Once the purchase was concluded, Rufus traveled back to Vermont in late 1867 and married his cousin, *Helen (Hellin) Olin (1848-1933) on Dec. 11, 1867, probably in Westford (Chittenden County), Vermont. Their son, Linus Buell (1868-1931), was the first of four children, but the only one to survive into adulthood. Likewise, Alonzo married a neighbor girl from Vermont named Mary Carty, with the wedding taking place Dec. 25, 1868 at the Buena Vista Ranch, near Salinas in Monterey County, but we do not know if he brought her out from Vermont, or if she made the journey to California on her own. As Rufus probably owned the Buena Vista Ranch, she may have made the journey with Rufus and his new bride. Alonzo and Mary had a long marriage with eleven children, seven of whom survived.
*The name of Rufus Buell's first wife is incorrectly given by Phyllis Lotz as Helen Goodchild in her online history of Buellton, and this error unfortunately has been perpetuated in several online family histories. However, this wife is clearly identified as Hellin Olin in Vermont State Vital Records, and Hughes and Munsell (1899, p. 163) identify her as Henry Olin, which is probably a misprint for Helen Olin. Rufus Buell's maternal grandfather was James Olin (c.1770-1856) of Westford, Vermont, and this same James Olin was likely the paternal grandfather of Rufus' wife Helen Olin as well.
*The name of Rufus Buell's first wife is incorrectly given by Phyllis Lotz as Helen Goodchild in her online history of Buellton, and this error unfortunately has been perpetuated in several online family histories. However, this wife is clearly identified as Hellin Olin in Vermont State Vital Records, and Hughes and Munsell (1899, p. 163) identify her as Henry Olin, which is probably a misprint for Helen Olin. Rufus Buell's maternal grandfather was James Olin (c.1770-1856) of Westford, Vermont, and this same James Olin was likely the paternal grandfather of Rufus' wife Helen Olin as well.
Once the purchase was concluded, Rufus traveled back to Vermont in late 1867 and married his cousin, *Helen (Hellin) Olin (1848-1933) on Dec. 11, 1867, probably in Westford (Chittenden County), Vermont. Their son, Linus Buell (1868-1931), was the first of four children, but the only one to survive into adulthood. Likewise, Alonzo married a neighbor girl from Vermont named Mary Carty, with the wedding taking place Dec. 25, 1868 at the Buena Vista Ranch, near Salinas in Monterey County, but we do not know if he brought her out from Vermont, or if she made the journey to California on her own. As Rufus probably owned the Buena Vista Ranch, she may have made the journey with Rufus and his new bride. Alonzo and Mary had a long marriage with eleven children, seven of whom survived.
*The name of Rufus Buell's first wife is incorrectly given by Phyllis Lotz as Helen Goodchild in her online history of Buellton, and this error unfortunately has been perpetuated in several online family histories. However, this wife is clearly identified as Hellin Olin in Vermont State Vital Records, and Hughes and Munsell (1899, p. 163) identify her as Henry Olin, which is probably a misprint for Helen Olin. Rufus Buell's maternal grandfather was James Olin (c.1770-1856) of Westford, Vermont, and this same James Olin was likely the paternal grandfather of Rufus' wife Helen Olin as well.
*The name of Rufus Buell's first wife is incorrectly given by Phyllis Lotz as Helen Goodchild in her online history of Buellton, and this error unfortunately has been perpetuated in several online family histories. However, this wife is clearly identified as Hellin Olin in Vermont State Vital Records, and Hughes and Munsell (1899, p. 163) identify her as Henry Olin, which is probably a misprint for Helen Olin. Rufus Buell's maternal grandfather was James Olin (c.1770-1856) of Westford, Vermont, and this same James Olin was likely the paternal grandfather of Rufus' wife Helen Olin as well.
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