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Resource Number: 5BL 8002 Temporary Resource Number: 157508404001 According to a written Buffo family history that the family donated to the Louisville Historical Museum, Michele Buffo was somewhat small in stature, 5'7" tall and 145 pounds, and always sported a bushy mustache. He also was very sickly because of asthma and had to retire from the mines in 1920 at the age of 59. He was generally a happy man but occasionally got angry with Maria because she went to church so much. (Every day of the week until she died.) Maria would not idly sit by and absorb the anger of her husband but instead would respond by calling him, "bruta bestia." (ugly animal.) Two great passions in Michele Buffo's life were wine making and his garden.... [G]ardens were a necessity and much care and time went into them. It was unheard of to have lawns at the time and, as Michele would so often proclaim, "You don't eat grass but you eat the beans." Maria Buffo died in 1939. In 1940, and perhaps before and after that year, 936 La Farge was used as a residence by Buffo relatives Barney and Mary Enrietto when they came to Louisville from Illinois. The Enriettos later settled at 920 La Farge (5BL7999). The 1946 Louisville directory shows that Paul and Mary Boyce lived at "934" La Farge, which is believed to have been a reference to 936 La Farge. They later settled next door at 928 La Farge (5BL918). Mary Buffo Bosone sold this house in 1946 to Rosamond and Jordan Henry Jones, and it left the Buffo family at that time. Jordan H. Jones died by 1951. Rosamond lived at 936 La Farge throughout the 1950s. She worked as a cook at Colacci's Restaurant at 816 Main Street (5BL8012) in Louisville. In 1963, Rosamond Jones sold 936 La Farge to John Kakalecik, who then transferred it to Gary Reddington in 1968. It is now owned by both Gary and Mary Reddington. This house has been known by the following other addresses under Louisville's old address system: 455 La Farge (1916), 445 La Farge (1921), 447 La Farge (1926, 1928, 1930), 451 La Farge (1932, 1936). Under Louisville's current address system, it is believed to have gone by the addresses of 944 La Farge (1940) and 934 La Farge (1943, 1946). 4