Joseph W Buffum was 3rd of 8 children born to Stephen Smith Buffum & Esther [Mann] Buffum.
He m Sarah Ann Mills 1856 in Knox Co,IL.
On the 11th of August, 1862, Joseph W Buffum enlisted in Company G, 83d Illinois Infantry, which was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. He first saw battle at Ft. Donelson, and was thereafter engaged in many of the important battles of the war, experiencing many hairbreadth escapes, and at Clarksville, Tenn., was wounded in the left leg, and made a cripple for life. This occurred in the spring of 1865. Mr. Buffum was confined at Ft. Bruce, and after the close of the conflict received his honorable discharge at Chicago, Ill., in July, 1865, and was mustered out of the service.
In 1868 he relocated in Johnston Co, NE he held office of County Judge & Treasurer. [some of this bio taken from: Profile & Biographical Album~Johnston & Pawnee Counties~Nebraska; pub 1899 Chambers Bros, Chicago]
Contributor: Sue Barnett (46949983)
He m Sarah Ann Mills 1856 in Knox Co,IL.
On the 11th of August, 1862, Joseph W Buffum enlisted in Company G, 83d Illinois Infantry, which was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. He first saw battle at Ft. Donelson, and was thereafter engaged in many of the important battles of the war, experiencing many hairbreadth escapes, and at Clarksville, Tenn., was wounded in the left leg, and made a cripple for life. This occurred in the spring of 1865. Mr. Buffum was confined at Ft. Bruce, and after the close of the conflict received his honorable discharge at Chicago, Ill., in July, 1865, and was mustered out of the service.
In 1868 he relocated in Johnston Co, NE he held office of County Judge & Treasurer. [some of this bio taken from: Profile & Biographical Album~Johnston & Pawnee Counties~Nebraska; pub 1899 Chambers Bros, Chicago]
Contributor: Sue Barnett (46949983)
Joseph W Buffum was 3rd of 8 children born to Stephen Smith Buffum & Esther [Mann] Buffum.
He m Sarah Ann Mills 1856 in Knox Co,IL.
On the 11th of August, 1862, Joseph W Buffum enlisted in Company G, 83d Illinois Infantry, which was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. He first saw battle at Ft. Donelson, and was thereafter engaged in many of the important battles of the war, experiencing many hairbreadth escapes, and at Clarksville, Tenn., was wounded in the left leg, and made a cripple for life. This occurred in the spring of 1865. Mr. Buffum was confined at Ft. Bruce, and after the close of the conflict received his honorable discharge at Chicago, Ill., in July, 1865, and was mustered out of the service.
In 1868 he relocated in Johnston Co, NE he held office of County Judge & Treasurer. [some of this bio taken from: Profile & Biographical Album~Johnston & Pawnee Counties~Nebraska; pub 1899 Chambers Bros, Chicago]
Contributor: Sue Barnett (46949983)
He m Sarah Ann Mills 1856 in Knox Co,IL.
On the 11th of August, 1862, Joseph W Buffum enlisted in Company G, 83d Illinois Infantry, which was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. He first saw battle at Ft. Donelson, and was thereafter engaged in many of the important battles of the war, experiencing many hairbreadth escapes, and at Clarksville, Tenn., was wounded in the left leg, and made a cripple for life. This occurred in the spring of 1865. Mr. Buffum was confined at Ft. Bruce, and after the close of the conflict received his honorable discharge at Chicago, Ill., in July, 1865, and was mustered out of the service.
In 1868 he relocated in Johnston Co, NE he held office of County Judge & Treasurer. [some of this bio taken from: Profile & Biographical Album~Johnston & Pawnee Counties~Nebraska; pub 1899 Chambers Bros, Chicago]
Contributor: Sue Barnett (46949983)
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