BFA REUNIONS Compiled by Robert Stephenson. Last updated: 8-28-2022.  Some information is lacking
Reunion No Year Day Date Place Attending Notes
pre-estab 1903 Family picnic at home of Mary Buxton Park (Church) at Douglas, MA
pre-estab 1904 Picnic at Douglas Campground, Douglas, MA 30
1 1905 36 BFA organized.
2 1906
3 1907  
4 1908
5 1909
6 1910 8/2 Old Douglas, MA
7
8 1912 8/11 Douglas Campground, Douglas, MA
1913
1914 8/11 Douglas Campground, Douglas, MA
10 1915 8/10 Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI  
11 1916  
12 1917 Douglas Campground, Douglas, MA
13 1918 8/13 Douglas Campground, Douglas, MA
14 1919 8/12 Douglas Campground, Douglas, MA
15 1920 8/10 Douglas Campground, Douglas, MA
16 1921 8/9 Douglas Campground, Douglas, MA
17 1922 8/8 Douglas Campground, Douglas, MA
18 1923 8/14 Douglas Campground, Douglas, MA
19 1924 8/11 Douglas Campground, Douglas, MA (Buxton book says it was held in Salem, MA 50
20 1925 8/11 Buckman Tavern, Lexington, MA
21 1926 8/10 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
22 1927
23 1928 Saturday Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA
24 1929 Saturday 6/29 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
25 1930
26 1931
27  
28
29 1932 Refers to Mowry Family Association not BFA.
1933
1934
1935
31 1936 M/M George E. Farnham Home, 21 North Central Street, Peabody, MA
32 1937 Douglas Campground, Douglas, MA
33 1938 Saturday Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
34 1939 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
35 1940 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
36 1941 Saturday 6/28 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
– 1942 – – DID NOT MEET - War years –
– 1943 – – DID NOT MEET - War years –
– 1944 – – DID NOT MEET - War years –
– 1945 – – DID NOT MEET - War years –
37 1946 6/29 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
38 1947
39 1948 6/26 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
40 1949 6/25 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
41 1950 7/1 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
42 1951 7/2 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
43 1952 Saturday 6/28 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI 40
44 1953 Saturday 6/27 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
45 1954 Saturday 6/26 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
46 1955 Saturday 6/25 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI 50th anniversary of first reunion in 1905.
51 [sic] 1956 Saturday Union Grange Hall, Slatersville, RI 37
52 [sic] 1957 Saturday Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
53 [sic] 1958 Saturday 6/28 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
54 [sic] 1959 Saturday 6/27 Union Grange Hall, Slatersville, RI 50
55 1960
56 1961
57 1962  
58 1963 6/29 Quaker Meetinghouse, Uxbridge, MA
59 1964
60 1965
61 1966   Mary Buxton Church Educational Fund established.
62 1967
63 1968
64 1969
65 1970 8/8 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
66 1971
67 1972
68 1973
69 1974
70 1975
71 1976
72 1977
73 1978
74 1979 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI First scholarship awarded.
75 1980
76 1981
77 1982  
78 1983
79 1984
80 1985
81 1986
82 1987 Vasa Park, Foster, RI
83 1988 Vasa Park, Foster, RI
84 1989 Saturday 8/5 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
85 1990 Saturday 8/4 Moose Lodge, Salem, MA With the Buffum Family
86 1991 Falmouth Academy, Falmouth, MA
87 1992 Saturday 8/1 Elks Lodge, Southbridge, MA
88 1993 Saturday 8/7 Knights of Columbus, North Smithfield, RI
89 1994 Saturday 8/6 DAV #40, Newburyport, MA
90 1995 Saturday 8/5 Knights of Columbus, Salem, MA
91 1996 Saturday 8/3 Knights of Columbus, North Smithfield, RI
92 1997 Saturday 8/2 Elks Lodge, Southbridge, MA
93 1998 Saturday 8/1 Knights of Columbus, Salem, MA
94 1999 Saturday 8/7 Falmouth Academy, Falmouth, MA
95 2000 Saturday 8/5 Maple Street Congregational Church, Danvers, MA 42
96 2001 8/4 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
97 2002 Saturday 8/3 Fruitlands, Museum, Harvard, MA
98 2003 Saturday 8/2 Moose Lodge, Keene, NH
99 2004 Saturday 8/7 Fruitlands, Museum, Harvard, MA
100 2005 Saturday 8/6 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
101 2006 Saturday 8/5 Spring Lake Beach, Glendale, RI
102 2007 Saturday 8/4 Fish and Game Club, Deering, NH
103 2008 Calitri's Restarant, Danvers, MA
104 2008 Saturday 8/1 Chester's Restaurant, Harmony, RI
105 2010 Saturday 8/7 Fruitlands, Museum, Harvard, MA
106 2011 8/6 Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI
107 2012 8/4 American Legion Post 11, Jaffrey, NH 29
108 2013 8/3 American Legion Post 11, Jaffrey, NH 21
109 2014 Saturday 8/2 Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH 17
110 2015 Sunday 8/2 American Legion Post 11, Jaffrey, NH 11 ?
111 2016 Saturday 8/6 Goss Park, Wilton, NH 24  
112 2017 Saturday 8/5 Buttonwood Grove, Middletown Springs, VT
113 2018 Saturday 8/4 Quaker Meetinghouse, Henniker, NH
114 2019 Saturday 8/3 Nashua Historical Society, Nashua, NH
– 2020 – – DID NOT MEET - COVID –
115 2021 Saturday 8/7 Buttonwood Grove, Middletown Springs, VT
116 2022 Saturday 8/20 Cathedral of the Pines, Rindge, NH 16
117 2023 Saturday 8/19 Heritage Hall, Slatersville, MA
PLACES MET NO TIMES
Congregational Church, Slatersville, RI 23 Last time: 2011
Douglas Campground, Douglas, MA 11 Last time: 1937
American Legion Post 11, Jaffrey, NH 2
Buttonwood Grove, Middletown Springs, VT 2
Falmouth Academy, Falmouth, MA 2
Fruitlands, Museum, Harvard, MA 2
Knights of Columbus, North Smithfield, RI 2
Knights of Columbus, Salem, MA 2
Union Grange Hall, Slatersville, RI 2
Vasa Park, Foster, RI 2
Buckman Tavern, Lexington, MA 1
Calitri's Restarant, Danvers, MA 1
Cathedral of the Pines, Rindge, NH 1
Chester's Restaurant, Harmony, RI 1
DAV #40, Newburyport, MA 1
Elks Lodge, Southbridge, MA 1
Fish and Game Club, Deering, NH 1
M/M George E. Farnham Home, 21 North Central Street, Peabody, MA 1
Goss Park, Wilton, NH 1
Heritage Hall, Slatersville, MA
Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH 1
Maple Street Congregational Church, Danvers, MA 1
Moose Lodge, Keene, NH 1
Nashua Historical Society, Nashua, NH 1
Old Douglas, MA 1
Quaker Meetinghouse, Henniker, NH 1
Quaker Meetinghouse, Uxbridge, MA 1
Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI 1
Spring Lake Beach, Glendale, RI 1
Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA 1
DID NOT MEET - WAR YEARS 5
DID NOT MEET - COVID 1
 
TOTAL 75
Massachusetts 26
New Hampshire 9
Rhode Island 32
Vermont 2
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