inc inn ati ▁to ▁teach ▁school , ▁and ▁there ▁she ▁met ▁and ▁married ▁Isaac . ▁She ▁was ▁a ▁desc endant ▁of ▁Jos iah ▁Bun ting , ▁a ▁Qu aker ▁who ▁had ▁settled ▁in ▁Pennsylvania . ▁There ▁is ▁no ▁evidence ▁to ▁indicate ▁Buff alo ▁Bill ▁was ▁raised ▁as ▁a ▁Qu aker . ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 7 ▁the ▁couple ▁moved ▁to ▁Ontario , ▁having ▁their ▁son ▁bapt ized ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 7 , ▁as ▁William ▁C ody , ▁at ▁the ▁D ix ie ▁Union ▁Chap el ▁in ▁Pe el ▁County ▁( present - day ▁Pe el ▁Region , ▁of ▁which ▁Mississ aug a ▁is ▁part ), ▁not ▁far ▁from ▁the ▁farm ▁of ▁his ▁father ' s ▁family . ▁The ▁chap el ▁was ▁built ▁with ▁C ody ▁money , ▁and ▁the ▁land ▁was ▁don ated ▁by ▁Philip ▁C ody ▁of ▁Toronto ▁Township . ▁They ▁lived ▁in ▁Ontario ▁for ▁several ▁years . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 3 , ▁Isaac ▁C ody ▁sold ▁his ▁land ▁in ▁rural ▁Scott ▁County , ▁Iowa , ▁for ▁$ 2 0 0 0 , ▁and ▁the ▁family ▁moved ▁to ▁Fort ▁Le aven worth , ▁Kansas ▁Territ ory . ▁In ▁the ▁years ▁before ▁the ▁Civil ▁War , ▁Kansas ▁was ▁over t aken ▁by ▁political ▁and ▁physical ▁conflict ▁over ▁the ▁sla very ▁question . ▁Isaac ▁C ody ▁was ▁against ▁sla very . ▁He ▁was ▁invited ▁to ▁speak ▁at ▁R ively ' s ▁store , ▁a ▁local ▁trad ing ▁post ▁where ▁pro - s la very ▁men ▁often ▁held ▁meet