Sixth Generation (Continued)
Family of John McKinney Buckalew , Sr. (60) & Martha Funston
222. Elizabeth Buckalew. Born in 1814. Elizabeth died in 1814; she was <1.
223. Amos Buckalew. Born in 1815. Amos died in 1816; he was 1.
224. William Buckalew. Born on 11 November 1816. William died in Columbia Co., PA, on 6 September 1864; he was 47.
Named in brother Perry's will.
Died on homestead which his father left to his brothers, Perry and John M.
William married Elizabeth Moss. Born in 1823.
They had the following children:
225. Whitefield Buckalew. Born in 1818. Whitefield died in 1818; he was <1.
226. Perry Buckalew. Born on 30 January 1820. Perry died on 4 January 1888; he was 67.
1884, 4 Apr; Will; Columbia Co., PA: Perry (the will was not signed) Buckalew, of Fishing Creek Township writes his will. (1) He gives to his beloved wife, Sarah, 1/4 of the income from what may be raised on "the farm," along with all of his household goods. (2) His son, Alfred, is to receive farm no. 1, 43 acres, mostly in Fishing Creek Twnshp. Boundaries mentioned were a stone corner in the Columbia-Luzerne Co. line, lands of Hon. C. R. Buckalew, a corner in Huntington Twnship, land of Samuel ?Sutt____, a corner in the co. line by land of Hiram Markle & a corner by farm no. 2 (3) His son, Charles, was to inherit the 47 acre farm #2. Boundaries were the SW corner of Alfred W. Buckalew's lot no. 1, Hiram Markle's line, a stone corner in road by land of Daniel Thomas, a corner by farm or lot no. 3, a corner in the middle of the road, Mary Buckalews lot #4, a corner under a bridge of Small Brook by land of heirs of William Buckalew, dec'd. & land of Hon. C.R. Buckalew. (4) His son, John McKinney Buckalew, is to receive the 45 acre farm #4, "on which is erected my Dwelling Barn &c and in which I reside." Boundaries were the SW corner of lot no. 2, land of Daniel Thomas, the line between lot 2 & 3, a corner in the middle of the public road, a corner of Mary Buckalew's lot no. 4 & 5, extending northward to Pine Creek bridge. (5) His daughter, Mary Buckalew, intermarried with A. T. Chapin, is to have lot no. 4, a 4 acre, 64 perch tract. Boundaries were a corner by lot no. 5, a corner by a road down Pine Creek on lot #3. Mary also inherits a small barn lot adj. lot #4, to be surveyed out of John McKinney Buckalew's lot. (6) His dau, Rebecca Buckalew, intermarried with Chester Chapin, to have lot no. 5, containing 2 acres & 80 perches. Boundaries were a stone corner about 2 perches from Pine Creek bridge, the lot of heirs of William Buckalew, dec'd. & Mary Buckalew's lot 4. (7) Alfred Buckalew is to pay his sister, Mary Buckalew, $50, without interest, 3 years after Perry's death. (8) Charles Buckalew is to pay Rebecca Buckalew $125, without interest, within 3 years after Perry's death. (9) Son, John McKinner Buckalew is to pay $25 to Mary & $25 to Rebecca, both without interest, within 3 years after Perry's death. (10) Any personal property not pertaining to household goods &c, to be equally divided between sons, Alfred W. & John M. Buckalew. (11) Perry's wife, Sarah, is to have use & control of the dwelling house as long as she lives. It then reverts to son, John McKinney Buckalew. (12) Lastly, Perry appoints his brother, John M. Buckalew to be executor of the will. (From second copy from Ruth Tolman.)3105
From: "Fred Ranalli" <jerseydevil@corinthian.net>
To: "The Buckalew Family" <buckles@mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 16:07:54 -0500
Hi Les, Received your note from Sarah looking for information on Hazel Ellen Buckalew. This is what I have in my notes and hope it will be of some help. Hazel Ellen Buckalew born 08 October 1892, daughter of Alfred W. Buckalew (b. 12 July 1859) and Alice J. Kindig. Hazel had 4 siblings, Mary R. born 27 July 1886, John M. born 17 April 1888, Lester A. born 22 October 1889 and Gertrude born 01 August 1901. Perry and Sarah had 8 children, Maria b. 26 Aug 1843, Wadsworth b. 13 Aug 1847, Elisich b. 09 May 1852, Mary E b. 27 Apr 1854, Charles b. 22 Oct 1856, Alfred W b. 12 Jul 1859, Rebecca b. 15 Mar 1863 and John McKinney b. 21 Feb 1866. Any corrections appreciated. Regards, Jean Ranalli
In 1842 when Perry was 21, he married Sarah White. Born on 6 November 1821.
They had the following children:
227. Charles Rollin Buckalew. Born on 28 December 1821 in FishingCreek TWP, Columbia Co., PA. Charles Rollin died on 19 May 1899; he was 77. Buried in Old Rosemont Cem, Bloomsburg, Columbia Co., PA.
Received an academic education. As young man taught school and clerked in a store. Took up the study of law and was admitted to the bar in August 1843. In 1845 appointed deputy attorney for Columbia county, PA. In 1850 elected to the State Senate. Reelected in 1853. In Nov 1856 elected a presidential elector, and supported James Buchanan, his personal friend. Chosen for third term in State Senate from district composed of Columbia, Montour, Northumberland and Snyder counties on Oct 13 1857.
In a letter from Douglas Conrad Buckelew, 11 Aug 1999: Referring to a Pennsylvania newspaper article published "over 30 years ago," " It said that when Lincoln was coming to Penn. that Sen. Buckalew had the nicest carriage and a committee wanted to use it to pick up Lincoln at the train station. Buckalew agreed if he could ride in the carriage with Lincoln. Sounds like blackmail , but the article said he rode with Lincoln."
June 14, 1858 commissioned by President Buchanan as minister resident to Ecuador where he moved to reside with his family in Quito.
Elected in 1862 to U.S. Senate Returned for a 4th term in the State Senate in 1869 where he became the recognized leader of his party. in 1886 elected a representative to the Fiftieth Congress and reelected in 1888.
After his public career he returned to his home in Bloomsburg and spent his remaining years in the enjoyments of home life and the friendships formed during many decades of activity. He died there at the age of 77 May 1899. He had been elected president of the Bloomsburg & Sullivan Railroad Company on May 3, 1886.
"Charles R. Buckalew was one of the ablest men of the Democratic leaders of his time. He was an organizer, he had little or no knowledge of political strategy, and was entirely unfitted for the lower strata methods of modern politics. He came to the (State) Senate in 1852 hardly known outside of his district; he was singularly quiet and unobstrusive in mannr, and never in any way sought to exploit himself. He won his position in the party solely by the great ability he possessed, his practical efficiency in legislation, and the absolute purity of his character. He was ordinarily a cold, unimpassioned speaker but eminently logical and forceful."
From Confederate Military History: "The terrible ordeal of reconstruction may be said to have lasted from 1865 to 1876, twelve years, before the whites got hold of the States again. No people had to undergo so dark a period with such complications, having 4,000,000 of slaves suddenly enfranchised, with no preliminary training to fit them for the great responsibility of the ballot. 'Our ancestors placed suffrage upon the broad common-sense principle that it should be lodged in and exercised by those who could use it most wisely and most safely and most efficiently, to serve the ends for which government was instituted...not upon any abstract or transcendent notion of human rights, which ignored the existing facts of social life....I shall not vote to degrade suffrage. I shall not vote to pollute and corrupt the foundation of political power in this country, either in my own State or in any other State.' (SENATOR BUCKALEW, of PA.) It seems strange now that statesmen of the Republican party in control of the government, even after so terrible a war, and mad with absolute power, could have gone so far in error as to place those who had been slaves but a few years before, and were now led by corrupt and reckless adventurers, in charge of framing governments for the Anglo-Saxon race in the South. It seems now that they could have seen they were attempting an impossible problem; but they did not, even when warned by cool-headed statesmen who did see it. Passion and prejudice reigned supreme. Those who were conservative were misled by the colored representations of designing partisans. The negroes were as clay in the hands of the potter. They had never before felt the strong hand of strong men, ruling them and using them in affairs, in which they had had no experience, for political ascendency. The negroes were never very much blamed by the Southern people, for the whites felt that the influences surrounding the negro, backed by military power and the moral support of the government of the great republic and of the State governments, were irresistible under the circumstances."
Named in his brother Perry's will.
From: Jackelew@aol.com
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 12:19:30 EDT
To: buckles@mindspring.com
Subject: Charles R. Buckalew
Do you know about him? A US senator from 1863-1869.
A native of Columbia County Pa.
A Deputy District Attorney
A state senator
Minister to Ecuador
Trustee of Bloomsburg State Normal School from 1874-1890
His heirs sold his home and 14 acres of land to the school in 1903.
His home"Buckalew Place" is the President's residence at Bloomsburg State
University
A US congressman
All the above is on the Bloomsburg State University web page.
Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, by A. D. Harlan 1872-1873: "Charles R. Buckalew, the Democratic delegate, appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of John G. Freeze of the Fifteenth Senatorial District, composed of the counties of Columbia, Lycoming, Montour and Sullivan, was born in Columbia Co., PA, December 28, 1821; received an academical education; is by profession a lawyer; was admitted to the bar August, 1843 in Columbia county; was elected District Attorney in 1845, and resigned 1847; was State Senator of Pennsylvania from 1850 to 1858, when he resigned to accept the appointment of Governor Packer as Commissioner to revise the Penal Laws of the State; was Minister resident of the United States at Quito, Republic of Ecuador; United States Senator from Pennsylvania from March 1863 to March 1869; again a member of the Senate of Pennsylvania, sessions of 1870, 1871, 1872; Democratic Senatorial Elector for President in 1856.
"As a member of the Convention he is chairman of the committee on 'Public and Municipal Debts and Sinking Funds,' a member of the committee on 'Suffrage, Election and Representation,' and, after the death of Mr. McAllister, chairman of the same."
On 13 February 1849 when Charles Rollin was 27, he married Permelia Stevens Wadsworth, daughter of Rev. Epaphros S. Wadsworth (28 September 1794-16 September 1871) & Charlotte Stevens (1793-1844). Born on 16 February 1827. Permelia Stevens died on 20 February 1903; she was 76. Buried on 26 February 1903 in Old Rosemont Cem, Bloomsburg, Columbia Co., PA.
Another source gives her name as Pamela.
They had the following children:
228. Mahala B. Buckalew. Born on 17 September 1823.
Mahala B. married Benjamin C. Hess.
229. Capt. John McKinney Buckalew , Jr. Born on 17 October 1826 in Fishingcreek, Columbia Co., PA. John McKinney died on 30 April 1910; he was 83. Buried in Dodson Cem., Lebonon Co., PA.
Of great strength and large build, being over six feet in height and weighing more than 200 lbs. A lumber businessman. An ardent Republican.
1862, enlisted a company at Harrisbvurg, of which he was commissioned captain and which became Co. A of the 178 PA Volunteer Reg. Commanded the company until honorably discharged in July 1863.
1887; From History of Columbia & Montour Counties, PA, by J.H.Battle: "John M. Buckalew, lumberman, P.O. Fishingcreek, is descended from the Buccleuchs, who went from Scotland to France with Queen Mary, and becoming Protestants, two brothers, Francis and Gilbert, immigrated to Long Island about 1663, while it was in the possession of the Dutch. They were both married in this country, and in time their names became corrupted, Francis being called Buckalew, and Gilbert Boileau.
"Francis went to South Amboy, NJ. An old will, now in possession of our subject, made by Samuel Buckalew, dated 1782, devises to his son John a certain tract at the place mentioned, which it states was bequeathed to him by his father, Francis Buckalew. Family tradition has it that Francis lived to be 110, and his son Samuel is known to have been 96 years old at his death in New Jersey in 1792.
"He was the great-grandfather of John M. His son John was born Apr 14, 1743, and in 1773 married Mary McKinney, who was born Oct 5, 1754. Shortly after the young couple immigrated to where the town of Muncy now stands, in Lycoming Co. He was a millwright and miller, and it is supposed carried on the business there.
"The next we hear of him is that in 1776 he and Robert Robb were appointed a committee of safety for Turbot Township, Northumberland Co., under Franklin's central committee, at Philadelphia.
"In 1778 they were obliged to leave in consequence of Indian troubles which culminated with the death of "Capt. Jim Brady," who was a near neighbor and with whom they fought the redskins. John Buckalew's father-in-law followed him into the wilderness and went to Harrisburg.
"John went to Maryland and rented a mill at Rock Run; there he ground grain for the army under contract with the Continental Congress, and an old unpaid account of nearly 700 pounds is still in existence.
"At the close of the Revolution he returned to Northumberland Co. and settled on Chillisquaque Creek, and there remained for a few years, thence going to Little Fishing creek, and later came to this township, where he died July 3, 1833. His wife Mary died Nov 25, 1829. They had five sons and seven daughters.
"One of the sons, John M., was the father of our subject. He was born at Chillisquaque on Dec 17, 1786; learned his father's trade in Catawissa, and worked at it for a few years. In 1808, while still young, he purchased and removed to the place now occupied by his sons, Perry and John M. He became a farmer and lumberman, and died Nov 15, 1859, aged 73 years.
"He married, in 1812, Martha Funston, who was born in 1789 and died in 1840, aged 51 years. They had 9 children, 4 of whom died in childhood. Those who lived to maturity were William, who died on the homestead in 1864; Perry, who now owns a part of the farm; Charles R., of Bloomsburg, ex-US Senator; Mahala B., wife of Benjamin C. Hess, of this township, & John M., the youngest.
"Our subject was born Oct 17, 1826, in a house a short distance from the one he now occupies. He has always been engaged in lumbering and farming. In 1862 he enlisted in a company of Harrisburg, which was assigned to the 178th PA as Co. A. He commanded the company until the expiration of his term of service. On his return he re-engaged at his former occupation, which he has since followed.
"In 1861 he was married to Miss Deliah (sic) K., daughter of Andrew and Theresa Creveling, of this township. She is a sister of Rev. S.A. Creveling, who is a pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, connected with the Central Penn. Conference.
"Of unbounded energy and force of character, Mr. Buckalew is a man of mark and exercises a wide influence in the community. In politics he is a Republican."
Democratic Sentinel (Columbia County, Pa) - May 3, 1910:Funeral Announcement:"The funeral of the late Capt. J.M. Buckalew will be held from his residence in Jonestown, Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, with interment in Dodson cemetery."
Mil. Svc.:: Co. A, 178th Reg., Penn. Vols.
In 1861 when John McKinney was 34, he married Delilah K. Creveling.
230. Alfred G. Buckalew. Born in 1832. Alfred G. died in 1841; he was 9.
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