During all this time Norman Buell was in Clay Co. saying good Lord and kind devil, for a time; but the time finally came that he must choose a side, so he chose the Master that would give him the most money then, and in whos hands he thought he would be the safest. He even got to the pitch that he would not let his wife say a word in favor of her brethren, and would say all manner of evil of them himself. He was once an Elder in the church of Jesus Christ.