navy Yard in the U. S. Marines as a private. He re-injured his back, and was discharged on February 15, 1864. Lastly, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy.
"Then the next summer, while in Boston, I saw an advertisement of bounties offered at the enlistment office, and received the bounty, as I supposed, and afterwards enlisted as a first class fireman as a substitute for someone else, I know not what the name was, and which I have deplored ever since." John served from July 6, 1864 to the end of the war, being discharged at Norfolk, Virginia on April 18, 1865.
After the war, John located in Baltimore, Maryland and married Jane Elizabeth Curtis on March 27, 1866. They had four children. John was noted for his mechanical talents. In 1876 he set up a windmill business in Baltimore. In 1885 he bought an 80-acre farm at Buxton, on the B & 0 Railroad near Laurel, Md. John returned to Baltimore and became interested in gold mining. He developed mines in Maryland, North Carolina, Canada and Nevada. In 1912 he built and patented a mill for crushing gold ore. A man of boundless energy, optimism and determination, he died of apoplexy on November 19, 1914.
His Civil War papers and photographs were lost in a fire in 1885; only his GAR medal remains.
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&187731
http://vermontcivilwar.org/units/ca/buxton-jh.php
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NOTED WAR SCOUT DEAD
Col. John H. Buxton Also Famous As Mechanical Wizard.
The death Thursday at the Maryland General Hospital of Col. John H. Buxton, 512 Orkney road, Govans, ended a career that was interesting as it was unusual. As a scout and personal friend of General Custer, Colonel Buxton lived through stirring times in his young manhood and helped to make American history; as a mechanical and hydraulic engineer he was considered an authority in Maryland, and as an inventor he contributed to the world's progress various kinds of apparatus, in the way of machinery, which have proved of great value.
Colonel Buxton died suddenly as the result of a stroke of apoplexy~~~his third seizure. The stroke preceding this, and which nearly proved fatal, came to him when he was in the mountains of California at an altitude of more than 12,0O0 feet investigating a mining project in which Baltimoreans were interested.
It would hard to determine whether he achieved his greatest reputation as an inventor or as a soldier. He served under Custer and Colonel Monthouten in the Civil War, doing service as a scout which called for the commendation of the famous Indian fighter. He saved the life of Colonel---Monthouten also of Indian War fame---at the first battle of Manassas. And when the war was ended he bent his remarkable energies to mechanical research.
He built the first gasoline still made in Baltimore. The first cotton compress for export products was his design, and he insisted upon building the first machine with his own hands. He was a mechanical wizard with hydraulic apparatus and was known as the "pump doctor.” Colonel Buxton was one of the consulting engineers on the Gun powder waterworks.
For the last two decades he had been interested in mining and had financial connection with many well-known mining camps in the United States and other countries. On October 12, 1912, he was granted a patent for his invention of an ore mill, said to be the largest of its kind ever built and designed to extract all precious metals from ores. This mill is not yet ready for use, but is nearing completion in Baltimore.
Colonel Buxton had been a member of Oriental Lodge of Masons for 42 years. He had read The Sun constantly since 1866 as his exclusive morning paper.
The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) • 22 November 1914, Sunday • Page 7
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