Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeBios/40 Surname: MEYER, BUFORD ------------------------- (Please note: I am not related to the following person.) History of Lee County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, Madison Township, page 743: MEYER, S., of the firm Meyer Bros., manufacturers, dealers in harness and saddlery hardware; born in Province of Westphalia, Prussia, in 1840; when 6 years of age, his parents emigrated to America; came to Ft. Madison the same year, where he learned his trade; he engaged in business here with his brother in 1877. He married Mary E. Buford, a native of Virginia, in October, 1868; they have three children – Lawrence, Blanche, and Rosa.