Caroline Bingaman1,2

F, #36603, b. 21 January 1841, d. 10 April 1884
  • Last Edited: 8 Aug 2024

Children of Caroline Bingaman and Cyrus Frantz Buffington

  • Henry Buffington2 b. 20 Jun 1863
  • Irwin L. Buffington2 b. c 1865, d. 1894
  • John N. Buffington2 b. 1 Feb 1867
  • Jennie Buffington2 b. Feb 1870, d. Feb 1870
  • Flora Buffington2 b. c 1871, d. b 5 Dec 1932

Citations

  1. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 53. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.
  2. [S915] Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database (Georgetown, TX), downloaded February 2012.
  3. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38569974/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  4. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Cyrus Frantz Buffington, Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, Pennsylvania), 24 Jul 1930, Thu, Page 1.

Cyrus Frantz Buffington1,2

M, #36610, b. 24 September 1839, d. 21 July 1930
  • Last Edited: 8 Aug 2024
  • Cyrus Frantz Buffington was born on 24 September 1839, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA.1,2
  • He was the son of Johannes Buffington and Christiana Frantz.2
  • Cyrus Frantz Buffington married Caroline Bingaman, daughter of Nicholas Michael Bingaman and Anna Maria Witmer, in 1862, Berrysburg, Dauphin County, PA.1,2
  • Cyrus Frantz Buffington married Anna Maria Dunkelberger, daughter of John Dunkelberger and Christiana Geist, on 17 March 1885, PA.2
  • Cyrus Frantz Buffington died on 21 July 1930, Uniontown (Pillow), Dauphin County, PA, at age 90.2,3
  • Newspaper obituary:
    PROMINENT PILLOW RESIDENT DIED ON MON.
    Cyrus Frantz Buffington, age 90 years, 9 months and 27 days, prominent resident and former carriage builder, died at his home in Pillow at 8:30 o'clock Monday morning July 21. Mr. Buffington had been ill for about a week.
    Survivors are his wife, of his second marriage, a son and daughter, John N. Buffington, Pillow and Mrs. Flora May Shuttlesworth, Williamstown; children of the first marriage; and a son and daughter of the second marriage, Lloyd Edwin Buffington and Mrs. Emma Boyer, both of Pillow.
    Mr. Buffington was one of twelve children of John and Dena (Frantz) Hoffman and was born in Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, September 24, 1839. He received bis education in the schools of Washington Township and Pillow, then known as Uniontown.
    He left work on the farm in early youth to serve as apprentice with his father, a carriage builder, with whom he later entered business and conducted it after his father's death in 1858. In 1866 he admitted his brother William into partnership, and this company of Buffington and Brother, operated until little more than fifteen years ago.
    He had served as Justice of the Peace of Pillow for nearly two score years and served at one time as council member and school board director. He was a member of the , Pillow United Brethren Church where for years he had been Sunday School Superintendent as well deacon, trustee and elder of the church board.
    He was married at Berrysburg in 1862 to Miss Caroline Bingaman who died in 1882. They had five children, Henry, a United Brethren minister, Irwin, John, Flora and a child which died in infancy, with only two survivors.
    Mr. Buffington was married the second time, March 17, 1885 to Miss Maria Dunkelberger, who with the two children, survive. Other survivors are a brother and sister, William Buffington, 87 of Shamokin, and Mrs. Harriet Dunn, 73 of Read[ing , Pa.]
    Funeral services will be held at ten o'clock this Thursday morning, from the residence in Pillow. Rev. I. W. Funk, pastor of the Elizabethville United Brethren Church will officiate and burial will be made in the Union Cemetery, near Pillow.
    Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, Pennsylvania), 24 Jul 1930, Thu, Page 1.3
  • He was buried on 24 July 1930, at United Brethren Church Cemetery, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA.2,3
  • He was buried at Union Cemetery, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA.4

Children of Cyrus Frantz Buffington and Caroline Bingaman

  • Henry Buffington2 b. 20 Jun 1863
  • Irwin L. Buffington2 b. c 1865, d. 1894
  • John N. Buffington2 b. 1 Feb 1867
  • Jennie Buffington2 b. Feb 1870, d. Feb 1870
  • Flora Buffington2 b. c 1871, d. b 5 Dec 1932

Children of Cyrus Frantz Buffington and Anna Maria Dunkelberger

Citations

  1. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 53. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.
  2. [S915] Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database (Georgetown, TX), downloaded February 2012.
  3. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Cyrus Frantz Buffington, Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, Pennsylvania), 24 Jul 1930, Thu, Page 1.
  4. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38570053/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Hannah A. Buffington1

F, #36617, b. 11 February 1845, d. 20 November 1887
  • Last Edited: 18 Nov 2022
  • Hannah A. Buffington was born on 11 February 1845, Mifflin Twp., Dauphin County, PA.1
  • She was the daughter of Johannes Buffington and Christiana Frantz.2
  • Hannah A. Buffington married Solomon Leitzel, son of Samuel Wagner Leitzel and Catharina Buck, on 8 March 1863, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • Hannah A. Buffington died on 20 November 1887, Powells Valley, Dauphin County, PA, at age 42.3
  • She was buried at Union Church Cemetery, Enterline, Dauphin County, PA.3

Children of Hannah A. Buffington and Solomon Leitzel

  • Ida Serena Leitzel1 b. 11 Feb 1864, d. 31 Jan 1950
  • Anora Jane Leitzel1 b. 28 Jun 1866, d. 4 Mar 1950
  • Frederick Penn Leitzel+1,4 b. 16 May 1868, d. 5 Nov 1939
  • Charles Addison Leitzel1 b. 7 Apr 1870, d. 12 Feb 1872
  • William H. Leitzel1 b. 4 Apr 1872, d. 1914
  • Anna Gertrude Leitzel1 b. 28 Jul 1874, d. 26 Jul 1958
  • Sallie Elizabeth Leitzel1 b. 8 Feb 1877, d. 10 Jan 1964
  • Mary Alice Leitzel1 b. 19 Sep 1878, d. 12 Sep 1945
  • John Ambrose Leitzel1 b. 28 May 1882, d. 19 Oct 1882
  • Mabel Hannah Leitzel+1 b. 10 Sep 1884, d. 4 Jul 1971
  • Solomon Franklin Leitzel1 b. 4 Mar 1887, d. 6 Oct 1977

Citations

  1. [S314] Bruce Travis Hall, "Genealogical Database," Bruce Travis Hall (Annapolis MD), data uploaded from CD December 2, 2005.
  2. [S915] Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database (Georgetown, TX), downloaded February 2012.
  3. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47002465/hannah-leitzel. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  4. [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health), Certificate Number: 97614 (1939); https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Death Certificates.

Johannes Buffington1

M, #36623, b. 3 January 1778, d. 30 June 1839
  • Last Edited: 18 Dec 2010
  • Johannes Buffington was born on 3 January 1778, Dauphin County, PA.3,1
  • He was the son of Benjamin Buffington and Mary Frissel.2
  • Johannes Buffington married Catarina Hoffman circa 1801, PA.3,1
  • Johannes Buffington died on 30 June 1839, Dauphin County, PA, at age 61.1
  • He was buried after 30 June 1839, at St Peter's (Hoffman's) Church Cemetery in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.2,1
  • Father*: Benjamin Buffington2 b. 2 Feb 1729/30, d. 11 Feb 1814
  • Mother*: Mary Frissel2

Children of Johannes Buffington and Catarina Hoffman

  • Anna Maria Buffington1 b. 26 Jul 1803
  • Daniel Buffington1 b. c 1805
  • (?) Buffington1 b. c 1810
  • Elizabeth Buffington1 b. 16 Mar 1812
  • Solome Buffington1 b. 2 Dec 1814
  • Johannes Buffington+1 b. 22 May 1817, d. 16 Aug 1890
  • Lydia Buffington1 b. 5 Jun 1821, d. 6 Feb 1892
  • Hannah Buffington1 b. 24 Aug 1824, d. 9 Oct 1894

Citations

  1. [S915] Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database (Georgetown, TX), downloaded February 2012.
  2. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 53. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.
  3. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, Comprehensive History of Gratz, p. 178.

Johannes Buffington1,2

M, #36624, b. 22 May 1817, d. 16 August 1890
  • Last Edited: 18 Nov 2022
  • Johannes Buffington was born on 22 May 1817, Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, PA.1,2
  • He was the son of Johannes Buffington and Catarina Hoffman.2
  • Johannes Buffington was born on 12 August 1818.3
  • He married Christiana Frantz circa 1837, Dauphin County, PA.1,2
  • Johannes Buffington married Mary Messner after 1858.2
  • Johannes Buffington married Mary Yost on 12 December 1886.2
  • Johannes Buffington died on 16 August 1890, Northumberland County, PA, at age 73.2,3
  • He was buried at Grand View Cemetery, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA.3,2

Children of Johannes Buffington and Christiana Frantz

  • Cyrus Frantz Buffington+2 b. 24 Sep 1839, d. 21 Jul 1930
  • Sarah A. Buffington+1 b. 28 Mar 1841, d. 2 Oct 1924
  • Hannah A. Buffington+2 b. 11 Feb 1845, d. 20 Nov 1887
  • William Buffington2 b. 18 Mar 1845
  • Elizabeth Buffington2 b. c 1847
  • Mary Buffington2 b. c 1848
  • Solomon Buffington2 b. c 1850
  • Christina Buffington2 b. 17 Aug 1851, d. 17 Dec 1921
  • Harriet Buffington2 b. c 1854
  • Adam Buffington2 b. c 1856

Citations

  1. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 53. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.
  2. [S915] Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database (Georgetown, TX), downloaded February 2012.
  3. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117731220/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.