Marian Elizabeth (Buell) Page (1904 - 1972)

Born 9 Mar 1904 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Leonard Osborn Page — married 20 Jun 1929 in Charleston, SC

Died 25 May 1972 at age 68 in Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Marian was born in 1904. She is the daughter of George Buell and Martha McIntosh. ^{[1] [2]}

Biography by J. Rieman McIntosh, 1978: ^[3]

"Marion Elizabeth Buell (was) born in Charleston, March 9th, 1904 and died in Columbia, May 25th, 1972. She and her husband are buried in Riverview Cemetery, Charleston. After graduating from Memminger High School in Charleston with high scholastic standing, she received her A.B. degree with honors from the College of Charleston in 1926. In college she was a member of the Iota Lambda Phi sorority. She taught for a year at Memminger High School and then became head of the Department of English at Chatham Hall, Chatham, Va. which was a rare honor after teaching for only one year. She taught at Chatham Hall for two years until her marriage. In 1932 she returned to Charleston because her husband's business took them there. She took an enthusiastic and capable interest in community affairs and was three times president of the City Federation of Women's Clubs. She was a past president of the S.C. Federation of Women's Clubs. Her other Charleston interests included the County Library the Free Kindergarten Assn. and the Charleston Welfare Council. She served on the Board of the Charleston County Tuberculosis Assn., Board of Trustees of Shaw Center and Board of Managers of the Ladies Benevolent Assn. After her husband's death in 1950 she entered the business world as an accountant with the U.S. Govt. Engineers. In this work she was transferred to Shaw Air Force Base at Sumter and then to Columbia with the District office of Social Security Administration, where at the time of her death she was a Claims Representative. She was also a charter member of Kathwood Baptist Church in Columbia. She married Leonard Osborne Page of Charleston, West Virginia, June 20th, 1929. He was connected with U.S. Govt. work and died May 14th, 1950. They had no children." (Note: The above information was supplied by Col. George B. Buell, Jr., 1978.)

Leonard Osborn Page and Marian Elizabeth Buell were married Thursday, June 20th, 1929 at 8:30 P.M. at Citadel Square Baptist Church, Charleston, S.C. Dr. D. I. Purser, Jr. officiated. Marian Elizabeth Buell Page, wife of Leonard O. Page and daughter of George B. and Martha Gregg McIntosh Buell, died Thursday, 25 May 1972 at 7:30 A.M, Providence Hospital, Columbia, S.C. Interred in family plot, Riverview Memorial Park, Charleston, South Carolina. Age 68 years, 2 months and 16 days. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, Birth Registers, 1901-1926", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WCY4-JNZM : 7 August 2019), Marian Eliz Buell, 1904.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6CG-J87 : 3 February 2021), Marian E Buell in entry for George B Buell, 1920.
3. ↑ Descendants of James McIntosh who was born about 1734 (sic), by J. Rieman McIntosh, 1978 (unpublished, donated to DAR Library)
4. ↑ Family Bible of Frances Caldwell (Higgins) McIntosh, begun 23 Dec 1863

See also:

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K48K-WKT : 11 January 2021), Marian Page in household of George Buell, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10-60, sheet 7A, line 39, family 144, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3794.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #28888946 for Marian Buell Page (9 Mar 1904–25 May 1972), citing Riverview Memorial Park, North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Ann (contributor 46833496) .