Sullivan-Jay County IN Archives Biographies.....Buff, George W. 1843 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   JUDGE GEORGE W. BUFF is a native of Darke County, Ohio, where he was born
August 31, 1843, his parents being John and Jane Curlett (Pigman) Buff, the
father a native of North Carolina and the mother of Kentucky. The family moved
to Sullivan County in 1862, locating near Merom on a farm, where the father yet
lives, the mother having died February 23, 1875. George W. Buff was educated
mainly at Merom and at an academy in Jay County, teaching, when old enough, to
get means to continue his schooling. Thus he was engaged until 1808, when he
began the study of law in the office of his brother, N. G. Buff, at Sullivan,
and continued his readings until September, 1809, when he entered the law school
at Lexington, Ky., and in February graduated with high honors. He then returned
to Sullivan and entered into partnership with his brother in the practice of
law, and continued thus with gratifying success until 1875, when his brother
left, and soon afterward he formed a partnership in law with John T. Hays. This
business relation was dissolved in 1878, and another formed for the practice of
law with James B. Patten; but in 1882, Mr. Buff was elected Judge of the Circuit
Court, a merited recognition of his ability, honor and acquirements, and he is
yet serving in that responsible position. As a practitioner, Judge Buff has no
superior at the Sullivan bar, and on the bench his decisions are accurate,
logical and just. He has been counsel in many of the most important cases of
late years. April 6, 1871, he married Miss Maria, daughter of David and
Catharine Cushman, and is the father of three children—Mary Josephine, Catharine
and Ruth. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and himself and wife are
members of the Christian Church. In May, 1864, Judge Buff enlisted in Company F,
One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged
with his regiment in October, 1864, when he re-enlisted in the One Hundred and
Twenty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until October, 1865, and was
then discharged. The county has no better citizen.

Additional Comments:
Hamilton Township

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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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