Education
Born in Dodge Center (now Juneau), Dodge County, Wisconsin, Buffington was educated in the public schools in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and Faribault Military School in Faribault, Minnesota.
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Born in Dodge Center (now Juneau), Dodge County, Wisconsin, Buffington was educated in the public schools in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and Faribault Military School in Faribault, Minnesota.
Buffington was in the grocery, merchandise, and lumber businesses. He was also president of the Chippewa Valley Bank. Buffington lived in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Buffington served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1997 and 1899 and was a Republican.
Buffington died in Eau Claire, Wisconsin from complications cause by appendicitis.