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WILLIAM BUXTON, grocer, Bloomington; was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Feb. 9, 1842; his parents having died when he was a boy, he was left without their advice or care to battle with the world and to provide for himself; by observation and experience he has obtained a fair business education; he came to Bloomington in 1861, and found employment with the C. & A. R. R. Company as fireman, and continued in this capacity three years; then was given an engine, which position he held four years; then abandoned railroading and began mercantile business; he clerked in the grocery business two years; then began on his own account; his place of business is 701 W. Chestnut st., where he keeps a first-class grocery store in which is to be found a fine assortment of staple and fancy goods. He married Mrs. Margaret F. Sullivan, formerly of Brooklyn, N. Y., April 29, 1874.