George Bradley Buell Jr. (1900 - 1996)

Born 22 Sep 1900 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Frances Marion (Gooding) Buell — married 25 Jun 1925 in Charleston, SC

Died 24 Feb 1996 at age 95 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

"George B. Buell, Jr., a U.S. Army officer, began his military career as an instructor in the Infantry Reserve in the early 1920s. In the following decade he was involved in establishing training camps and units of the Civilian Conservation Corps. During World War II Buell served as personnel officer in the Persian Gulf Command in Iran, and his wife, Frances Gooding Buell, served as an officer in the Women's Army Corps. He retired from the Army in 1953 after serving as Provost Marshal of the 2nd Army, and lived in Florida until he and his wife moved to Summerville, S.C. in 1980. Frances G. Buell was the daughter of Mary Emily Webb Gooding and William James Gooding. She was born in Hampton County, S.C." ^[1]

Biography by J. Rieman McIntosh, 1978: ^[2]

"George Bradley Buell, Jr. (was) born Charleston Sept. 22nd, 1900 ^[3] and graduated from the College of Charleston in May 1922. He won an appointment to the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, 1919-1920, but the size of the Cadet Corps was cut in half by order of Congress in 1920 and he could not continue at West Point which was a great disappointment. However he won a commission in the army as a 2nd Lieut. of Infantry in Dec. 1923 by an examination from civil life. For the next ten years he assisted his father in business and returned to active military service in May of 1933. From then he served continuously until retirement from the Regular Army February 1954 in the grade of full Colonel, which he held for seven years prior to time of retirement.

"He married Frances Marion Gooding, June 25th, 1925 at the Second Presbyterian Church, Charleston. They had no children."

George passed away in 1996 ^[4] and is buried at Riverview Memorial Cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina with his wife Fran. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ George B. Buell family papers, 1818-1982, SCHS Call # 259.00, Containers 259/1-10, The South Carolina Historical Society
2. ↑ Descendants of James McIntosh who was born about 1734 (sic), by J. Rieman McIntosh, 1978 (unpublished, donated to DAR Library)
3. ↑ "South Carolina Births and Christenings, 1681-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HCM9-7BT2 : 22 January 2020), George Bradley Buell Jr., 1900.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYC5-LYZ : 8 January 2021), George B Buell, 24 Feb 1996; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #29021406 for COL George Bradley Buell Jr. (22 Sep 1900–24 Feb 1996), citing Riverview Memorial Park, North Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Juanda Owens B. (contributor 46581824) .

See also:

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6CG-J8Q : 3 February 2021), George B Buell, Jr in entry for George B Buell, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPHR-WRD : accessed 8 February 2021), George B Buell in household of George B Buell, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 43, sheet 11A, line 40, family 269, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2190; FHL microfilm 2,341,924.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K48K-CJL : 11 January 2021), George B Buell, Christ Church Township, Charleston, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 10-65, sheet 1A, line 11, family 4, 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 3795.
• Memoirs of Sarah McIntosh Taylor, Bradenton, Florida, Feb 1979, transcribed 1995 by Jouett Taylor Prisley with footnotes and illustrations in 2019 by Frederic Arnett Prisley
• Family Bible of Frances Caldwell (Higgins) McIntosh, begun 23 Dec 1863