- CHARLES H. BUMAN, an esteemed citizen of Greenville township, Outagamie county, has been identified with her agricultural interests for the past ten or eleven years, and is now the owner of a fine farm of eighty-five acres. He was born in Clayton township, Winnebago county, Wisconsin, October 2, 1857, and is a son of Christ and Minnie (Bollnitz) Buman, natives of Mecklenburg, Germany, who came to the United States at an early day and were married in Outagamie county. Christ Buman, who was always a farmer by occupation, first became a landowner in Clayton township, then situated on the present farm of Charles H. Buman, on which he resided until his death about the year 1903, his wife having passed away some years before. Charles H. Buman received his education in the district schools of Greenville township, and until his marriage he resided on the home farm assisting his father. His present eighty-five-acre tract, which he purchased at the time of his marriage, is in a fine state of cultivation, and is operated by Mr. Buman as a general dairy and stock farm. He is known as an excellent agriculturist, and he also finds a ready market for his cattle and hogs in Appleton and the surrounding cities. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Lutheran Church. On December 6, 1900, Mr. Buman was married to Carolina Schuldt, who was born in Clayton township, October 11, 1868, daughter of John and Sophia (Witt) Schuldt, natives of the Fatherland, who came to the United States in 1866 and settled on farming property in Ellington township and later in Greenville township, where Mr. Schuldt died about 1903. His widow, who survives him, makes her home with her son, John, in Greenville township. Mr. and Mrs. Schuldt had the following children: Mrs. Buman; Anna, the wife of Henry Buman, brother of Charles H., and also a farmer in Clayton township; Mary, who is deceased; Ida, the wife of Richard Kronberg, a resident of Clayton township; John, a farmer of Greenville township; and Frieda, who is single and resides at home. Mr. and Mrs. Buman had the following children: Albert, born December 17, 1901; Linda, born February 14, 1903, who died March 18, 1903; Ida, born February 14, 1904; Louis, born March 21, 1906; and Amanda, born October 28, 1908.
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1857 - 1931 (73 years)
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