Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Buxton, F. G. 1862 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

F. G. BUXTON.
F. G. Buxton is well known in business circles of Ottumwa as a wholesale dealer
in butter and eggs and has conducted a creamery and ice cream factory here for
the past twenty-one years. His birth occurred in England on the 10th of
December, 1862, his parents being John and Bessie (Thompson) Buxton, who were
likewise natives of that country. The father emigrated to the United States in
1868 and made his way direct to Wapello county, Iowa, but subsequently removed
to Oklahoma, in which state his demise occurred in 1911. Unto him and his wife
were born two children, but only our subject survives.

F. G. Buxton accompanied his grandfather to America in 1870, when a little lad
of eight years. They settled in Wapello county, and Mr. Buxton has remained
within its borders throughout the intervening forty-four years. His education
was acquired in the common schools. In 1893 he embarked in business on his own
account as the proprietor of a creamery and ice cream factory in Ottumwa and has
since built up an enviable patronage as a wholesale dealer in butter and eggs.
He has won a gratifying and well deserved measure of success in this connection
and has long been numbered among the enterprising and representative business
men of the city.

On the 10th of December, 1882, Mr. Buxton was united in marriage to Miss Lenna
Leotta Mefford, a native of this county and a daughter of William and Diana
Mefford, who were born in Pennsylvania. The father is deceased, but the mother
survives. Mr. and Mrs. Buxton have two children, Vernon and Estelle, both of
whom are high-school students.

Mr. Buxton has always supported the men and measures of the republican party,
but has never sought nor desired office as a reward for his fealty. His
religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Baptist church, to which
his wife also belongs. During his long residence in Wapello county he has gained
many warm friends who hold him in high regard because of his true worth and
sterling characteristics.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914



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