Buffum, David H. (1820-1882)

Name:

Buffum, David H. (1820-1882)

Title:

Treasurer, Somersworth Savings Bank (elected position) -- 1857-c.1867.
President, Great Falls Bank.
Treasurer & Director, Wewichawankick Woolen Company
Treasurer, Great Falls Woolen Company
Director, Great Falls Manufacturing Company 1877-1882
Leadership position in Somersworth Fire Dept.
Clerk, Town of Somersworth, 1843-44.
Selectman, Town of Somersworth, 1846, 1871-1872
Moderator, Town of Somersworth, 1848-1857.
Member, New Hamapshire House of Representative, 1861-1862.
Member, New Hampshire State Senate, 1877-1878
President, New Hampshire State Senate, 1878
Delegate, Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1880.
Member, Whig and Republican Parties
Member, Society of Friends, Berwick, Maine
Attended Congregational Church, Great Falls, N.H.

Other Names:

Buffum, David Hanson

Born:

11/10/1820

Birthplace:

North Berwick, ME

Died:

12/29/1882

Death Location:

Somersworth, NH

Residence:

Berwick, ME 1820-
Somersworth, NH 1839-1882
Colorado & California vacation 1873-4.

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Store Clerk, Great Falls, NH -- 1839.
Merchant of his own store -- 1843.
Cashier, Great Falls Bank (position appointed by the board of directors) -- 1846-1863.
Merchant (including manufacturing, investment, real estate, and shipping) -- after retiring from the banking positions.
Organizer, with John H. Burleigh, Newichawanick Woolen Co., South Berwick, ME, 1857.
Organized the Great Falls Woolen Co., also served as the general manager -- 1862.
Owner, felt mill in Milton, NH.

Father:

Buffum, Timothy (1791-1826)

Mother:

Austin, Anna (1797-1843)

Relations:

Siblings:
Buffum, [female] (younger than David; m. Hon. John H. Burleigh of South Berwick, ME)
Buffum, [female] (younger than David; m. m. Isaac P. Evans, oil manufacturer, of Richmond, IN)
Half-siblings:
Hussey, Timothy B. (plow manufacturer, of North Berwick, ME)
Hussey, Sarah (c.1830-; b.Maine; resided with David Buffum after his wife's death; not married)
Parents: Anna Austin (-c.1840; native of Dover, NH, dau. of Nathaniel Austin) & Timothy Buffum (-c.1826). Timothy manufactured furniture and carriages. After Timothy's death, Anna re-married, to William Hussey (-1870); they had 2 children. Hussey later married Mary J. Hanson; they had 2 children. David was raised by their father's brother after their father's death, until the age of 17. Afterwhich, David resided with his step-father, William Hussey, for 2 years.

Spouse:

Stickney. Charlotte Elizabeth (1831-1868), January 26, 1853

Children:

Edgar Stickney, born 1855; graduate, Yale College
Harry Austin, born 1857; died 1949; graduate, Yale College
David Hanson, born 1862; died 1892; graduate, Yale College
May (c.1868-1877)

Notes:

Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men. Illustrated with Steel Portraits. (Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1882), 276-277.

Deaths, The Gospel Expositor, Columbus, OH, February 16, 1883, 3.

Deaths, Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives

Burial: Washington, N.H.