Samuel W. Buel

Samuel Wakeman Buel (March 16, 1830 – July 29, 1895) was an American businessman and politician.

Life

Buel was born on March 16, 1830, in Broadalbin, New York.[1]

Buel attended the common schools in town. The son of a farmer, he worked in that field until he was eighteen. He then began working in the lumbering business. By 1868, he was living in Benson.[1]

A War Democrat during the American Civil War, Buel was elected School Commissioner of Hamilton County in 1866.[1] In 1867, Buel was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Democrat, representing Fulton County and Hamilton County. He served in the Assembly in 1868[2] and 1872.[3]

Buel died from typhoid fever at his home in South Ballston (where he retired to in around 1875) on July 29, 1895.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Harlow, S. R.; Hutchins, S. C. (1868). Life Sketches of the State Officers, Senators, and Members of the Assembly, of the State of New York, in 1868. Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons & Company. pp. 194–195 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Hutchins, S. C. (1868). The Evening Journal Almanac, 1868. Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons & Company. p. 62 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ Hutchins, S. C. (1872). The Evening Journal Almanac, 1872. Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons & Co. p. 142 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ "DEATH OF "WAKE" BUEL". The Daily Leader. Vol. VIII, no. 283. Gloversville, N.Y. 31 July 1895. p. 8 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
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