Newton Co., IN Biography

Newton County, Washington Township.  From A History of Warren, Benton, 
Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883.

   THOMAS BUSWELL, an old Virginia gentleman, the son of George and 
Sarah (Whaley) Buswell, was born July 3, 1817; his father was born
in Shenandoah County February 27, 1774, his mother in Westmoreland
County January 15, 1775.  The father was a farmer in Virginia, and 
was married September 29, 1796.
   Thomas Buswell attended a country school until he was twenty years
of age; then entered an academy, and afterwards worked on his father's
farm.
   On December 22, 1840, he married Rebecca Spitler, daughter of Abraham
Spitler, of Virginia.  To this union have been born eight children--
Sarah E. (deceased), George D., Mary E. (deceased), Susan E. (deceased),
Wesley T., Abraham W. (deceased), William M., and John Z. (deceased).
He remained on the home farm until 1864, when he moved a short distance
from the same.
   In 1868, he disposed of the old homestead in Virginia, and came to 
this township and settled on Section 30, where, in 1846, he had purchased
several hundred acres of wild land.  While in Virginia he was a member
of the Legislature four years in the Upper and four years in the Lower
House; was a member of the Virginia Militia before the war, and in that
organization held positions from Lieutenant up to Major General; he 
resigned in 1860, on the disbandment of the militia.  In 1861, he was
elected Lieutenant Colonel of a regiment of Virginia troops, and served
till they were disbanded; his wife is a member of the Baptist Church;
he is a stanch Democrat, politically.  He is now living in his comfortable
home, his three remaining children, happily married, residing near him.


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