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Willis Buell

1790 – 1851

American politician

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About Willis Buell

Lived 1790 – 1851 (aged 60–61). Willis Buell was an American politician.

Willis (or Wyllys) Buell (c. 1790November 1851) was a native of Connecticut and third mayor of Atlanta.

Biography Willis Buell was born in Connecticut in 1790.

Buell's 1833 map of Muskingum County was among the first printed maps of any of Ohio's counties.

In the mid to late 1830s, he became the first Justice of the Peace of the 1026th militia district. He was a prosecuting attorney for the Supreme Court held in Muskingum from 1837 to April 1839.

In 1839, he was appointed by the City Council to serve on Zanesville's first board of examiners for its education system.

He lived in Georgia during the mid-1840s. Buell was among the original members of Atlanta's first Masonic lodge. He was known for his skill in portrait painting, establishing a studio within Atlanta's first Masonic Hall in 1847.

As a member of the Free and Rowdy Party, also known as the Rowdies, he served a single term as the third Mayor of Atlanta from January 1850 to January 1851, as stipulated by the city charter. Jonathan Norcross succeeded him as mayor.

Death Willis Buell died in Atlanta, Georgia in November 1851.

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Who was Willis Buell?

American politician

When was Willis Buell born?

Willis Buell was born in 1790 in Connecticut.

When did Willis Buell die?

Willis Buell died on 1 November 1851.

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Willis Buell was a politician.

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Willis Buell was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Willis Buell

· Wikidata: Q8022030

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