The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-07
COLONEL BUFORD
HAS PASSED AWAY
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S,i1ution. with the degree of bacLcIor
OF laws
lie began the practice OF his uro
,ession IN his mothers native county,
Fittsyivanfa; but his professional cir.
CUT Included tho ncighboring counties.
ana while he was still a very yo,,n,.
iawyer he was called to cross swords
IN legal combat with some of the lead
ms men OF the Virginia bar Widening
acquaintance ana broadening cxpe
Renee led to the wish for hate, IN
portunities for winning fame and FIR
tune III more populous community.
ana lie removed to Danville, va.
In Journalism nnd Law.
tefe his facile pen and his fluent
ana thoughtful speech quickly brought
MIN prominently into notice, and I'm All :
ui'ioh TO his professional work he be-
came owner and editor OF The Dan
vile Register. EDITORIAL work led
NATURALLY TO politics. and political prc.
ierment was thrust upon him In 1852
nc served single term in tho V.r
R1hts Legislature from Pittsylvania
county, declining recollection. Return
ing 10 his work at the bar and nj Tho
editorial desk. lie steadily grew In
strength and popularity throushou;
MS section of the State. After the mass
ing OF the ordinance of secession, IN
u" spring OF SCI. lie abandoned tho
."crntiFe law practice and enlisted in
the Confederate States army as n nri.
vate soldier from pittsylvania connty
ZIG served in the Army Of Northern
Virginia until the fall of 1851 when
the people of Pittsylvania again elect
cd hi1n TO tho House of Delegates: and
IN this official position he was con
,inued until the end of the war.
Whiie member of the House he wa.
commissioned lieutenant colonel d,
prcvet In the Virginia militia by Gov
crror John Letcher. and was assigned
TO special service in aid of The cam
paign in tho Geld. While performing
this duty he established what was ar
iectionately known as "Buford's Home. "
and many were the soldiers who err
1oyed its comforts. white multitudcs oil
Confederate soldiers proiited by his
watchful caro- of the supplies which
We're designed for those in tho field
and We're by him forwarded 10 their
destination.
Long President OF RaiIrond
AT the close OF the war he returned
TO Danville, and in October. 1865, he
was elected president of the Richmond
and Danvillc Railroad. When ho as
sumed this Office that railroad had hut
$40 miles of trackage. To It's develop.
nent he devoted that executive talent
with (which no was so largely endowed
andIthe untiring energy which AWAY "
characterized his life work
In 1857. after he had carried tho
load for twenty-five years OF master.
iul management. through the depress
Ing and continued difficulties which
stood in the way of it's development,
and laid heavy loads financially nLu
personally upon his own shoulders, he
turned IL over to his SUCCESSOR In the
presidency with n trackagc OF 3,pul
miles. The Southern Railway Company
is under very great obligations to hin,
for the labors and hardships Ito under
Went In building up this Very impor-
tant part OF the Southern Railway
ierhaps his browning Industrial
achievement was the building with The
most meagro resources AZ his lIaposnl