Biography - Matthew Buffum
MATTHEW BUFFUM. A farmer, the son of Stephen and Esther Buffum, the former a native of Vermont, the latter of Ohio. He was born in Ohio on 31 Nov 1820. He grew up on a farm and obtained his education in a log school-house. He left Ohio and came to Knox County in 1837. He married Lidia J. Jobes.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman
