George Tower Buffum

Background

Buffum, George Tower was born on March 16, 1846 in Winchester, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Sampson Wilder and Mary Eliza (Tower) Buffum.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1868.

Career

Began in mercantile business, St. Louis, 1871. Traveling salesman in Western United States, Alaska, Mexico, and South Africa, 1878-1908. Lumber business, since 1882.

Membership

Mason.

Connections

Married Ethel E. Brown, September 2, 1873.

Father:

Sampson Wilder Buffum

Mother:

Mary Eliza (Tower) Buffum

Spouse:

Ethel E. Brown