Emory S. Buffum

Emory S. Buffum, a soldier of the late war, enlisted in Company B, Thirty-seventh Infantry, as related in the military chapter, and was in active service with that command for nineteen months, when his wounds rendered him incapable of further service in the army. He was born at Rock Island, Ill., in 1841, but resided in Knox county from the age of seven to the age of twenty, when he enlisted. In 1864 he settled in Stark. A reference to the political chapter will point out his services to the republican party since that time; the school history credits him with being director of his district for a number of years, while that of the I. O. O. F. at Lafayette, points him out a member. Had be been a member of the county posts of the G. A. R. instead of that at Galva, his military record would be found there as well as in the military chapter. The year of his settlement here he married Miss Anna L., daughter of Charles Himes, of whom a complete family history appears in this chapter. Of their eleven children, nine are living, namely: Laura L., Charles A., Edwin E., Clara L., Elmer H., George N., Perry H., Royd L., and Anna M Mr. Buffum is one of those citizens of modern days whose history is so closely identified with the last two decades of this county, that much of it belongs to the county and necessarily finds a place there.