Althea G. Buffum

1897 - 1982  (84 years)

• Name	Althea G. Buffum  [1, 2]
  Birth	22 Aug 1897	, , Pennsylvania, USA   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Census	5 Jun 1900	Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [6]
  Census	29 Apr 1910	Venango Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [7]
  Census	13 Jan 1920	Polk, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA   [8]
  Death	Jul 1982	Polk, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA   [4, 9]
  Burial		Althea Buffum Photograph by William F. Bisbee
  Person ID	I264	Bisbee
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2009

  
  

  Father	George Buffum,   b. Abt 1873, , , Pennsylvania, USA d. Bef 1910 (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Myrtle Bisbee,   b. Dec 1877, , , Pennsylvania, USA d. 1916 (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1895  [6]
  Family ID	F122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 22 Aug 1897 - , , Pennsylvania, USA Census - 5 Jun 1900 - Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Census - 29 Apr 1910 - Venango Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Census - 13 Jan 1920 - Polk, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA Death - Jul 1982 - Polk, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  The evidence is that Althea was feeble minded and unable to care for herself. After her mother died in 1916, Althea was committed to the Polk State Institute for the Feeble-Minded of Western Pennsylvania where she remained until her death in 1982.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 134. [S1225] Margaret Jane Dunnihoo, Two Brothers in the Pennsylvania Triangle, (Erie, Pennsylvania: self published, 1974.), p. 29. [S1310] Buffum, Althea G. (I264): 1930 US, (www.ancestry.com (2002): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T626, roll 2152, enumeration district (ED) 38, sheet 8B, page 191B, line 60; image accessed 12/27/2008.), 1930.PA.Venango.Polk.38.16. [S1534] Social Security Death Index - Ancestry, (www.ancestry.com, 2007: Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File), entry for Althea Buffum, 1982, SS no. 203-40-3499. Last Residence: 16342 Polk, Venango, Pennsylvania Born: 22 Aug 1897 Died: Jul 1982 State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (1966) [S1689] Buffum, Althea: Grave Marker, (Evergreen Cemetery, Union City, Erie, PA.). [S88] Buffum, George (I262): 1900 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2004): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T623, roll 1407, enumeration district (ED) 69, sheet 5A, page 125A, line 31, dwelling 78, family 86; image accessed 12/27/2008.), 1900.PA.Erie.Erie Ward 1.69.9. [S89] Buffum, Myrtle Bisbee (I119): 1910 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2006): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T624, roll 1343, enumeration district (ED) 134, sheet 7B, page 179B, line 83, dwelling 127, family 126; image accessed 12/27/2008), 1910.PA.Erie.Venango.134.14. [S1309] Buffum, Althea G. (I264): 1920 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T625, roll 1656, enumeration district (ED) 119, sheet 15A, page 208, line 24; image accessed 12/27/2008.), 1920.PA.Venango.Polk.119.29. [S1226] WWI Draft Registration Cards, (www.ancestry.com : 2005.), (www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 Jun 2008), Erie County, Penn sylvania; roll 2022697, image 1701; citing World War I Sele ctive Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. W ashington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administrati on. Card type C KENNETH JOSEPH BUFFUM, 68 Robinson, North East, Erie, PA Age 18, DOB AUG 22 1900, Race white Teamster for John McLaughlin, North East, Erie, PA Nearest Relative: Althea Buffum (sister), Polk Institution, Franklin (?) PA Signed Kenneth Joseph Buffum Height tall, Build slender, Eyes hazel, hair brown Dated sep 12, 1918