Henry
and Elizabeth Buist
The Chronicle, Thursday, August 10, 1893
We regret to chronicle the death of Henry Buist at the home of John Buist in Wheeler township last Sunday. Mr. Buist was born in Cupar, Fifeshire, Scotland, April 12, 1818. He emigrated to England 1847, and to Iowa in 1879. He was a most estimable citizen and leaves a widow and three sons to mourn the loss of a kind husband and father, who have the sympathy of all
(An earlier paper said he had typhoid)
The Chronicle, March 22, 1900
Mrs. Elizabeth Buist died last Saturday at the home of her son Robert, in Wheeler township, after an illness of several weeks. Funeral services were held at the residence on Tuesday afternoon, the interment being in the Odebolt cemetery. The deceased was born in Rockville, Scotland, October 13, 1826. She was married to Henry Buist in England April 12, 1848. They crossed the water in 1879, locating in Wheeler township, this county. She leaves three sons, Robert, Thomas and John, to mourn the loss of a loving mother. Two of her sisters reside in Ida Grove, and a brother lives in Australia. Mrs. Buist was a dear old lady and had many warm friends in Odebolt.
from Amazon.com - Book - "Henry Millar Buist (1818-1893): A Tribute to His Life and Times, by his third great-nephew, Michael T. Tracy (Author)
Henry Millar Buist was the fifth child of Thomas Buist (1789-1829) and grew up with the rest of his siblings at Feddinch in Cameron Parish, Fifeshire. By 1841, he was working at the Kirkton of Largo in Upper Largo as a millwright and later relocated south to Cheltenham, Gloucester, England where he met Elizabeth Lockhart and shortly later they were married. While at Cheltenham they had six children. By 1872-79 the family left England bound for Sac County, Iowa where Henry settled on a farm and began farming his lands. This then is the narrative of the life and times of Henry Millar Buist.