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Resource Number: 5BL 8002 Temporary Resource Number: 157508404001 Their children were Baptist (his Italian name having been Battista), Dominic, and Mary. Their oldest child, Angelina, had died young in Italy. Baptist Buffo was born in 1890 in Italy. A miner who took part in the strike of 1910-1914, he was shot in the stomach in the strike conflict of 1914 at the Hecla Mine in Louisville. Baptist served in World War I and died in the 1918 influenza epidemic while he was stationed in Kansas. He is listed on Louisville's World War I monument located in the Louisville Cemetery and is buried there. Dominic Buffo, 1900-1976, also became a coal miner. Dominic married Lillian Majors in 1921 and they resided at 709 Walnut in Jefferson Place. In 1944, Dominic was severely injured while working on the Columbine Mine tipple. Their son, William, grew up at 709 Walnut (5BL11324) in Jefferson Place, then moved next door to 711 Walnut (5BL11325) at age 19 when he married. Mary Buffo, 1903-1986, worked catty -corner from her home at Kate Allera's grocery store in the 1920s, following the death of her father, Michael, in 1924. She married Pete Bosone in 1935. They owned and resided at 937 La Farge in Jefferson Place, across the street from Mary's childhood home at 936 La Farge. The following photo from 1910 shows Michael Buffo with his children, Dominic and Mary, just outside of their home at 936 La Farge. The view is looking east on South Street. The rear of the Jacoe Store, now the location of the Louisville Historical Museum, can be seen on the left. This photo is in the collection of the Louisville Historical Museum. The following photo from 1929 shows Dominic Buffo's wife, Lillian, with their daughter, Marie. They are standing at a pole located just by the Michael and Maria Buffo home at 936 La Farge. In the background, diagonally across the intersection, is Kate Fenolia Allera's store. It was located at what would today be 1001 La Farge. Marie Buffo died just a few years later, in 1933, at the age of seven. This photo is in the collection of the Louisville Historical Museum. 3