Person Record

Metadata

Name

Bufford, Marcellus, 1817-1894

Born

Nov. 4, 1817

Birthplace

Portsmouth, N.H.

Deceased

Apr. 19, 1894

Deceased where

Portsmouth, N.H.

Places of residence

Portsmouth, N.H. Born on Summer Street in the house built by his father, Henry Bufford, in 1806.

Occupation

Printer. Portsmouth city clerk, 1862. Judge. Legislator. There is also documentation that he did decorative painting, like his father Henry Bufford, including churches and fire buckets.
Carriage painter - c1856

Father

Henry Bufford, 1780-1854.

Mother

Mary Gale, 1784-1839.

Spouse

1. Sarah Elizabeth Neal, 1819-1866, daughter of Samuel Loud of Newburyport, Mass

Children

With Sarah E. Neal, four children. One daughter died in infancy. A son died at age 7. Two surviving daugthers, Virginia Bufford and Ellen Walker.

With Persis L. Shackley, one stepson, Frank I. Shackley.

Notes

Buried in Proprietors Burying Ground with both his first and second wives.
R. G. Dun credit report in Name File.

Relationships

Spouses: 1. Sarah Elizabeth Neal, 1819-1866, daughter of Samuel Loud of Newburyport, Mass. Married Oct. 24, 1844.
2. Persis L. Shackley, 1830-1907, widow of Augustus Shackley. Married June 29, 1873.