James E. Buel
James E. Buel, farmer, P. O. Walnut Run, was born in Vermont September 11, 1830. He is a brother of V. L. Buel, in whose sketch an account of the family's settlement in Ohio is given. Our subject was raised on a farm mostly in Ohio, and received his educatiou by an irregular attendance at the public schools of his neighborhood. He enlisted in the war against Mexico, was sent to Madison, Ind., from there to Jefferson barracks, and two weeks later to Vera Cruz, where he remained until marched to the City of Mexico. When he returned home, he engaged in farming on seventy acres of land in Range Township. He was married, in 1854, to Isabelle Bethards, whose father was born in Maryland in 1800, and died in this county in 1871, and whose mother was born in 1809. They were the parents of nine children, all now living and married. Mr. Buel by his marriage became the father of five children, viz.: Theodore, William, Elizabeth, Charles A. and Ada M. Mr. Buel now lives on the London & Midway pike, where he is engaged in farming and stock-raising.
From History of Madison County - W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]