John Christian Buhler family papers, 1805-1952 (bulk 1824-1931).

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John Christian Buhler family papers, 1805-1952 (bulk 1824-1931).

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The collection includes family correspondence, chiefly of John Christian Buhler, John Robert Buhler, Mary Edith Buhler, Hester S. Simmons (née Buhler), and Jane (Jennie) Gillespie Buhler. Letters concern national and local politics, notable persons, social and economic conditions in Louisiana and Mississippi, and family life. Correspondence during Reconstruction discusses problems of freedman labor and property holdings of the Buhler family, chiefly in East Baton Rouge Parish. Education and student life are discussed in a letter (1805) to Hester Smith Buhler at Ursuline Academy in New Orleans and in letters from family members (including Francis Purviance Buhler) at Princeton and Yale universities. Financial documents include a copy of an act of sale (1852) of a parcel of land by John Buhler and his wife to the town of Baton Rouge. This parcel is now the site of Magnolia Cemetery. Genealogical notes (1914-1927) pertain to the Lightfoot family, the Smith family of Mississippi, and the families of John Christian Buhler, Richard Devall, John Reynolds, and John Hawkins. The collection contains photographs of oil paintings and engravings depicting members of the Buhler family living between 1679-1886, and photographs of John Christian and Hester Buhler (n.d.). The manuscript volume contains a roll of tax assessments (ca. 1831) documenting ownership of property including land, slaves, carriages, and livestock in East Baton Rouge Parish.

437 items.1 ms. v. ; 21 x 33 cm.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6762102

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Buhler, John Robert, 1829-1886.

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John Robert Buhler was the son of John Christian Buhler, a planter of Buhler's Plains near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After his marriage in 1847 to Mary Reynolds (1826-1903), John Robert Buhler lived with his wife at Independence, the plantation home of his grandparents, the Smiths, near Natchez, Mississippi. John Robert and Mary Buhler had four daughters: Anna S. Postlewaite (nee Buhler), Jane Gillespie Buhler (called Jennie, 1859-1945), Mary Edith Buhler (1864-1931 or 2), and Hester Smith Simmons...

Smith family.

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Duvall family.

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Simmons, Hester Smith, 1866-1948.

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Reynolds family.

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Yale University.

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Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

Hawkins family.

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Buhl family.

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Ursuline Academy (New Orleans, La.)

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Lightfoot family.

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Buhler, Mary Edith, 1864-1931 or 2.

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Buhler, Jane Gillespie, 1859-1945.

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Buhler, John Christian, 1789-1866

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John Christian Buhler was a planter of Winters Plantation in Buhler's Plains near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He married his first wife, Hester Buhler (née Smith, 1803-1835) of Adams County, Mississippi, in 1827, and they had a son, John Robert Buhler (1829-1886). John Christian Buhler married Frances Tabor in 1837 and had a son, Francis Purviance Buhler (b. 1841). John Robert Buhler married Mary Reynolds (1826-1903) in 1847. They had four daughters, Anna S., Jane Gillespie (called Jennie, 1859-194...