Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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F. M. BUSTER, 
 
a retired farmer living one mile north of Wilmington, on land once owned by the 
Government and known as "The Drum Barracks," has been a resident of this place 
and an honored citizen of Los Angeles County since 1870. Mr. Buster was born in 
East Tennessee in July, 1825, and is a son of M. W. and Elizabeth (Walker) 
Buster, natives of Tennessee, and of Irish and Scotch descent. His father moved 
to Greene County, Missouri, in 1849, where he farmed for a number of years, 
subsequently moving to Mendocino County, California, where he continued the 
occupation of farming until his death, which occurred in 1871, his wife having 
died a few months previous. They reared a family of ten children, six of whom 
are still living. The subject of this sketch was married on the 8th day of 
March, 1849, to Miss Malinda E. Garrett, in De Kalb County, Alabama. This lady 
is a native of Southern Alabama, and the daughter of Jesse and Judith Garrett, 
the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of Georgia. They died in 
Alabama. Mr. Buster came to California first in 1850, and was for three years 
engaged in mining. He then farmed in Santa Clara County, near San Jose, for some 
time, after which he returned to the East and brought his wife with him to the 
Golden State, locating in Mendocino County, where he engaged in farming and 
stock-raising for a period of thirteen years. He next moved to Santa Barbara 
County, and, after remaining there two years, came to Los Angeles County in 
1870, and cast his interests with her favored and enterprising people.  Mr. 
Buster is a lover of peace and good-will, and never had a lawsuit in his life. 
He is a public-spirited man, and by his honorable and upright course in life he 
has won the respect and esteem of all who know him. He and the companion of his 
youth are both active members of the Holiness Church at Cerritus Station. They 
both received the blessing of holiness August 23, 1880, and their walk and 
conversation has been "such as becometh godliness." In the church he holds the 
office of elder. Politically, Mr. Buster is true to the principles of his native 
State, and affiliates with the Democratic party.
 
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California �  Chicago, The Lewis 
Publishing Company, Page 397
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler