You sure are correct in that -- and there are tons of information on the family at RICHS. Almost too much to send but if you want it they could do it and there would be a charge.

Linda, John Buford was married twice, Napoleon was by his first wife Sarah Childs, John Jr., was by his second wife Nancy Hickman. If you will go to this site : http://www.iltrails.org/rockisland/pioneers.html and scroll down to John Buford you will be able to read the biography I wrote for Diana on general John's father. Have a good one........Fern ----- Original Message ----- From: "L MO2" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) > Fern > > Can you clear something up for me? I just came across a long biography for > John Buford CW hero that lists a different name for his mother. It's spelled > Buford and half brothers are mentioned, so maybe Temple wasn't the only son > of that first marriage???? > > Linda > > > >From: "fern" <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) > >Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:41:50 -0600 > > > >I think I have just about tapped out RICHS for their BUFORD information. > >It > >was from them that I first heard of Andalusia. From what I have Napoleon > >bout out a 'paper' town from eastern investors that were no longer > >interested in a bunch of property. He got it quite cheap and tried to > >establish a town or something of the sort and also built a family home that > >his wife Mary Ann Greenwood Pierce BUFORD teasingly named Andalusia which > >stands for a region in Southern Spain bordering the Mediterranean Sea and > >the Atlantic Ocean, a spot where they had spent some time. Mary Ann was > >Napoleon's second marriage, his first wife and mother of his son Temple was > >Sarah Childs who died. > > > >I found the ladies at RICHS very helpful and friendly and they had quite a > >lot of info on my family. If you need some research done I recommend your > >contacting them. Their research money and dues is about all that keep them > >going and they do a good job. Fern Buford Walker > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "L MO2" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 2:52 PM > >Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) > > > > > > > I just called the Rock Island Library and talked to the Ref. Librarian > >there > > > about your interest in Adalusia House. She'd never heard of it, and > >neither > > > had I, but she suggested you call the Hist. Soc. 309-764-8590, but also > >let > > > me know that they're only open Wed-Saturday 9-5. > > > > > > Linda > > > > > > > > > >From: "fern" <[email protected]> > > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > > > >To: [email protected] > > > >Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) > > > >Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:52:08 -0600 > > > > > > > >Is there anyone on the list that lives in Rock Island that would be > >willing > > > >to look up a couple of old (1840's thru 1900) homes. If you have a > >digital > > > >:>} a picture would be wonderful. Would be willing to pay for your > >time. > > > >There is an old home called Andalusia that belonged to General Napoleon > > > >Bonaparte BUFORD. I do not have an address for that one. > > > > > > > >Thanks, Fern Buford Walker > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: <[email protected]> > > > >To: <[email protected]> > > > >Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 11:35 AM > > > >Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) > > > > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 9/22/2003 11:31:18 AM Central Standard Time, > > > > > [email protected] writes: > > > > > one that was behind Butterworth Center that was also > > > > > > > > > > It is across the street from Butterworth Center and across the > >avenue > >is > > > >the > > > > > Deere-Wiman House. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILROCKIS Mailing List ==== > > > > > Uh-Oh!!! <----- Missed or deleted a post that would put a crack in > >your > > > > > wall? 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I am not sure what story you are referring to. At one time there were 80 some Bufords living in and around Rock Island. I have more than 75 pages in my book on the Rock Island Bufords so it may be a good idea to wait and buy my book :'} Have a good one!! Fern ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) > In a message dated 9/22/2003 3:57:58 PM Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > Could you tell us the story, as it's one I sure haven't heard. I'd really > like to do a follow up on this one, you've tickled my curiosity here. :) > > Sorry but I can't remember all about the Bufords and would have to look it up > at the Historical Society. I just know that there is a lot of information on > the family and they were prominent people in Rock Island (the City - not the > County). > > > ==== ILROCKIS Mailing List ==== > ~~ The List's GOLDEN RULE ~~ > Keep to genealogy, history, anything ancestors! Keep it clean & cool. > Treat others as you want them to treat you...Positively *NO* selling! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Linda, General John who fought at Gettysburg and because he chose the location he chose he was able to defend Gettysburg and win the battle for the Union and defeat Lee. The statue there is of him standing with a pair of binoculars in his hand. There is a monument at West Point where he is buried but I do not recall any statue of him on his horse. If there is one I would like to know where it is. The statue of a man on a horse at Gettysburg is of Reynolds I think. The pictures we took at Gettysburg is in my files. If you want a picture of John I will e mail you and attach it to the e mail. I cannot send an attachment through the list. I think it is time we changed the subject line so the people who are not interested in our conversation will be able to delete and avoid having to open it. Regards, Fern ----- Original Message ----- From: "L MO2" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) > Fern > > Just did a search for that statue that Traci was telling me about, couldn't > come up with anything of John on a horse, but found one of him standing by > himself. I can send it in an attachment if you'd like. I'll keep looking, > figuring if a cemetery would have these notations in their files then there > has to be some substance to the entries. That statue has to be somewhere. :) > > Linda > > > >From: "fern" <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) > >Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:54:37 -0600 > > > >Thanks Linda, one of the great research ladies at RICHS, Janet, has > >already > >sent me some pictures of the graves at the cemetery. I do so much > >appreciate the offer. I am interested in their old homes and if some one > >offers to take the pictures I will look up the old addresses. Ivy House, > >Napoleons home on the Mississippi River has been torn down but I don't know > >about Andalusia. The Charles Buford mansion at the head of 18th street is > >a > >church house now. > > > >BUFORD is spelled with just one 'f'. the 2 'f' Bufords are another family. > >The name is often mistakenly spelled with 2 'f's. > > > >Thanks for your offer to help.......Isn't genealogy a great hobby?? I am > >up > >dating the BUFORD book that my 2nd great Grand Uncle wrote and published in > >1903 and it has taken on a life of it's own in that it keeps demanding more > >and more of me. > > > >Thanks again, Fern Buford Walker in Colorado > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "L MO2" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 3:24 PM > >Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) > > > > > > > Fern > > > > > > I just called Chippiannock cemetery as my curiosity got the best of me > >here. > > > :) Talked to a young woman named Traci and according to their records > > > Napoleon Bonaparte Bufford was born on January 13, 1807 and died on > >March > > > 28, 1883; buried on March 31, 1883. He served on the Western Front. Said > >to > > > have bought the town of Rockport for his wife, Rockport was later > >renamed > > > Andalusia. Chiappiannock records also mentions his brother John, a Col. > >who > > > was buried at West Point. First to be accorded huge burial ceremony at > > > Washington D.C. There's a statue of him astride his horse 'Grey Eagle' > >at > > > Gettysburg. > > > > > > If I can find out more from the Historical Society when they open up > >later > > > this week I'll send the info on to you, and if I can find someone that > > > stocks the right model battery for my camera, I'll try to get a picture > >of > > > his burial site. But I haven't had any luck thus far so may have to > >order > > > that off the net. > > > > > > Linda > > > > > > > > > >From: "fern" <[email protected]> > > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > > > >To: [email protected] > > > >Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) > > > >Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:52:08 -0600 > > > > > > > >Is there anyone on the list that lives in Rock Island that would be > >willing > > > >to look up a couple of old (1840's thru 1900) homes. If you have a > >digital > > > >:>} a picture would be wonderful. Would be willing to pay for your > >time. > > > >There is an old home called Andalusia that belonged to General Napoleon > > > >Bonaparte BUFORD. I do not have an address for that one. > > > > > > > >Thanks, Fern Buford Walker > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: <[email protected]> > > > >To: <[email protected]> > > > >Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 11:35 AM > > > >Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) > > > > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 9/22/2003 11:31:18 AM Central Standard Time, > > > > > [email protected] writes: > > > > > one that was behind Butterworth Center that was also > > > > > > > > > > It is across the street from Butterworth Center and across the > >avenue > >is > > > >the > > > > > Deere-Wiman House. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILROCKIS Mailing List ==== > > > > > Uh-Oh!!! <----- Missed or deleted a post that would put a crack in > >your > > > > > wall? 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I was under the impression that they had sent me all that was available to them on the BUFORDs. Fern ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:49 AM Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) > You sure are correct in that -- and there are tons of information on the > family at RICHS. Almost too much to send but if you want it they could do it and > there would be a charge. > > > ==== ILROCKIS Mailing List ==== > Uh-Oh!!! <----- Missed or deleted a post that would put a crack in your > wall? Remember, day and night, the RootsWeb Archives are always there to > browse or search from http://www.rootsweb.com . > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

The County Clerk now charges $12 for birth and marriage and $14 for death certificates. The Rock Island County Library has changed their hours, it is 9 to 4 on Wednesday through Saturday. Bev

I will look tomorrow to see if I can find the map. Gilmore is a surname of mine I have a Mary Jane Gilmore Hobart born in county Cork Ireland in the 1700s then came here to rock island county. I have seen Gilmore at other cem. and wondered if any of her brothers came here also. Ken > The names are Gilmore and Harland > > Thanks > > Roberta > > > ==== ILROCKIS Mailing List ==== > ~*~*~*~ The Resources in the USGenWeb's Parade of States Awaits! ~*~*~*~ > -- Table of all States: http://www.usgenweb.org/statelinks-table.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi, there is no office all the records are in the basement of the sexton. I do not have his number off hand will try to get it. I know that cem very well what are your names. I also have a plat map of this cem. Ken > Do you have the phone number for the Andalusia cemetary in Andalusia, > Illinois? > > I think my grandfather and grandmother and mom and dad are buried there > > thanks > > Roberta > > > ==== ILROCKIS Mailing List ==== > ~*~*~*~ The Resources in the USGenWeb's Parade of States Awaits! ~*~*~*~ > -- Table of all States: http://www.usgenweb.org/statelinks-table.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi. Clark was Clark of Clarks Rangers not of Lewis and Clark to early to be Clark of Lewis and Clark. Ken > In a message dated 9/22/2003 4:05:30 PM Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > They do use > good quality paper for their copies though, and look really official. > > Yes and they are from the original records. I have them for my parents and my > grandparents and great grandparents also. And while all these things are > available I still can't find my great grandmother's family and they were right > here. She d. in childbirth very young and her name was Mary Ann Squires and the > family was from New York. > A little bit of history of the area is that we are the home of the Rock > Island Railroad and many people came west with the railroad. My grandfather was > born in VT and worked his way west chopping wood for the ties on the railroad. > Also the city of Moline was mainly founded by Swedes and New Englanders and > the city of Rock Island was founded by Irish and Southerners. Across the river > is Davenport which was founded by Germans. We are called the Quad Cities > which includes Moline, Rock Island, IL and Davenport and Bettendorf, IA and > still > there are many little towns surrounding us such as Coal Valley, Milan, Silvis, > East Moline etc. In between IL and IA we have the Rock Island Arsenal which > houses an army base and a weapons manufacturing facility. There is both a > National Cemetery there as well as a Confederate cemetery since during the Civil > War there was a prison on the Arsenal Island. Also we are the place of the > Westernmost battle of the American Revolution as there was a battle between > Clark's men (of Lewis and Clark) at the site of Blackhawk State Park. It seems > that the Blackhawk Indians were supporting the British and thus the battle. > There is a monument in the park now that explains this. There is also an Indian > Museum in the park. This park overlooks the Rock River which is on the south > side of the city. > > Marilyn > > > ==== ILROCKIS Mailing List ==== > ~*~*~*~ The Resources in the USGenWeb's Parade of States Awaits! ~*~*~*~ > -- Table of all States: http://www.usgenweb.org/statelinks-table.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

The names are Gilmore and Harland Thanks Roberta

Do you have the phone number for the Andalusia cemetary in Andalusia, Illinois? I think my grandfather and grandmother and mom and dad are buried there thanks Roberta

Second marriage? As it says both his parents were married previously. Something like 13 children, sorting them all out should be fun. Linda >From: "L MO2" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) >Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:44:31 -0500 > >Fern > >Can you clear something up for me? I just came across a long biography for >John Buford CW hero that lists a different name for his mother. It's >spelled Buford and half brothers are mentioned, so maybe Temple wasn't the >only son of that first marriage???? > >Linda > > >>From: "fern" <[email protected]> >>Reply-To: [email protected] >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) >>Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:41:50 -0600 >> >>I think I have just about tapped out RICHS for their BUFORD information. >>It >>was from them that I first heard of Andalusia. From what I have Napoleon >>bout out a 'paper' town from eastern investors that were no longer >>interested in a bunch of property. He got it quite cheap and tried to >>establish a town or something of the sort and also built a family home >>that >>his wife Mary Ann Greenwood Pierce BUFORD teasingly named Andalusia which >>stands for a region in Southern Spain bordering the Mediterranean Sea and >>the Atlantic Ocean, a spot where they had spent some time. Mary Ann was >>Napoleon's second marriage, his first wife and mother of his son Temple >>was >>Sarah Childs who died. >> >>I found the ladies at RICHS very helpful and friendly and they had quite a >>lot of info on my family. If you need some research done I recommend your >>contacting them. Their research money and dues is about all that keep >>them >>going and they do a good job. Fern Buford Walker >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "L MO2" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 2:52 PM >>Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) >> >> >> > I just called the Rock Island Library and talked to the Ref. Librarian >>there >> > about your interest in Adalusia House. She'd never heard of it, and >>neither >> > had I, but she suggested you call the Hist. Soc. 309-764-8590, but also >>let >> > me know that they're only open Wed-Saturday 9-5. >> > >> > Linda >> > >> > >> > >From: "fern" <[email protected]> >> > >Reply-To: [email protected] >> > >To: [email protected] >> > >Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) >> > >Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:52:08 -0600 >> > > >> > >Is there anyone on the list that lives in Rock Island that would be >>willing >> > >to look up a couple of old (1840's thru 1900) homes. If you have a >>digital >> > >:>} a picture would be wonderful. Would be willing to pay for your >>time. >> > >There is an old home called Andalusia that belonged to General >>Napoleon >> > >Bonaparte BUFORD. I do not have an address for that one. >> > > >> > >Thanks, Fern Buford Walker >> > >----- Original Message ----- >> > >From: <[email protected]> >> > >To: <[email protected]> >> > >Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 11:35 AM >> > >Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) >> > > >> > > >> > > > In a message dated 9/22/2003 11:31:18 AM Central Standard Time, >> > > > [email protected] writes: >> > > > one that was behind Butterworth Center that was also >> > > > >> > > > It is across the street from Butterworth Center and across the >>avenue >>is >> > >the >> > > > Deere-Wiman House. >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > ==== ILROCKIS Mailing List ==== >> > > > Uh-Oh!!! <----- Missed or deleted a post that would put a crack in >>your >> > > > wall? 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Fern Can you clear something up for me? I just came across a long biography for John Buford CW hero that lists a different name for his mother. It's spelled Buford and half brothers are mentioned, so maybe Temple wasn't the only son of that first marriage???? Linda >From: "fern" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) >Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:41:50 -0600 > >I think I have just about tapped out RICHS for their BUFORD information. >It >was from them that I first heard of Andalusia. From what I have Napoleon >bout out a 'paper' town from eastern investors that were no longer >interested in a bunch of property. He got it quite cheap and tried to >establish a town or something of the sort and also built a family home that >his wife Mary Ann Greenwood Pierce BUFORD teasingly named Andalusia which >stands for a region in Southern Spain bordering the Mediterranean Sea and >the Atlantic Ocean, a spot where they had spent some time. Mary Ann was >Napoleon's second marriage, his first wife and mother of his son Temple was >Sarah Childs who died. > >I found the ladies at RICHS very helpful and friendly and they had quite a >lot of info on my family. If you need some research done I recommend your >contacting them. Their research money and dues is about all that keep them >going and they do a good job. Fern Buford Walker >----- Original Message ----- >From: "L MO2" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 2:52 PM >Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) > > > > I just called the Rock Island Library and talked to the Ref. Librarian >there > > about your interest in Adalusia House. She'd never heard of it, and >neither > > had I, but she suggested you call the Hist. Soc. 309-764-8590, but also >let > > me know that they're only open Wed-Saturday 9-5. > > > > Linda > > > > > > >From: "fern" <[email protected]> > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > > >To: [email protected] > > >Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) > > >Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:52:08 -0600 > > > > > >Is there anyone on the list that lives in Rock Island that would be >willing > > >to look up a couple of old (1840's thru 1900) homes. If you have a >digital > > >:>} a picture would be wonderful. Would be willing to pay for your >time. > > >There is an old home called Andalusia that belonged to General Napoleon > > >Bonaparte BUFORD. I do not have an address for that one. > > > > > >Thanks, Fern Buford Walker > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: <[email protected]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 11:35 AM > > >Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 9/22/2003 11:31:18 AM Central Standard Time, > > > > [email protected] writes: > > > > one that was behind Butterworth Center that was also > > > > > > > > It is across the street from Butterworth Center and across the >avenue >is > > >the > > > > Deere-Wiman House. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILROCKIS Mailing List ==== > > > > Uh-Oh!!! <----- Missed or deleted a post that would put a crack in >your > > > > wall? 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In a message dated 9/22/2003 5:04:23 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: found the ladies at RICHS very helpful and friendly and they had quite a lot of info on my family. If you need some research done I recommend your contacting them. Their research money and dues is about all that keep them going and they do a good job. Fern Buford Walker I am glad to hear that as my husband is a volunteer researcher there and works on Thursdays and Fridays. They are a nice group of people and the library is quite nice also.

In a message dated 9/22/2003 4:49:50 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: So that may account for someone giving me a different impression of the whole thing. :) Sure could be the difference.

P.S. Calling cemetries is one of the best ways to get the real information and not many people even think of doing it. We have a very cooperative cemetery director here and he is very willing to look up the records. I have some cemetery records from PA and VT.

In a message dated 9/22/2003 4:05:30 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: They do use good quality paper for their copies though, and look really official. Yes and they are from the original records. I have them for my parents and my grandparents and great grandparents also. And while all these things are available I still can't find my great grandmother's family and they were right here. She d. in childbirth very young and her name was Mary Ann Squires and the family was from New York. A little bit of history of the area is that we are the home of the Rock Island Railroad and many people came west with the railroad. My grandfather was born in VT and worked his way west chopping wood for the ties on the railroad. Also the city of Moline was mainly founded by Swedes and New Englanders and the city of Rock Island was founded by Irish and Southerners. Across the river is Davenport which was founded by Germans. We are called the Quad Cities which includes Moline, Rock Island, IL and Davenport and Bettendorf, IA and still there are many little towns surrounding us such as Coal Valley, Milan, Silvis, East Moline etc. In between IL and IA we have the Rock Island Arsenal which houses an army base and a weapons manufacturing facility. There is both a National Cemetery there as well as a Confederate cemetery since during the Civil War there was a prison on the Arsenal Island. Also we are the place of the Westernmost battle of the American Revolution as there was a battle between Clark's men (of Lewis and Clark) at the site of Blackhawk State Park. It seems that the Blackhawk Indians were supporting the British and thus the battle. There is a monument in the park now that explains this. There is also an Indian Museum in the park. This park overlooks the Rock River which is on the south side of the city. Marilyn

In a message dated 9/22/2003 3:57:58 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Could you tell us the story, as it's one I sure haven't heard. I'd really like to do a follow up on this one, you've tickled my curiosity here. :) Sorry but I can't remember all about the Bufords and would have to look it up at the Historical Society. I just know that there is a lot of information on the family and they were prominent people in Rock Island (the City - not the County).

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Fern Just did a search for that statue that Traci was telling me about, couldn't come up with anything of John on a horse, but found one of him standing by himself. I can send it in an attachment if you'd like. I'll keep looking, figuring if a cemetery would have these notations in their files then there has to be some substance to the entries. That statue has to be somewhere. :) Linda >From: "fern" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) >Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:54:37 -0600 > >Thanks Linda, one of the great research ladies at RICHS, Janet, has >already >sent me some pictures of the graves at the cemetery. I do so much >appreciate the offer. I am interested in their old homes and if some one >offers to take the pictures I will look up the old addresses. Ivy House, >Napoleons home on the Mississippi River has been torn down but I don't know >about Andalusia. The Charles Buford mansion at the head of 18th street is >a >church house now. > >BUFORD is spelled with just one 'f'. the 2 'f' Bufords are another family. >The name is often mistakenly spelled with 2 'f's. > >Thanks for your offer to help.......Isn't genealogy a great hobby?? I am >up >dating the BUFORD book that my 2nd great Grand Uncle wrote and published in >1903 and it has taken on a life of it's own in that it keeps demanding more >and more of me. > >Thanks again, Fern Buford Walker in Colorado >----- Original Message ----- >From: "L MO2" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 3:24 PM >Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) > > > > Fern > > > > I just called Chippiannock cemetery as my curiosity got the best of me >here. > > :) Talked to a young woman named Traci and according to their records > > Napoleon Bonaparte Bufford was born on January 13, 1807 and died on >March > > 28, 1883; buried on March 31, 1883. He served on the Western Front. Said >to > > have bought the town of Rockport for his wife, Rockport was later >renamed > > Andalusia. Chiappiannock records also mentions his brother John, a Col. >who > > was buried at West Point. First to be accorded huge burial ceremony at > > Washington D.C. There's a statue of him astride his horse 'Grey Eagle' >at > > Gettysburg. > > > > If I can find out more from the Historical Society when they open up >later > > this week I'll send the info on to you, and if I can find someone that > > stocks the right model battery for my camera, I'll try to get a picture >of > > his burial site. But I haven't had any luck thus far so may have to >order > > that off the net. > > > > Linda > > > > > > >From: "fern" <[email protected]> > > >Reply-To: [email protected] > > >To: [email protected] > > >Subject: Re: [RockIsl'd] Re: older newspapers (Plus ? museum) > > >Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:52:08 -0600 > > > > > >Is there anyone on the list that lives in Rock Island that would be >willing > > >to look up a couple of old (1840's thru 1900) homes. If you have a >digital > > >:>} a picture would be wonderful. Would be willing to pay for your >time. > > >There is an old home called Andalusia that belonged to General Napoleon > > >Bonaparte BUFORD. 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