Judge Joseph Buffington and Mary Alice Simonton

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Husband Judge Joseph Buffington ^{1 2}

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           Born: 15 Sep 1855 - Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA 2
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         Father: Ephraim Buffington (1821-1892) 2 3
         Mother: Margaret Chambers Orr (      -      ) 4 5

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       Marriage: 29 Jan 1885 5

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Wife Mary Alice Simonton ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - Judge Joseph Buffington

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After prepara-tory education he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts at Trinity College, Connecticut, in 1875, then tak-ing up the study of the law. In 1878 he was admitted to legal practice, and from that year until 1892 fol-lowed his profession at Kittanning, Pennsylvania. Ap-pointed district judge of the Western District of Pennsylvania in 1892, he filled this post until 1906, and on September 21, of the latter year, he was appointed to a higher judicial place\emdash United States Circuit Judge of the Third Circuit. Judge Buffington compiled a splendid record on the bench, and was noteworthy for his long, continuous, and able dis-charge of public duties. Judge Buffington received honorary degrees as follows: LL.D., Lafayette Col-lege, 1915, also from Trinity College, University of Pittsburgh, Princeton, and Washington and Jeffer-son; and D.C.L. from Mt. St. Mary's College.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Alice Simonton

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from Emmitsburg, MD

1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 325.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 12.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 311, 324.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 311, 325.

5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 13.