Buzbee Children
Lawrence Buzbee was born cir. 1829 in Crawford County, Georgia to William Harrison Buzbee and Nancy Cooper. Lawrence was the third of six children. He had two brothers, Oliver and William; three sisters, Louisa, Georgia A. and Amanda. William Buzbee moved his family to Coffee County, Alabama sometime before 1850, where Lawrence Buzbee met Caroline Laney, daughter of Evan Laney and Leah Secrest.
Lawrence Buzbee married Caroline Laney on 26 Jan 1848 in Dale County, Alabama. Sometime before 1860, Lawrence and Caroline moved their family to Baldwin Coujnty, Alabama. Lawrence and Caroline lived in Alabama for a time and moved to Hillsborough County, Florida sometime before 1870. Lawrence and Caroline had 8 known living children; Marion Augustus Buzbee, Martha E. Buzbee, Elizabeth B. Buzbee, Charles N. Buzbee, William Oliver Buzbee, Lawrence Wilborn Buzbee, Mary Frances Buzbee and Columbus Alexander Buzbee.
Caroline Laney Buzbee died 10 Nov 1887, in Hillsborough County, Florida and was buried in the Barnes and Buzbee Cemetery. Lawrence died in cir. 1907 and was also buried in the Barnes and Buzbee Cemetery. This cemetery is no longer in existence, it was plowed over to plant an orange grove. The Tampa Tribune reported vandalism at the cemetery in Jul of 1956, where it is stated that Caroline Buzbee’s grave was vandalized. Read the article Two Old Graves Dug into in Riverview Cemetery
Census through the years.
Lawrence and Caroline Laney Buzbee married in Dale County, Alabama but also lived in Coffee and Baldwin County, Alabama before moving to Hillsborough County, Florida.
Death
After the death of Caroline Laney Buzbee, Lawrence Buzbee married Caroline Cordelia Perry, said to be a young widow with two children, living in Ruskin. Lawrence Buzbee and Caroline Perry were married in Hillsborough County, Florida on 28 Jan 1888, only 2 short months after the death of Caroline Laney Buzbee. Lawrence Buzbee and Caroline Perry had 7 children; Nebraska, Arkansas, James Corbett, Hannah Elizabeth, Lawrence Ernest, Ello Myrtice, William Harvey. Caroline Perry Buzbee filed for a Civil War Pension after the death of Lawrence and was denied. No record could be found of his service in the Civil War, even though his son, Marion stated that he visited his father at Stateline Station, Mississippi and that his father worked as a cooper, making salt barrels. Caroline Perry was said to have been married previouly but no record has been found of said marriage and census records show that her maiden name was Perry. She had two children prior to marrying Lawrence Buzbee, Dallas Lemon Perry and Rosa Olivia Perry. I believe that Dallas and Rosa are actually the children of Lawrence Buzbee. Lawrence and Caroline married in 1888, but stated in 1900 census records that they had been married for 16 years. Also, all census records show Caroline’s maiden name as Perry.
Spouses
Lawrence and Caroline Laney’s Children
- Marion Augustus Buzbee
- Martha E. Buzbee
- Elizabeth B. Buzbee
- Charles N. Buzbee
- William Oliver Buzbee
- Lawrence Wilborn Buzbee
- Mary Frances Buzbee
- Columbus Alexander Buzbee
Lawrence and Caroline Perry’s Children
- Nebraska Buzbee
- Arkansas Buzbee
- James Corbett Buzbee
- Hannah Elizabeth Buzbee
- Lawrence Ernest Buzbee
- Ello Myrtice Buzbee
- William Harvey Buzbee
