Biographical Sketch of George Buell, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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George Buell was born in Jefferson County, New York, where he 
received a limited education.  He was brought up in a woolen mill,
and, at the age of eighteen, was intrusted with the management and
direction of a factory in Illinois.  In 1848, he moved to St. Joseph,
and there engaged in the flouring business, at the same time operating
two custom carding rolls.  In 1852, his father built, in St. Joseph,
a small woolen mill, at that time the only one west of the Mississippi
River.  In 1856, he erected a saw mill, which he operated till 1860,
achieving success in both enterprises.  In 1852, he married Miss 
Juliette Bancroft, a native of Missouri.  By this union he had six
children.  In 1862, he lost his wife.  In 1865, he married Miss Clara
Mapstone, a native of Michigan, by whom he has had two children.  Mr.
Buell, in common with many others, encountered severe losses during
the period of the civil war.  He has recovered from these, however,
and ranks with the substantial business men of St. Joseph.  He has
served two terms in the City Council, and has held important positions
in banks and other corporations.  He is, at present, engaged in the
manufacture of woolen fabrics, and is President of the Buell Manufac-
turing Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the state,
and including in its membership George Buell, W. N. Buell, J. W. Bailey
and J. S. Lemon.  The woolen mill is one of the most extensive and
popular in this section of the west, and constitutes an important 
factor in the manufacturing wealth of the city.

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