Parents:
. William Buffum (1741 - 1829) . Lydia Arnold (1746 - 1828)
Marriage:
. Rebecca Gould, 7 Jan 1804
Children
Sarah Buffum 1805–1854
Elizabeth Buffum 1806–1899
Lucy Buffum 1809–1882
Rebecca Buffum 1811–1911
John Gould Buffum 1813–1814
Lydia Buffum 1816–1892
Mary Anthony Buffum 1817–1820
Edward Gould A. Buffum 1820–1867
William Buffum 1821–1912
Known throughout his whole life as a philanthropist. He died at Englewood, Perth Ashby, NJ after a short, but severe illness in his 77th year of age.
Born 1782, Smithfield, RI his father, William was an abolitionist of the Old School, the school of Bebezet, Hopkins, Frank, Jay, Brown, etc. His house, at that early day, was refuge of fugitive slaves.
He married Rebecca Gould, daughter of John Gould of Middletown, RI. It proved a happy union and continued over fifty years.
About the year 1825, Mr. Buffum visited England, where he became acquainted with sever persons distinguished for their philanthropy. Among them was Elizabeth Fry, whom he frequently accompanied on her benevolent visits to Newgate Prison. He often described this nobel woman as she appeared among the prisoners, reading the Scriptures to them. He also formed a friendship with David Holt, called the Father of Manchester. They were kindred spirits continued until the death of Mr. Holt. In Paris, where he resided for a time, he became aquainted with Amelie Opie of England. They attended to the wants of several poor people. Amond the objects that engaged his attention were Infant Schools.
Upon returning to the US he brought with him the apparatus used in these schools. First Infant School in Fall River, MA, over hundred children were taught.
Smithfield, Rhode Island, Society of Friends, Quaker, radical abolitionist, temperance reformer, philanthropist. Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts. Co-founder (with William Lloyd Garrison) and first president of the New England Anti-Slavery Society, in 1832. Manager and founding member of the American Anti-Slavery Society in December 1833. President, New England Anti-Slavery Society. In 1840, Buffum went to Indiana and Ohio as a lecturing anti-slavery agent. He served as editor of the Protectionist. Member of the Liberty, Free Soil and Republican parties. Visited England to promote abolitionism. Buffum was influenced by English anti-slavery leaders Clarkson and Wilberforce.
. William Buffum (1741 - 1829) . Lydia Arnold (1746 - 1828)
Marriage:
. Rebecca Gould, 7 Jan 1804
Children
Sarah Buffum 1805–1854
Elizabeth Buffum 1806–1899
Lucy Buffum 1809–1882
Rebecca Buffum 1811–1911
John Gould Buffum 1813–1814
Lydia Buffum 1816–1892
Mary Anthony Buffum 1817–1820
Edward Gould A. Buffum 1820–1867
William Buffum 1821–1912
Known throughout his whole life as a philanthropist. He died at Englewood, Perth Ashby, NJ after a short, but severe illness in his 77th year of age.
Born 1782, Smithfield, RI his father, William was an abolitionist of the Old School, the school of Bebezet, Hopkins, Frank, Jay, Brown, etc. His house, at that early day, was refuge of fugitive slaves.
He married Rebecca Gould, daughter of John Gould of Middletown, RI. It proved a happy union and continued over fifty years.
About the year 1825, Mr. Buffum visited England, where he became acquainted with sever persons distinguished for their philanthropy. Among them was Elizabeth Fry, whom he frequently accompanied on her benevolent visits to Newgate Prison. He often described this nobel woman as she appeared among the prisoners, reading the Scriptures to them. He also formed a friendship with David Holt, called the Father of Manchester. They were kindred spirits continued until the death of Mr. Holt. In Paris, where he resided for a time, he became aquainted with Amelie Opie of England. They attended to the wants of several poor people. Amond the objects that engaged his attention were Infant Schools.
Upon returning to the US he brought with him the apparatus used in these schools. First Infant School in Fall River, MA, over hundred children were taught.
Smithfield, Rhode Island, Society of Friends, Quaker, radical abolitionist, temperance reformer, philanthropist. Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts. Co-founder (with William Lloyd Garrison) and first president of the New England Anti-Slavery Society, in 1832. Manager and founding member of the American Anti-Slavery Society in December 1833. President, New England Anti-Slavery Society. In 1840, Buffum went to Indiana and Ohio as a lecturing anti-slavery agent. He served as editor of the Protectionist. Member of the Liberty, Free Soil and Republican parties. Visited England to promote abolitionism. Buffum was influenced by English anti-slavery leaders Clarkson and Wilberforce.
Parents:
. William Buffum (1741 - 1829) . Lydia Arnold (1746 - 1828)
Marriage:
. Rebecca Gould, 7 Jan 1804
Children
Sarah Buffum 1805–1854
Elizabeth Buffum 1806–1899
Lucy Buffum 1809–1882
Rebecca Buffum 1811–1911
John Gould Buffum 1813–1814
Lydia Buffum 1816–1892
Mary Anthony Buffum 1817–1820
Edward Gould A. Buffum 1820–1867
William Buffum 1821–1912
Known throughout his whole life as a philanthropist. He died at Englewood, Perth Ashby, NJ after a short, but severe illness in his 77th year of age.
Born 1782, Smithfield, RI his father, William was an abolitionist of the Old School, the school of Bebezet, Hopkins, Frank, Jay, Brown, etc. His house, at that early day, was refuge of fugitive slaves.
He married Rebecca Gould, daughter of John Gould of Middletown, RI. It proved a happy union and continued over fifty years.
About the year 1825, Mr. Buffum visited England, where he became acquainted with sever persons distinguished for their philanthropy. Among them was Elizabeth Fry, whom he frequently accompanied on her benevolent visits to Newgate Prison. He often described this nobel woman as she appeared among the prisoners, reading the Scriptures to them. He also formed a friendship with David Holt, called the Father of Manchester. They were kindred spirits continued until the death of Mr. Holt. In Paris, where he resided for a time, he became aquainted with Amelie Opie of England. They attended to the wants of several poor people. Amond the objects that engaged his attention were Infant Schools.
Upon returning to the US he brought with him the apparatus used in these schools. First Infant School in Fall River, MA, over hundred children were taught.
Smithfield, Rhode Island, Society of Friends, Quaker, radical abolitionist, temperance reformer, philanthropist. Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts. Co-founder (with William Lloyd Garrison) and first president of the New England Anti-Slavery Society, in 1832. Manager and founding member of the American Anti-Slavery Society in December 1833. President, New England Anti-Slavery Society. In 1840, Buffum went to Indiana and Ohio as a lecturing anti-slavery agent. He served as editor of the Protectionist. Member of the Liberty, Free Soil and Republican parties. Visited England to promote abolitionism. Buffum was influenced by English anti-slavery leaders Clarkson and Wilberforce.
. William Buffum (1741 - 1829) . Lydia Arnold (1746 - 1828)
Marriage:
. Rebecca Gould, 7 Jan 1804
Children
Sarah Buffum 1805–1854
Elizabeth Buffum 1806–1899
Lucy Buffum 1809–1882
Rebecca Buffum 1811–1911
John Gould Buffum 1813–1814
Lydia Buffum 1816–1892
Mary Anthony Buffum 1817–1820
Edward Gould A. Buffum 1820–1867
William Buffum 1821–1912
Known throughout his whole life as a philanthropist. He died at Englewood, Perth Ashby, NJ after a short, but severe illness in his 77th year of age.
Born 1782, Smithfield, RI his father, William was an abolitionist of the Old School, the school of Bebezet, Hopkins, Frank, Jay, Brown, etc. His house, at that early day, was refuge of fugitive slaves.
He married Rebecca Gould, daughter of John Gould of Middletown, RI. It proved a happy union and continued over fifty years.
About the year 1825, Mr. Buffum visited England, where he became acquainted with sever persons distinguished for their philanthropy. Among them was Elizabeth Fry, whom he frequently accompanied on her benevolent visits to Newgate Prison. He often described this nobel woman as she appeared among the prisoners, reading the Scriptures to them. He also formed a friendship with David Holt, called the Father of Manchester. They were kindred spirits continued until the death of Mr. Holt. In Paris, where he resided for a time, he became aquainted with Amelie Opie of England. They attended to the wants of several poor people. Amond the objects that engaged his attention were Infant Schools.
Upon returning to the US he brought with him the apparatus used in these schools. First Infant School in Fall River, MA, over hundred children were taught.
Smithfield, Rhode Island, Society of Friends, Quaker, radical abolitionist, temperance reformer, philanthropist. Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts. Co-founder (with William Lloyd Garrison) and first president of the New England Anti-Slavery Society, in 1832. Manager and founding member of the American Anti-Slavery Society in December 1833. President, New England Anti-Slavery Society. In 1840, Buffum went to Indiana and Ohio as a lecturing anti-slavery agent. He served as editor of the Protectionist. Member of the Liberty, Free Soil and Republican parties. Visited England to promote abolitionism. Buffum was influenced by English anti-slavery leaders Clarkson and Wilberforce.
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