BUELL, Charles S.

BUELL

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Date: 5/30/2021 at 20:53:02

Charles S. Buell
born 1854

C. S. Buell, a farmer of section 21, Douglas Township, Ida County, was born in Binghamton, New York, in 1854, a son of C. W. and Harriet A. (Dilley) Buell, the father a native of Broome County, New York, and the mother of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The former was reared in his native State, and was a carriage-maker by trade. He was married in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. In 1856 he located in Try, Walworth County, Wisconsin. His death occurred in Binghamton, New York, in 1877, and the mother died in Kansas in 1879. They were the parents of three children: C. S., our subject; George, formerly a farmer of Riley county, Kansas, but now a traveling salesman; and Hope D., wife of Rev. Charles McKee, of Brookhaven, Mississippi.
C. S. Buell, the subject of our biography, remained in New York until twenty-one years of age when he removed to Riley county, Kansas, receiving in his education at Binghamton, New York, and Manhattan, Kansas. In the latter place he also engaged in farming. In 1882 he purchased 160 in Douglas township, Ida County, eighty acres of which were improved. He now has the entire farm under a fine state of cultivation, has a good two-story residence, 16 x 20 feet, with an L, 16 x 16 feet, a barn, 40 x 48 feet, and a beautiful grove and orchard. Mr. Buell is engaged in general farming, and two years ago he also began the dairy business. He belongs to the Republican party but has not taken an active interest in politics. He has also served creditably as a member of the School Board.
In 1882, at Lanark, Carroll County, Illinois, our subject was united in marriage with Miss Emily J. Steinman, a native of that place, and a daughter of Marten and Mary (Sively) Steinman, the former a native of Germany, and the latter of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. In an early day the parents located in Lanark, Illinois, where the father followed the trade of blacksmith, later farming, and they now reside at Lake View, Sac County, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Buell are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Cushing, in which the former has been Superintendent of the Sunday-school since 1889. Mr. Buell has witnessed a great change in Douglas Township, there having been only tow farms under cultivation on the road to Cushing when he located there.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.531