History of Rush County Indiana Brant & Fuller 1888 Chicago Page 681 and 682 Surnames mentioned in this biography are:  Buell, Blair, Hoel, Wilkins, Wellman Dewitt C. BUELL, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in RushCounty, Indiana, February 22, 1854. His father, Eli Buell, was born in New York, January 22, 1812, son of Isarel and Roxanna (Blair) Buell, natives respectively of Connecticut and New York, the  former born in 1771 and died in 1845, and the latter born in 1778 and died in Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1831. Levi Buell was married in 1837 to Miss Mary Hoel. To this union were born four children, viz.:Caroline, Emaline, Dewitt C. and Ella. Mrs. Buell died August 26, 1885. He is a staunch Republican, and has resided in this county since 1839. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and for six years served as County Commissioner. Dewitt C. Buell, the immediate subject of this sketch, is the seventh in a  family of eight children, and his life has been that of a farmer and stock-raiser. He now owns 160 acres of valuable land, also the old Buell homestead. Mr. Buell was married October 29, 1879, to Miss Dora Wilkins,a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, born March 13, 1857. To this marriage are these children: Don C., born November 7, 1880, and Ida, born December 8, 1882. Mrs. Buell died in 1884, and in 1886, Mr. Buell was again married, the bride being Mrs. Eva Amos, whose maiden name was Wellman. Mr. Buell is a Republican and an honored citizen.