Battle of Buffington Island

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Descendants of Richard Buffington by Ed Gentzler  

1. Joel BUFFINGTON, son of William BUFFINGTON and of Magdalena Lena FERREE, born 1735/6 Virginia. He was married Elizabeth LOGAN. Joel was married by 1772 and was active in real estate in Western Virginia, Kentucky and probably in Ohio and Pennsylvania. He bought a property called Buffington Island in 1787 that many of the family have legends concerning. His sons Joseph and William are sometimes listed as first buying this island. The Isle of DuVol is listed some places as the same as Buffington Island, and in other sources is shown as a separate island. Joel is the progenitor of all of the Louisa County Buffington family, with several of his children resident in Louisa County in the 1840's and 50's, but most not staying long. Joel's wife, Elizabeth Logan was part Indian, it is alleged, but no documentation for this claim exists that I have seen.
 

Children of Joel and Elizabeth (LOGAN) BUFFINGTON were as follows:
 

2. i. William BUFFINGTON, born 1773 Hampshire County, Virginia. William's first wife is unknown; his second was Sarah Hughes, in 1799; his third was Frances G.. His children were Joseph, born 1800, married Nancy ______; Elizabeth, born 1802, married William Barringer; Samuel, born 1807 and married Mary _____; Seth, born 1815, married Susan ______; George W., born 1819, married Mary _____; Lydia; Wesley, born 1823, married Martha Seaman; Brooks, born 1826; Jane ____ born 1828; Baldwin R., born 1832; Phebe, born 1834.

+ 3.ii. Joseph X. BUFFINGTON, born 13 Jun 1776 d. Jan. 15, 1849

4. iii. Phillip Cox BUFFINGTON, born 1777. Phillip married Elizabeth, who was born circa 1777 in Virginia. Three children assumed to be his are Joel, born about 1805 in southern Illinois and who married about 1826 Elizabeth Gaston; Phillip; John.

5.iv. Susan BUFFINGTON, born 1780c. Susan married Reason Nightswanger.

6.v. Abraham BUFFINGTON, born 1784. Abraham married Margaret _____, who had been born in Maryland circa 1787. Children were Lloyd, born 1811 and married Jane _____; nameless daughter; Phillip, born 1815 and married Julia A._____; Susannah, born 1817; Abraham C. born 1823; Elvira, born 1824; two more nameless daughters; son Asa born 1832.

7. vi. Jacob BUFFINGTON, born 1785 Virginia; died 1 May 1860. Jacob married Amelia Ann Harvey on 24/26 June 1804. She was born in Maryland in 1783 and died 7 February 1861.Their children were: Hezekiah, born 26 October 1805, married Elizabeth A. Barringer 25 January 1829, died 18 February 1865; Nehemiah; Jacob, Jr., born 25 Feb 1809, married Susana Bowman, 21 January 1836, died 14 February 1881; Rebecca Rowley Hamilton, born 1812, married Jane Hinn 13 August 1834; Richard; Rachel, born 1818 and unmarried in 1850; Asa, born 1820 and unmarried in 1850, died April or September of 1871; Amelia, born 1822, married James A. Harrelson; William A., born 1825 and unmarried in 1850; Washington, born 1826, married Maria _______.

8.vii. Magdalene BUFFINGTON, born 1793 c.-Magdalene married Thomas DeWitt.

9.viii. Richard BUFFINGTON, born 1795. Richard married Polly _____.

10.vix. Asa BUFFINGTON, born 1797 c. Asa married Elizabeth_____.
 

3. Joseph X. Buffington (Joel¹), born 13 Jun 1776, Hampshire County, Virginia; died 15 Jan. 1849, Louisa County, Iowa; Buried Buffington Cemetery , Louisa County, Iowa. He married (1) Chloe HARVEY b. ca. 1775, d. Sept. 12, 1840; and was married (2) about 1842, to Jane UNKNOWN. I think that all of the Louisa County Buffingtons I have documented trace their descent from Joseph Buffington and his wife Chloe Harvey⁽¹⁾. ( Ed Gentzler has another child listed, a daughter, Elizabeth Buffington, born 1796, married to a Reuben Tubbs on June 13, 1819.)
 

Children of Joseph² and Chloe (HARVEY) BUFFINGTON were as follows:
 

11. i. Mary Ann BUFFINGTON, born 1797. Mary Ann married Jacob Bowman.⁽²⁾.

12. ii. William H. BUFFINGTON, born 1799. William's wife was named Mary, and she died in Louisa County on 7 August 1841, aged 38 years, and is buried in Buffington Cemetery, Louisa County, Iowa.⁽³⁾

+ 13.iii. Phillip Joseph BUFFINGTON, born 4 Aug 1802.

14.iv. Joseph W. BUFFINGTON, born 1804.⁽⁴⁾

15.v. Susannah BUFFINGTON, born 1804. Susannah married John Woods on 23 April 1826.⁽⁵⁾

16.vi. Margaret BUFFINGTON, born 14 Apr 1806 Meigs County, Ohio; died 13 Feb 1890. Margaret married Charles Edwards, son of David Edwards and Catherine George. She born 26 July 1806 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania and died 19 July 1875. Children: Mary, born 28 December 1828, married James Madison Harper, and she died in 1866; Thomas B., born 15 December 1830-32, married Frances Gooding and died 19 April 1881; Abraham C., born 13 September 1833, married Martha Williams; Charles West, born 11 June 1835, married Julia Smith, and died 3 March 1899; Harriet C., born 2 March 1837, married Alexander Dickson and died 23 May 1922; Andrew, born 25 August 1839, married Emeline Dunham, and died 15/25 October 1905; Joseph H., born 20 September 1841, married Sarah Gilliland, and died 27 October 1913; Henrietta, born 31 January 1844, married L. W. Carpenter, and died 28 March 1922 (?); Mehitable, born 24 June 1845 and died the same day; David, born 17 September 1847, married America ______, and died 8 March 192?. ⁽⁶⁾

17. vii. Amelia BUFFINGTON, born 1807. Amelia married James Littleton⁽⁷⁾.

18.viii. Chloe BUFFINGTON, born 1809. Chloe married John Lasley and\or Joseph Rowley..⁽⁸⁾

+ 19.ix. Samuel W. BUFFINGTON, born 30 Apr 1812, Jan. 9, 1848, age 35y 8m 10d

20. x. James Q. BUFFINGTON, born 1815.

+ 21.xi. Amanda BUFFINGTON, born 1816.

22.xii. Magdalene BUFFINGTON, born 1818. Magdalene married Isaac Daugherty on June 3, 1836. Isaac Daugherty, d. July 24, 1841, aged 28 yrs. and was buried in Buffington Cemetery

23.xiii. Abraham Columbus BUFFINGTON, born 15 Mar 1820 Meigs County, Ohio. Abram married first Amanda Layton, second Mary E. Chamberlain. Children by Amanda were Ceres, who married an Osgood; Ruth who married a Kuffel; Marietta, who married a Hill; Martha, who married a Fletcher; J. Quincy; Louisa, who died young; Isabella, who died young; Amanda, who died in her teens; Annie E. who married an Everett; Amelia, who died in infancy. Children by second marriage were Grant, who was killed while hunting; Thomas Dick; Winfield Scott; Ida; Mary; Grace; Celia, who died young; Abram, who died before 1901; Charles; Harvey; Olive Lay; Lillian Gertrude. Charles, Olive Lay and Lillian were living with parents in 1901. Five of their children died in San Luis Obispo County, California, within 11 days of each other, with diphtheria.⁽⁹⁾
 

Phillip Joseph³ BUFFINGTON, (Joseph² , Joel¹ ), born 4 Aug 1802 Buffington Island, Meigs County, Ohio; died 24 Nov 1880 Elm Grove Township, Louisa County, Iowa; buried Buffington Cemetery, Louisa County,: "P.J. Buffington, born on Buffington's Island, Ohio August 1802. Imigrated to Iowa 1837. Died Nov. 1882." He was married (1) 1 Jan 1826, Meigs County, Ohio to Mary SLEATH; : "died Feb. 15,1850, age 42y 10m. 28 das, wife of P.J. Buffington"and was married (2) 18 Oct 1851, Louisa County, Iowa to Evaline PATTON.

Children named as heirs in Phillip's probate papers in 1880 are: son Washington Buffington, 54, of Leavenworth, Kansas; son ⁽¹⁰⁾Abram C. Buffington, 52, Red Oak, Iowa; son Hamilton C. Buffington, 50, Red Oak, Iowa; son P. C. Buffington, 48, Cairo, Louisa County, Iowa; son J. V. Buffington, 46, Blaine, Kansas; daughter Chloe Cleeland, 44, Columbus City, Iowa; daughter Catherine Enyart, 40, Walnut Station, Illinois; daughter Isabelle Graves, 38, Red Oak, Iowa; son Joseph X. Buffington,36, Woodburn, Iowa; daughter Mary Ellen Buffington, 32, Columbus City, Iowa; son Thomas H. Buffington, 22, Columbus City, Iowa; son Lamond L. Buffington, 19, Columbus City, Iowa. The widow was Evaline Buffington. Administrator of the estate was son P. C. Buffington. Land owned was in sections 14 and 24, Township 74 N; Range 5 W. ⁽¹¹⁾

Children of Phillip Jefferson and Mary (SLEATH) BUFFINGTON were as follows:
 

24.i. Washington BUFFINGTON, born 1826. He was married Abigail DIX. Information came from father's probate box 35 in Louisa County; Norma Cedergreen.

+ 25.ii. Abraham C. BUFFINGTON, born 12 Jun 1828.

26.iii. Hamilton C. BUFFINGTON, born 2 Apr 1830 Ohio; died 12 Oct 1912 Lucas County, Iowa. He was married 17 Apr 1856, Lucas County, Iowa to Sarah Jane LAYTON. Hamilton was in Red Oak, Iowa in 1880.⁽¹²⁾

+ 27.iv. Philip Cox BUFFINGTON, born 6 Mar 1832.

28.v. James Q. BUFFINGTON, born 1834 Ohio. J. V. (Q.) was in Blaine, Kansas, in 1880.⁽¹³⁾

29.vi. Chloe BUFFINGTON, born 1836 Ohio. She was married 16 Nov 1863, Louisa County, Iowa to Robert F. CLEELAND. Chloe Cleeland was in Columbus City in 1880; in Fontanelle, Iowa, in 1919. ⁽¹⁴⁾Information from her father's probate box 35 in Louisa County; the obituary of her half-brother Thomas Harvey Buffington in the Columbus Gazette of October 2, 1919; Charles Hutchinson.

30.vii. Catherine D. BUFFINGTON, born 10 May 1838 Louisa County, Iowa; died 15 Mar 1909; buried Spring Run Cemetery, Louisa County, Iowa. She was married 20 Aug 1868, Louisa County, Iowa to Alonzo K. ENYART. Catherine Enyart was living in Walnut Station, Illinois in 1880.⁽¹⁵⁾

31.viii. Isabelle BUFFINGTON, born 20 Jun 1840 Louisa County, Iowa; died 29 Jul 1903 Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa; buried Red Oak Cemetery, Red Oak, Iowa. She was married 30 Oct 1856, Louisa County, Iowa to Israel Washington GRAVES. Isabelle Graves was in Red Oak, Iowa in 1880.⁽¹⁶⁾

+ 32. ix. Joseph X. BUFFINGTON, born 1 Jun 1842.

33. x. Mary Ellen BUFFINGTON, born 1848. Mary Ellen lived in Columbus City in 1880; lived in Monroe, Nebraska as Ellen Durfey in 1919.⁽¹⁷⁾
 

Children of Phillip Jefferson and Evaline (PATTON) BUFFINGTON were as follows:
 

+ 34. i. Thomas Harvey BUFFINGTON, born 5 Jun 1858.

35. ii. Lamond Lincoln BUFFINGTON, born 1861. Lamond was in Columbus City in 1880; in Davenport, Iowa in 1919. Information came from his father's probate box in Louisa County; obituary of his brother, Thomas Harvey Buffington, in Columbus Gazette of October 2, 1919.
 

19. Samuel W. BUFFINGTON, (Joseph , Joel ), born 30 Apr 1812; died 9 Jan 1848 Louisa County, Iowa; buried Buffington Cemetery, Louisa County, Iowa. He was married 18 May 1843, Louisa County, Iowa to Nancy E. STUDDARD.⁽¹⁸⁾ Children of Samuel W. and Nancy E. (STUDDARD) BUFFINGTON were as follows:
 

36. i. Joel BUFFINGTON, born about 1844 Louisa County, Iowa; died about 1848.

37. ii. Richard Wilson BUFFINGTON, born about 1846 Louisa County, Iowa; died about 1865. Richard served in the Civil War and was killed in the battle of Bentonville, in North Carolina.

+ 38. iii. Samuel Alexander BUFFINGTON, born 11 Dec 1847.

James Q. BUFFINGTON, (Joseph , Joel ), born 1815 Meigs County, Ohio; died 20 Jan 1889 Lucas County, Iowa. He was married 29 Oct 1835, Meigs County, Ohio to Eliza Ann SLEATH.⁽¹⁹⁾
 
 
 

Children of James Q. and Eliza Ann (SLEATH) BUFFINGTON were as follows:
 

39. i. Alma Mary BUFFINGTON. Alma married a Sleeth and was living in Kansas in 1905 as a widow.⁽²⁰⁾

40. ii. Sarah BUFFINGTON.⁽²¹⁾

+ 41. iii. Joseph Riley BUFFINGTON, born 1840.

42. iv. Atlanta BUFFINGTON, born 1843; died 1875; buried Buffington Cemetery, Louisa County, Iowa⁽²²⁾.Atlanta married Adam Schlee and had a daughter Sarah. Atlanta died June 2, 1875, and whereabouts of Adam and Sarah are unknown in 1909.⁽²³⁾

+ 43. v. David Sleeth BUFFINGTON, born 4 Feb 1843.

44. vi. Francis Asbury BUFFINGTON, born 1845; died 1849.

45. vii. Mary Catherine BUFFINGTON, born 1847. Mary married Henry Schulz and is a widow

+ 46. viii. Eliza Ellen BUFFINGTON, born 1850.

47. ix. Chloe Anne BUFFINGTON, born 1853. Anne and husband Edward Dove reside in Severa, Kansas, in 1905 and 1909.⁽²⁴⁾

48. x. Abraham Perry BUFFINGTON, born 1857; died Delaware City, Delaware Abraham was living in New York in 1905 and in Denver, Colorado, in 1909, with his wife, Alma.⁽²⁵⁾
 

21. Amanda BUFFINGTON, (Joseph , Joel ), born 1816 Mason County, Virginia; died 1878 Jackson County, West Virginia. She was married 26 May 1831, to Henry ROWLEY.

Information from Ed Gentzler.
 

Children of Henry and Amanda (BUFFINGTON) ROWLEY were as follows:
 

49. i. Joseph Vanziles ROWLEY, born 1831; died 1904 Information from Ed Gentzler.

50. ii. Grosvenor Convas ROWLEY, born 1833. Information from Ed Gentzler.
 

25. Abraham C⁴. BUFFINGTON, (Phillip Jefferson³ , Joseph² , Joel¹ ), born 12 Jun 1828 Meigs County, Ohio. He was married 18 Jul 1849, Louisa County, Iowa to Hannah LAYTON.

Abraham was in Red Oak, Iowa, in 1880.⁽²⁶⁾
 

Children⁽²⁷⁾ of Abraham C. and Hannah (LAYTON) BUFFINGTON were as follows:
 

51. i. Philip I. BUFFINGTON. .

52. ii. Joseph R. BUFFINGTON.

53. iii. Abraham C. BUFFINGTON.

54. iv. James A. BUFFINGTON.

55. v. John A. BUFFINGTON.

56. vi. William W. BUFFINGTON.

57. vii. Emily BUFFINGTON.

58. viii.Martha BUFFINGTON.

59. ix. Isabella BUFFINGTON.

60. x. Samuel BUFFINGTON, born Aug 1850.
 
 
 

27. Philip Cox BUFFINGTON, (Phillip Jefferson , Joseph , Joel ), born 6 Mar 1832 Meigs County, Ohio; died 7 Apr 1918 Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa; buried Fulton Cemetery, Louisa County, Iowa. He was married 7 Jul 1851, Louisa County, Iowa to Delilah LUNBECK. ⁽²⁸⁾
 

Children⁽²⁹⁾ of Philip Cox and Delilah (LUNBECK) BUFFINGTON were as follows:
 

61. i. Dora BUFFINGTON; died Lake Arthur, Louisiana. She was married 28 Aug 1878, Louisa County, Iowa to Mark A. from Louisa County LIMBOCKER.⁽³⁰⁾

62.ii. Mary BUFFINGTON. She was married 15 Dec 1875, Louisa County, Iowa to Edward SELLERS.⁽³¹⁾

63.iii. Julia A. BUFFINGTON. She was married 16 Jun 1895, Louisa County, Iowa to Joseph E. THOMAS.⁽³²⁾

64.iv. Freeman Carson BUFFINGTON, born 25 Oct 1852 Louisa County, Iowa; died 10 Jan 1932 Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Iowa; buried Spring Run Cemetery, Louisa County, Iowa. He was married (1) 18 Jan 1877, Louisa County, Iowa to Maria E. JONES; and was married (2) 8 Jan 1918, to Mrs. Louisa BODEN.⁽³³⁾

65.v. Ellen BUFFINGTON, born 1854; died 1928; buried Fulton\Cairo Cemetery, Louisa County, Iowa. She was married 4 Jul 1872, Louisa County, Iowa to Oscar SELLERS.⁽³⁴⁾

66.vi. Clara Bell BUFFINGTON, born 1860; died 1933; buried Columbus City Cemetery, Louisa County, Iowa. She was married 3 Jul 1878, Louisa County, Iowa to John A. HOUSEAL.⁽³⁵⁾

67.vii. Daisy D. BUFFINGTON, born 1876; died 1942; buried Wapello Cemetery, Wapello, Iowa. She was married 25 Nov 1896, Louisa County, Iowa to William C. BRIDGES. Daisy lived in Wapello in 1918.⁽³⁶⁾

68. viii.Ann E.⁽³⁷⁾, b. Dec. 1, 1853, d. Sept. 23, 1854, age 9m 23 das.
 

32. Joseph X. BUFFINGTON, (Phillip Jefferson , Joseph , Joel ), born 1 Jun 1842 Louisa County, Iowa; died 24 May 1898 Colfax, Washington. He was married (1) 16 Aug 1869, to Catherine M. SHOOK, daughter of George SHOOK and of Lydia UNKNOWN; and was married (2) 16 Mar 1887, Oakland Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa to Susanna Maria BORDEN.

Joseph was enrolled February 18, 1864 in the 16th Iowa Regiment Infantry and was discharged on July 24, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky, from Company I of the 4th Infantry, to which he had transferred. He came home with lung disease contracted while serving with General Sherman's troops in the March to the Sea. Joseph X. was in Woodburn, Iowa in 1880.⁽³⁸⁾ Susanna was the last survivor of the Christopher and Elizabeth Collard Bowden family. She worked as a nurse in Oakland, Iowa, prior to her marriage.⁽³⁹⁾
 

Children⁽⁴⁰⁾ of Joseph X. and Susanna Maria (BOWDEN) BUFFINGTON were as follows:
 

68.i. Philip Christopher BUFFINGTON, born 23 Sep 1889 Marquette, Hamilton County, Nebraska; died 29 Jul 1962 Colfax, Whitman County, Washington. He was married 23 Sep 1940, Seattle, Washington to Edna Caldonia (Done) HOLLAND.

69.ii. Chloe Ellen BUFFINGTON, born 22 Jul 1893 Colfax, Whitman County, Washington; died 11 Jun 1971 Forest Grove, Oregon. he was married 22 Nov 1920, Colfax, Whitman County, Washington to Alfred Henry CEDERGREEN.
 

34. Thomas Harvey BUFFINGTON, (Phillip Jefferson , Joseph , Joel ), born 5 Jun 1858 Elm Grove Township, Louisa County, Iowa; died 22 Sep 1919 Spring Run, Louisa County, Iowa; buried Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus City, Iowa. He was married 24 Feb 1881, to Frances Lydia SHOOK, daughter of George SHOOK and of Lydia UNKNOWN. Thomas H. was in Columbus City in 1880, and seemingly lived there his entire life. Thomas suffered a nervous breakdown about 1918. He killed himself by hanging.⁽⁴¹⁾
 

Children of Thomas Harvey and Frances Lydia (SHOOK) BUFFINGTON were as follows:
 

70.i. Benjamin Glenard BUFFINGTON, born 22 Nov 1881; died 15 Oct 1975; buried Wapello Cemetery, Wapello, Iowa. He was married Pearl UNKNOWN. Glenard came back from Omaha to Louisa County about 1918 after his father had suffered a nervous breakdown, both to care for him and to operate the family farm.⁽⁴²⁾
 

38. Samuel Alexander BUFFINGTON, (Samuel W. , Joseph , Joel ), born 11 Dec 1847 near Crawfordsville, Washington County, Iowa; died 26 Apr 1915 Clear Lake, Iowa; buried Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus City, Iowa. He was married 1 Sep 1874, to Sarah Elizabeth BASHFORD. Samuel's father died when Samuel was 4 weeks old, and he was raised by his mother. At age 16/18 Samuel enlisted in Company A of the 9th Iowa Volunteer Cavalry.⁽⁴³⁾ He enlisted on 14 October 1863, and was discharged on 28 February 1866 at Little Rock, Arkansas He was 5 feet 5 inches in height, had a light complexion and blue eyes and was a farmer when he enlisted. Samuel and Sarah lived in the Spring Run area after their marriage in 1874, until moving to Clear Lake, Iowa, March 1, 1913.⁽⁴⁴⁾
 

Children of Samuel Alexander and Sarah Elizabeth (BASHFORD) BUFFINGTON were as follows:
 

71.i. Conrad Berchand BUFFINGTON, born 15 May 1876 Nr Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Iowa; died 1955; buried Columbus City Cemetery, Louisa County, Iowa. He was married 25 Jan 1905, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa to Edna Jane DODDS. Conrad married Edna Jane Dodds on January 25, 1905, at Wapello. They first lived near Williams, in Hamilton County, Iowa, before moving in 1908 to Mediapolis, Iowa. They later moved to Wyman and Winfield and then in 1930 to Columbus Junction. Children are Lou A., David Maxwell, Helen Marie, Harriett Lenore, Burdette Riley and Bruce Lee.⁽⁴⁵⁾

72.ii. Lynville Lenora BUFFINGTON, born 28 Feb 1880 Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Iowa. Lynville Lenore married Benjamin Van Horn and the family lived near Luana, Iowa, with their 15 children, who are Henry Leroy, Margaret Elizabeth, Charlotte Gertrude, Laura Verna, Winona Alexandria, Benjaman Noah, Cora Belle, Dallas Vinton, Eva Mae, Harley Dale, Lynville Lenore, Sofas Cornelius, William Victor, Chrystal Alberta, and Donald Hilton.⁽⁴⁶⁾
 
 
 

73.iii. Richard McCullough/McCauley BUFFINGTON, born 24 Nov 1881Elm Grove Township, Louisa County, Iowa; died 27 Mar 1951 Louisa County, Iowa; buried Columbus City Cemetery, Louisa County, Iowa. He was married 13 Jan 1904, Louisa County, Iowa to Verdie Eula JENNINGS. Richard married Verda Eula Jennings on January 13, 1904, at Wapello. They lived near Williams, Hamilton County, Iowa for a short time before moving to Columbus Junction. Their children are Florence Mae, Berch Berdett, Reid Alexander, Beula Marie, Dean Richard, Robert Keith and Charles Craig.⁽⁴⁷⁾

74.iv. Chester Arthur BUFFINGTON, born 18 Jul 1884 near Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Iowa. Chester Arthur Buffington married Nettie Viola Chamberlin on January 16, 1908, at Crawfordsville. They lived near Cairo and Winfield before moving to Mason City, Iowa. Their children are Raymond Arthur, Geneva Viola, Nellie Alice, Myrna Ellen, Gaylord Conrad, Josephine Elizabeth, Howard Merlyn, Clyde Emerson, Stanley Roger and Kathryn Lucile.⁽⁴⁸⁾

75.v. Hugh Isaac BUFFINGTON, born 8 Nov 1887 near Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Iowa; died 1943; buried ColumbusCity Cemetery, Louisa County, Iowa. Hugh Isaac Buffington married Bessie Browning of Columbus Junction. They lived near Morning Sun, then moved to Wisconsin for several years and later moved to Muscatine. They had one daughter,Verlee Elizabeth, who died September 15, 1910. Information rom 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book (date of birth listed as 1886 there).

76.vi. Nellie Alexandria BUFFINGTON, born 9 Dec 1889 near Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Iowa. Nellie Alexandria Buffington married William Abner Havenhill on October 27, 1910. They farmed near Mediapolis, Iowa. Their children are Rex William, Elizabeth Carol, Harold, Edith Louise, Donald Edwin and Billy.⁽⁴⁹⁾

77.vii. William Walter BUFFINGTON, born 16 Jun 1892 near Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Iowa. William Walter Buffington married Verna Merle Hartsough on September 4, 1918, at Clear Lake, Iowa, where they farmed. Their children are Lucille Vesta, Kenneth Walter, Marlys Ruth and Mollie Leone.⁽⁵⁰⁾

78.viii. Edna Margaret BUFFINGTON, born 22 May 1894 near Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Iowa. Edna Margaret Buffington was a school teacher. She married Francis Henry Latham on November 28, 1919, at Clear Lake, Iowa. They farmed near Mason City, Iowa. Their children are Ruth Elizabeth, Frances Margaret, Richard James, Helen Arlene, Rosemary Jeanne, Beverly Faith and Veronica Louise.⁽⁵¹⁾

79.ix. Laura Elizabeth BUFFINGTON, born 19 Apr 1898 near Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Iowa. Laura Elizabeth Buffington taught school before marrying Irving Henry Ashland on February 10, 1917, at Clear Lake, Iowa. They farmed near Clear Lake. Their children are Dean Merle, Paul Richard, Maurice Irving, Harold Keith, Roger Duane, Frank Arthur and Denny Delbert. ⁽⁵²⁾
 

41. Joseph Riley BUFFINGTON, (James Q. , Joseph , Joel ), born1840 Columbus City, Louisa County, Iowa; died 1925 Nelson, Nebraska.He was married (1) Cynthia A. SARGENT; and was married (2) 22 Nov 1881, to Josephine Estelle HICKOK. Lived at Nelson, Nebraska, in 1909, with his wife⁽⁵³⁾.
 

Children of Joseph Riley and Cynthia A. (SARGENT) BUFFINGTON were as follows:
 

80. i. Flora E. BUFFINGTON.

81. ii. William O. BUFFINGTON.

82. iii. Unknown BUFFINGTON
 

Children of Joseph Riley and Josephine Estelle (HICKOK) BUFFINGTON were as follows:
 

83. i. Leroy Alvin BUFFINGTON.

84. ii. Fred R. BUFFINGTON; died 1918 Nelson, Nebraska.⁽⁵⁴⁾

85. iii. Nellie Marion BUFFINGTON. Nellie married a de Bauernfeind
 

43. David Sleeth BUFFINGTON, (James Q. , Joseph , Joel ), born 4 Feb 1843 Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Iowa; died 20 May 1914 Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Iowa; buried Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus City, Iowa. He was married (1) Nov 1865, to Nancy A. GETTS; and was married (2) 1903, to Mary SELMAN. David and wife Mary reside at Columbus Junction in 1905 and 1909.⁽⁵⁵⁾
 

Children⁽⁵⁶⁾ of David Sleeth and Nancy A. (GETTS) BUFFINGTON were as follows:
 

86. i. James C. BUFFINGTON. James was living in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1914.

87. ii. Anna (Annie) I. BUFFINGTON. Annie married Dr. S. B. Paxton and was living in Columbus Junction in 1914

88. iii. Florence BUFFINGTON. Florence married John Bell and was living in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1914.

89. iv. Jacob BUFFINGTON. Jacob was living in Chariton, Iowa, in 1914.

90. v. Albert Perry BUFFINGTON. Albert was living in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1914.

91. vi. Maud BUFFINGTON. Maud married J. P. Huston and was living at Argyle, Iowa, in 1914.

92. vii. Cora BUFFINGTON. Cora married Edward Bergman and was living in Chariton, Iowa, in 1914.

93. iii. Frank P. BUFFINGTON Frank was deceased at the time of h father's death in 1914.

94. ix. David S. BUFFINGTON. David was living in Anaconda, Montana, in 1914.

95. x. Rutherford Boyd BUFFINGTON. Rutherford was living in Los Angeles in 1914.

96. xi. Bruce T. BUFFINGTON. Bruce was living in Anaconda, Montana in 1914.

97. xii. Bessle BUFFINGTON. Bessle married Daniel Lutz and was living in Anaconda, Montana, in 1914. 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book.
 

46. Eliza Ellen BUFFINGTON, (James Q. , Joseph , Joel ), born 1850; died 1929 Washington, Washington County, Iowa; buried Columbus Clty Cemetery, Columbus City, Iowa. She was married 23 Jan 1868, Louisa County, Iowa to Reuben E. GENTZLER.She is first referenced as Josephine, but in cemetery index and from Ed Gentzler is shown as Eliza Ellen rather than Josephine Ellen. She was living near Columbus Junction in 1909.⁽⁵⁷⁾
 

Children⁽⁵⁸⁾ of Reuben E. and Ellza Ellen (BUFFINGTON) GENTZLER were as follows:
 

98.i. James Elmer GENTZLER, born 1868; died 1904 Louisa County, Iowa; burled Columbus City.

99.ii. Iowa A. GENTZLER, born 1870; died 1873.

100.iii. Edna H. GENTZLER, born 1874; died 1876; buried Columbus City Cemetery, Louisa County, Iowa.

101.iv. Levi Chester GENTZLER, born 1876 Louisa County, Iowa; died 1877 Louisa County, Iowa; burled Columbus City Cemetery.

102.v. Isadore Elsie GENTZLER, born 1878 Louisa County, Iowa; died 1947; buried Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus City, Iowa. Isadore married Joe M. Utterback on November 11, 1911, in Louisa County, Iowa. Information from Ed Gentzler

103.vi. Grace Kathryn F. GENTZLER, born 1884 Louisa County, Iowa; died 1957 Washington, Washington County, Iowa; buried Columbus City Cemetery, Columbus City, Iowa.

104.vii.Edward Chauncey GENTZLER, born 1886 Columbus City, Louisa County, Iowa; died 1958 Muscatine County, Iowa; buried Columbus City Cemetery, Louisa County, Iowa. Edward married Edna Marie Kelley, born Columbus Junction in 1888, died 1984 in Columbus Junction, Iowa, on May 29, 1907, in Columbus Junction.
 

Corrections and additions by Judy Prior:
 

Note: P.J. Buffington is Phillip Joseph Buffington. Phillip Joseph is the father of Phillip Cox Buffington.
 

Note: Phillip Cox Buffington is the father of Clara Buffington who married John Houseal, and they are the parents of Paul Revere Houseal; Paul Houseal married Mary Bess Lukavsky and they are the parents of Arlene Louisa Houseal; Arlene married Winfred A. Norenberg and they are the parents of Bonnie Jean, Judy Gay, and Elaine Sue; Judy married Larry Lloyd Prior and they are the parents of Jenny Lynn, James Larry, Kimberly Ann, and Sarah Jane.

1. 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book

2. Information from Ed Gentzler

3. Information came from Ed Gentzler; 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book.

4. Ed Gentzler has him as Joseph F. Buffington, born in 1800.

5. Information from Ed Gentzler.

6. Information from Ed Gentzler.

7. Information from Ed Gentzler.

8. Ed Gentzler gives the date of March 11, 1827, as the date of marriage to Joseph Rowley

9. Information from Ed Gentzler.

10. Tombstone reading in Buffington Cemetery, "died Feb. 15,1850, age 42y 10m. 28 das, wife of P.J. Buffington"

11. Information came from Louisa County Death Record Book 1, page 8; Louisa County Probate Box 35; Louisa County Marriage Book A Page 197; Charles Hutchinson; Ed Gentzler; 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book (gives year of death as 1882); Norma Cedergreen. Information from Charles Hutchinson.

12. Information came from his father's probate papers in Louisa County; Charles Hutchinson.

13. Information came from his father's probate box 35 in Louisa County; Charles Hutchinson.

14. Information from her father's probate box 35 in Louisa County; the obituary of her half-brother Thomas Harvey Buffington in the Columbus Gazette of October 2, 1919; Charles Hutchinson

15. Information came from her father's probate box 35 in Louisa County; Charles Hutchinson; 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book (gives birth month as March, not May); Norma Cedergreen.

16. Information came from her father's probate box 35 in Louisa County; Marriage Book B. Page 81; Charles Hutchinson.

17. Information came from her father's probate box 35 in Louisa County; the obituary of her half-brother, Thomas Harvey Buffington, in the Columbus Gazette of October 2, 1919.

18. Information came from Ed Gentzler; 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book; Norma Cedergreen; Louisa County Probate papers.

19. Ed Gentzler identifies him as James I. Buffington, born in 1814 in Meigs Co., Ohio Meigs County, Ohio; died 1888 at age 78 and buried in Goshen Cemetery, Derby, Iowa. Ed also shows a son, Paul Jones Buffington, as born in 1837 and died in 1850, and a son, Washington Buffington, with no further information.
 

Information from David S. Buffington affidavit made on 27 April 1909 in Louisa County Miscellaneous Record Book 112, Page 503; MR Book 104, Page 274; information from Ed Gentzler.

Ed Gentzler shows Eliza Ann as being born in 1815 in Virginia and as dying in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, at age 85, with burial in Goshen Cemetery in Derby, Iowa. Information from David S. Buffington affidavit in the Louisa County Miscellaneous Record Book 112, Page 503; information from Ed Gentzler.

20. Information from Louisa County Miscellaneous Record Book 104, Page 274; MR Book 112, Page 503.

21. Information from Louisa County Miscellaneous Record Book 104, Page 274; MR Book 112, Page 503.

22. (NOTE: Tombstone reading "b. Feb. 4, 1843, d. Jun 2. 1875")

23. Information from Louisa County Miscellaneous Record Book 104, Page 274; MR Book 112, Page 503; Ed Gentzler; 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book (has name spelled Schloo).

24. Information from Louisa County Miscellaneous Record Book 104, Page 274; MR Book 112, Page 503; Ed Gentzler.

25. Information from Louisa County Miscellaneous Record Book 104, Page 274; MR Book 112, Page 503; Ed Gentzler.

26. Information came from his father's probate box 35 in Louisa County; Charles Hutchinson.

27. Information on Abraham's children from Charles Hutchinson.

28. Information came from Louisa County Death Book 3, Page 56; his obituary in the Columbus Gazette of April ll, 1918; Louisa County Marriage Record Book A, Page 188; 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book; Charles Hutchinson; Norma Cedergreen

29. Information re: the children of Phillip Cox Buffingon obtained from and his obituary in the Columbus Gazette of April 11, 1918.

30. Louisa County Marriage Record E, Page 172

31. Information came from Louisa County Marriage Book E, Page 8

32. Information came from Louisa County Marriage Book H. Page 280

33. Descendants of Freeman Carson Buffington's son, Ora Carl Buffington, have been published in the 1976 Jennings Family by Eileen Stockman Jennings. Information from his fathers obituary in the Columbus Gazette of April 11, 1918; his own obituary in the Columbus Gazette of January 14, 1932; 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book; Norma Cedergreen.

34. Information came from Louisa County Marriage Book D, Page 298; her father's obituary in the Columbus Gazette of April 11, 1918; 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book.

35. Information came from Louisa County Marriage Book E, Page 167; 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book.

36. Information came from Marriage Book H. Page 443; Louisa County Cemetery Book.

37. On tombstone in Buffington Cemetery, b. Dec. 1, 1853, d. Sept. 23, 1854, age 9m 23 das.

38. Information came from his father's probate box 35 in Louisa County; Norma Cedergreen; Louisa County Marriage Book D, Page 140.

39. Information from Norma Cedergreen

40. Information on children came from Norma Cedergreen.

41. Information came from his father's probate box 35 in Louisa County; his obituary in the Columbus Gazette of October 2, 1919; 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book; Norma Cedergreen. information came from her husband's obituary in the October 2, 1919 issue of the Columbus Gazette her obituary in the Columbus Gazette o November 10, 1927; 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book; Norma Cedergreen

42. Information came from his father's obituary in the Columbus Gazette of October 2, 1919; Louisa County 1990 Cemetery Book; Norma Cedergreen.

43. His Civil War discharge was filed and is to be found in Miscellaneous Record Book O. Page 245, in Recorder's Office in the Louisa County Courthouse in Wapello, Iowa; Norma Cedergreen.

44. There is an 8-page typed genealogy of the descendants of Samuel Alexander Buffington It was prepared in July of 1931 by a grandson, David Maxwell Buffington. At that time there were 99 descendants of Samuel and Sarah, 93 of them living. Information came from 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book, which gives his wife's maiden name as Cutkomp, not Bashford; the David M. Buffington research

45. Information from 1990 cemetery book and David Buffington Genealogy

46. Information from 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book; David Buffington genealogy. Information from David Buffington genealogy.

47. Descendants of Richard McCullough Buffington have been published in the 1976 Jennings Family by Eileen Stockman Jennings

48. Information from David Buffington genealogy.

49. Information from David Buffington genealogy.

50. Information from the David Buffington genealogy; Louisa County Birth Book 1, Page 39; Norma Cedergreen.

51. Information from David Buffington genealogy.

52. Information came from David Buffington genealogy.

53. Josephine.Information from Louisa County Miscellaneous Record Book 104, Page 274;

MR Book 112, Page 503; Ed Gentzler

54. Information from Ed Gentzler.

55. Information from Louisa County Miscellaneous Record Book 104, Page 374; MR Book 112, Page 503; obituary in the Wapello Republican of May 21, 1914; Ed Gentzler; 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book. Information from obituary of husband in Wapello Republican of May 21, 1914 Information from the David S. Buffington obituary in the Wapello Republican of May 21, 1914.

56. Children's information taken from David Sleath Buffington's obituary in Wapello Republican of May 21, 1914. Ed Gentzler

57. Information from Louisa County Miscellaneous Record Book 104, Page 274; MR Book 112, Page 503; Ed Gentzler; 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book. Information from Ed Gentzler; 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book.

58. Information from Ed Gentzler; 1990 Louisa County Cemetery Book.