Grace Lydia Steward and Herbert James Buffum

HERBERT JAMES BUFFUM was born May 31, 1895 in Colden, Erie, New York,⁷³⁹⁵ and died September 7, 1963 in Veterans Hospital, Buffalo, Erie, New York.⁷³⁹⁵ He is buried in Little Valley Rural Cemetery, Cattaraugus County, New York.^{7395, 456}

He married GRACE LYDIA STEWARD on April 28, 1920 in Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York,^{7395, 3395} daughter of SARAH SPRAGUE and EDMUND STEWARD. She was born December 31, 1902 in Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York,⁷³⁹⁶ and died August 8, 1972.⁷³⁹⁶ She is buried in Little Valley Rural Cemetery, Cattaraugus County, New York.^{456, 7396}

• Descendant Reports
  • Daniell Broadley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Grace L. Steward)
  • John Linsley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Grace L. Steward)
  • Issac Johnson Descendant Report (Ancestor of Grace L. Steward)
  • William Hoadley Descendant Report (Ancestor of Grace L. Steward)
  • John Parmalee Descendant Report (Ancestor of Grace L. Steward)
  • George Hiland Descendant Report (Ancestor of Grace L. Steward)
  • Abraham Cruttenden Descendant Report (Ancestor of Grace L. Steward)
  • George Griswold Descendant Report (Ancestor of Grace L. Steward)
  • Henry James Descendant Report (Ancestor of Grace L. Steward)
  • Nicholas Mason Descendant Report (Ancestor of Grace L. Steward)
  • George Smith Descendant Report (Ancestor of Grace L. Steward)
  • George Page Descendant Report (Ancestor of Grace L. Steward)
  • John Hall Descendant Report (Ancestor of Grace L. Steward)
  • Thomas Cooke Descendant Report (Ancestor of Grace L. Steward)
  • Henry Howard Descendant Report (Ancestor of Grace L. Steward)

Children of GRACE LYDIA STEWARD and HERBERT JAMES BUFFUM:

1. JANE BUFFUM, b. 1921, New York; m. FREDERICK WILLIAM NEUMEISTER on August 17, 1946 in Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York⁷³⁷⁶; d. December 28, 1992.⁵⁶
2. DORIS MARIE BUFFUM, b. August 6, 1923, Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York;⁷³⁹⁹ d. November 19, 2005.
3. Daughter
4. ROBERT FRANCIS BUFFUM, b. September 13, 1927, Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York;⁷³⁷⁷ d. June 29, 2019.⁵⁶
5. LAURA JANE BUFFUM, b. August 29, 1929, Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York;⁷⁴⁰⁸ d. December 28, 1997, Craven Regional Medical Center, New Bern, Craven, North Carolina.⁷⁴⁰⁸
6. Daughter

Personal Information

Herbert J. Buffum

• was a Veteran of World War I⁷³⁹⁵
• was a farmer⁷³⁹⁵
• was a member of the Post #531, American Legion⁷³⁹⁵

Obituaries

Ellicottville Post, September 10, 1963⁷³⁹⁵

HERBERT BUFFUM, FORMER EDDYVILLE RESIDENT, DIES

Herbert James Buffum, sixty-eight, of Jennings Rd., Town of Collins, formerly of Eddyville, died Saturday, September 7, 1963 in Veterans Hospital, Buffalo, following an extended illness.

Born May 31, 1895, in Colden, he had lived in Collins the past four years and prior to that in Eddyville for eighteen years. He was a farmer.

He enlisted in Salamanca Sept. 26, 1917, and served in several hard-fought World War I battles in France, receiving his Army discharge May 23, 1919. He was a member of American Legion Post 531, Little Valley.

Mr. Buffum married Grace Steward April 28, 1920. She survives. Other survivors include one son, Robert F. Buffum of East Otto; five daughters, Mrs. Fred Neumeister of Hamburg, Mrs. Carl Lupica of Glendale, Calif., Mrs. Josephine Oliver of Salamanca, Mrs. Laura Minekime of Gowanda, and Mrs. Allan Fleckenstein of East Otto; one brother, Wesley Buffum of Randolph; eighteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p. m. Thursday by the Rev. William Dunstan of Conewango Valley from the Briggs Funeral Home, Cattaraugus. The Little Valley American Legion Post will conduct military services at the grave in the Little Valley Rural Cemetery.

Olean Times-Herald, August 10, 1972⁷³⁹⁶

MRS. HERBERT J. BUFFUM

EAST OTTO—Mrs. Grace L. Buffum of this community, died Tuesday (Aug. 8, 1972).

Born Dec. 31, 1901, at Mansfield, she was a daughter of Edmund and Sarah Sprague Steward. She was the widow of Herbert J. Buffum.

Mrs. Buffum was a member of the Mansfield Grange, 1039; World War Veterans Auxiliary, 1359; W.C.Edmonds Firemen's Auxiliary of East Otto; Senior Citizens of Cattaraugus County; Golden Agers; and Pamona Grange of Cattaraugus County.

Surviving are five daughters: Mrs. Fred (Jane) Neumeister of Hamburg, Mrs. Carl (Doris) Lupica of Glendale, Calif., Mrs. James (Josephine) Walaski of Salamanca, Mrs. Laura Minekime of Mayville and Mrs. Allan (Rosina) Fleckenstein of East Otto; a son, Robert Buffum of Springville; 20 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Harold Steward of California and Roy Steward of Salamanca.

Friends are being received at Weismantel Funeral Home Inc., 271 E. Main St., Springville, today and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held there Saturday (Aug. 12, 1972) at 1 p.m. The Rev.. Edward Armitage, pastor of East Otto United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Little Valley Rural Cemetery.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
May 7, 19103350	Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York	Edmund Steward Sarah Sprague Ruth R. Steward Harold Edmund Steward Grace Lydia Steward Roy John Steward
January 9, 19203391	Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York	Hazel Lydia Sprague George Benjamin Franklin Woodard Genevieve Mary Woodard Lee Hall Woodard Frederick J. Woodard Grace Lydia Steward
April 14, 19303346	Mansfield, Cattaraugus, New York	Herbert James Buffum Grace Lydia Steward Jane Buffum Doris Marie Buffum Daughter Robert Francis Buffum Laura Jane Buffum