Buckstaff, George Angus

Buckstaff, George Angus

Male 1861 - 1930  (58 years)    Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Buckstaff, George Angus 
    Born 22 Dec 1861  Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    1880 Census 1880  Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1900 Census 1900  Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    1920 Census 1920  Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Biography
    • BUCKSTAFF, George Angus, speaker of the legislative assembly, is a native of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he was born December 22nd, 1861, and where he has lived all his life. His father, John Buckstaff, is a retired lumberman, in good financial circumstances, who came to Wisconsin from New Brunswick in 1849. His first winter after reaching the state was spent in making cedar shingles by hand in a swamp in what is now Washington county. His winter's work was one hundred thousand shingles, for which he received four hundred dollars. He then returned to his New Brunswick home, and, in 1851, removed to Oshkosh, where he has since resided. The Buckstaff's, or, as the name was originally spelled, Bickerstaff, are of English ancestry. John Buckstaff, Sr., grandfather of the subject of this sketch, fought on the English side in the war of 1812-14, and was wounded at the battle of Lundy's Lane, and carried a Yankee buckshot in his leg all the rest of his life. He was a resident of Oshkosh from 1851 to 1884, when he died at the age of eighty-seven. Mr. Buckstaff's mother's maiden name was Sarah Hopkins, of the same family as Stephen Hopkins, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The family is an old New England one, connected with another one of note named Bartlett. G. A. Buckstaff was educated in the public schools of Oshkosh, the University of Wisconsin, and in the Columbia Law School of New York. He speaks of the educational influence of Dr. John Bascom, president of the university when he was there, and of Dean Theodore Dwight of the law school, as more powerful than any other which he has experienced. The former was aggressive, had no tact or policy--he hewed to the line and expected every one else to do the same. Prof. Dwight, he says, was the greatest teacher of law that this country has ever had. His fine exposition of law questions and the principles underlying all law were impressive, and had much to do with shaping the young man's views of many of the vital questions of life. Mr. Buckstaff took a two years' course in the state university. Graduating from this, he went into the law department and completed that course in 1886, and thence to Columbia Law School, where he finished the course the same year. Upon leaving college he became connected with the Buckstaff-Edwards company, which is engaged in the manufacture of furniture, etc., and in this business he is still engaged. He is also interested in dairy farming. Mr. Buckstaff is a Republican, but never held an office until he was elected to the Wisconsin legislature, in 1894, from the Third district of Winnebago county. The last reapportionment put him into the First district, from which he was returned to the assembly for the session of 1897. He received the Republican nomination for speaker over a number of other able men, and was elected, the Republicans having the largest majority ever sent to the legislature. His interest in legislation is general, but educational, municipal and the game bills have received his special attention. He is a Mason, a Knight of Pythias, a Hoo Hoo, Elk, and of the college society Phi Delta Theta. He was married to Florence Tyng Griswold of Columbus, Wisconsin, May 8th, 1888, and they have three children. Mrs. Buckstaff graduated from the Wisconsin University in 1886, taking the first honors. She afterward took post-graduate work at Harvard College, and was awarded the degree of M. A. by the University of Wisconsin.
    Reference Number 3238 
    Died Between 1920 and 1930  Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I309128  1FamilyTree
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2018 

    Father Buckstaff, John,   d. Abt 1884, Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Hopkins, Sara,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F212233  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Griswold, Florence,   b. Abt 1866,   d. Aft 1930  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Married 8 May 1888 
    Marriage Record (Family) 8 May 1888 
    Last Modified 26 Sep 2016 
    Family ID F212232  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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