Samuel W. Buel
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Samuel Wakeman Buel (March 16, 1830 – July 29, 1895) was an American businessman and politician.
Life
Buel was born on March 16, 1830, in Broadalbin, New York.[1]
Buel attended the common schools in town. The son of a farmer, he worked in that field until he was eighteen. He then began working in the lumbering business. By 1868, he was living in Benson.[1]
A War Democrat during the American Civil War, Buel was elected School Commissioner of Hamilton County in 1866.[1] In 1867, Buel was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Democrat, representing Fulton County and Hamilton County. He served in the Assembly in 1868[2] and 1872.[3]
Buel died from typhoid fever at his home in South Ballston (where he retired to in around 1875) on July 29, 1895.[4]