Excerpts form the book "Past and Present of Dekalb County"

Nathaniel Buzzell was born in what is now Elgin, Kane County, IL. and moved to Charter Grove,
Dekalb County at the age of two years. His boyhood days were passed upon the home farm, the
pleasures of the playground, the duties of the schoolroom and the work of the fields occupying
his time and attention. In the fall of 1871 he bought twenty acres of land. Later he sold that
property and invested in one hundred and twenty-two acres on sections 10 and 15, which at that
time had been improved but little. He still owns the farm, which is now an excellent property.
In it's midst stand fine buildings, including an attractive residence and substantial outbuildings
for the shelter of grain and stock. These are a monument to his thrift and enterprise, having been
erected by him. He has also laid over three miles of tiling on his place. He engaged in dairy
farming until about a year ago, when he retired from active business life and removed to
Sycamore, where he now owns and occupies a nice home at No. 473 East Elm Street.

On the 4th of October, 1871, Mr. Buzzell married Nettie A. Lawrence, whose birth occurred
in Dekalb County, a daughter of William C. Lawrence, one of the early settlers of this part of
the state. Six children graced this marriage but the youngest died in infancy. The others are;
Carrie May, now the wife of John E. Perry, who is living near Elgin in Kane County, IL.;
Nora Edna, the wife of Arthur Helson, of Courtland Twp., this county; Mary, at home; Jesse,
who married Miss Loraine Hall and lives upon his father's farm; and Florence, at home.
The family attended the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Buzzell gives his political
allegiance to the Republican Party but has no aspiration for office.