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Per findaGrave brother of Joel Buffington, 1744-1821, P-124414
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Located on Canal Road at the eastern entrance to New Salem
Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn
Born in 1762, a son of William Buffington (1724-1788) and Magdalina Ferree Buffington (1710-1778), and had a brother Joel b. 1744. He served as a Private with Virginia during the Revolutionary War. He died in 1836 at 73 years of age and was buried at New Salem Methodist-Protestant Cemetery, New Salem, Fairfield County, OH. References: 56th-77th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC. SAR Ancestor # P-124408. No headstone found. Cemetery number # -1966432. Find-a-Grave Memorial # -58730637.
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