Tenth Generation (Continued)
Family of James LaFatte Buckalew (2622) & Eliza Ann Barnes

4502. Samantha Ann Rebecca Buckalew. Born on 6 May 1855 in Clarke Co., MS. Samantha Ann Rebecca died on 24 July 1937; she was 82. Nickname: Becky.

1880 Census lister her as a widow.

From John Pierce: "Rebecca Buckelew Poole had sandy red hair and a bad disposition. She worked in the cotton mills in Stonewall after her first marriage, while her husband F. W. Pool (sic) apparently raised cotton on rented land. He went to town one day to sell a bale of cotton, and was never seen or heard from again. She probably married William H. Blakney (Jan. 7, 1840-Mar. 15, 1915, a Civil War Veteran who had a farm west of Quitman, AL; she never had any children, but thought her 'wealth' entitled her to lord it over the rest of the family. Actually that 'wealth' consisted mainly of that pension; although she claimed to have a lot of money hidden in a snuff box, the box turned out to contain only $1.20 after she died. The cause of her death was cancer, which seems to run in the family -- Jenny and William both died of cancer, too, as did three of William's children."

On 13 December 1878 when Samantha Ann Rebecca was 23, she first married F. W. Poole, in Clarke Co., MS.

In 1897 when Samantha Ann Rebecca was 41, she second married William H. Blakeney. Born on 7 January 1840. William H. died on 15 March 1915; he was 75. Buried in Old Live Oak Cem, Selma, AL. Nickname: Will.

Co. C, Morelands Cavalry Regt. CSA
1995, 16 June; Ltr from Frederick Jackson "Jack" Buckelew: "I never saw a marriage license but Grace Crider said,'This is Uncle Willie, Aunt Becky's second husband.'"

4503. Jacob Green Buckalew. Born on 25 December 1860 in Clarke Co., MS. Jacob Green died on 24 July 1929; he was 68. Nickname: Jake.

John Pierce gives Jacob's birthday as 15 Dec 1850.

A weaver in a cotton mill, Clarke Co., AL.
1920 Jefferson Co., AL, Census: As Jake E. and Ella G.
1939 Selma (Polk's) City Directory: Buckelew, Ella (widow of Jake E.); home -- 1537 Range.
Marriage record gives Jacob's name as J.G.

From John Pierce: "Jacob Buckelew, a large man with red blond hair, worked as a weaver in the cotton mills. He and Ella (June 13, 1863-Dec. 2, 1944) lived at first in Stonewall, but moved to Selma after 1900. They had seven children."

On 16 December 1883 when Jacob Green was 22, he married Ella Grace Crider, daughter of James Newton Crider (October 1828-) & Martha Matthews (17 November 1832-), in Clarke Co., MS. Born on 13 June 1863. Ella Grace died on 2 December 1944; she was 81.

Another source has her birthyear as 1861.

They had the following children:
6766 i. Mamie (1885-1972)
6767 ii. Earnest (1887-)
6768 iii. Annie Eliza (1890-1981)
6769 iv. Frank Walton (1891-1976)
6770 v. Jacob LaFayette (1893-1963)
6771 vi. Clara Mabel (1895-1978)
6772 vii. Willie Edgar (1897-1969)

4504. Margaret Jane Buckalew. Born on 9 May 1864 in Clarke Co., MS. Margaret Jane died on 11 March 1922; she was 57.

From John Pierce: "...was nearly blind by age 40, and everybody called her 'poor old blind Aunt Mag.' She was the first of the family buried at the old Live Oak Cemetery in Selma, and she couldn't even find any peace there: after her grave was flooded out, her daughter Grace had her dug up and replanted next to her husband at the new Live Oak Cemetery; the undertaker said there was nothing left of her but her brown shoes."

On 14 December 1890 when Margaret Jane was 26, she married David Jackson Crider, in Clarke Co., MS. Born on 28 July 1866. David Jackson died on 17 June 1936; he was 69.

They had the following children:
6773 i. Mary Elizabeth (1891-1969)
6774 ii. Grace Lee (Private)

4505. Mary Elizabeth Buckalew. Born on 3 June 1866 in Clarke Co., MS. Mary Elizabeth died on 7 October 1871; she was 5.

Died young.

Frederick Jackson "Jack" Buckelew stated in Nov. 1994 that Mary was "supposedly retarded and the mother of Henry Buckelew. I do not know where she is buried and only recently learned she even existed."

From: Jackelew@aol.com
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 10:29:04 EDT
Subject: A MYSTERY

I went to Selma Sunday am with U-Haul truck and got the furniture I inheirted from Dorothy Rogers Prescott--adopted daughter of Martha Jennie Buckelew Rogers.

In a cedar chest( that belonged to Martha Jennie) I found an old page with genealogical info on it!!! Only one thing NEW--

Mary Elizabeth Buckelew--retarded daughter of James Lafatte and Eliza Ann Barnes Buckelew "was born June 3 1866 and died Oct 7 1871" No way is she the MOTHER of Henry Buckelew!!
Now I do not know who his mother was!!!

One other piece of documentation--all the children of James and Eliza were born in Clarke Co MS.

Jack

Child:
6775 i. Henry (~1890-)

4506. Martha Jennie Buckalew. Born on 11 January 1869 in Clarke Co., MS. Martha Jennie died on 10 July 1948; she was 79.

From John Pierce: Jenny and Robert "...worked in the mills at Stonewall, moved to Dennison, TX, for a while, then to Selma. Like her sister Rebecca, Jenny had red hair, and the last place they both worked was at the Sunset Mills in Selma."

Martha Jennie first married Robert Wilton Rogers. Born in 1870. Robert Wilton died in 1931; he was 61.

They had one child:
6776 i. Dorothy Virginia (Private)

On 19 November 1896 when Martha Jennie was 27, she second married C. F. Hahn, in Clarke Co., AL.

4507. Peter Corbin Buckalew. Born on 12 September 1873 in Stonewall, Clarke Co., MS. Peter Corbin died on 2 September 1950; he was 76. Buried in New Live Oak Cem, Selma, Dallas Co., AL. Nickname: Pete.

1924-25, Selma (AL) City Directory, p. 127: Buckalew, Peter C. (Ella) mill operator. Home -- 1214 Range.
1939 Selma (AL) City Directory: Buckelew, Peter C. (Ella), carpenter; home 300 Green.
Confusion regarding children (if any) of this family! In May 1995, Lester T. Buckalew, found 1920 Dallas Co., AL, census records in the Birmingham, AL, genealogical library of a "Henry J. Buckaloo, 41, MS -- Selma, AL, 1424 St. Ann St. (and) Alice, wife, 39, MS" and the children as entered on this family group record. I submitted this finding to Frederick Jackson "Jack" Buckelew.
Jack had understood the children of this record to be those of Peter Corbin Buckelew, son of James LaFayette Buckalew.
I suggest that the "Henry J. Buckaloo" was a census-taker error and should have been James Hardy Buckelew and that the wife's name "Alice" is an additional name for James Hardy's wife, Estelle Pittman.
That these are the children of James H. and "Alice" Estelle is supported by correlation of James H.'s birthday with the age listed in the census. Also, Bessie Beatrice's birth was 18 months after the marriage of James and Estelle. In contrast, had Beatrice been daughter of Peter Corbin Buckelew and Georgia Ella Kelly, her birth would have been more than four years after their wedding, a rather unlikely delay in that day and time.
(Jack's reply on 1 June 1995: "Wrong! Sorry. The attached is correct according to Bill Lowery and Grace Crider, Katie and Lois.") See children of James Hardy Buckelew.

From John Pierce: "Dark-haired Peter Buckelew also worked in the cotton mills all his life; he and Georgia had six children."

On 21 April 1898 when Peter Corbin was 24, he married Georgia Ella Kelly, in Clarke Co., MS. Born on 6 May 1878. Georgia Ella died on 30 December 1948; she was 70. Buried in New Live Oak Cem, Selma, Dallas Co., AL.

They had the following children:
6777 i. Bessie Beatrice (1902-1968)
6778 ii. Frances Lillian (1905-1971)
6779 iii. Katie Lurlene (1907-1996)
6780 iv. Lois Etta (1910-1998)
6781 v. Troy Newburn (Twin) (1912-1979)
6782 vi. Roy Newton (Twin) (1912-1970)

4508. William Windfield Buckalew. Born on 11 May 1876 in Clarke Co., MS. William Windfield died on 4 February 1963; he was 86. Nickname: Willie.

Elsewhere "Buckelew"
Other source has birthmonth as Dec.

From John Pierce:
" William W. Buckelew was a huge man: six feet two and 250 pounds, and he had a huge hatred for cotton mills, so he worked as a planer in saw mills instead. His work kept him moving around a lot; around 1902-4, for example, he was working at a mill in Vinegar, AL; eventually, he ended up in Selma. Like several of his siblings, he had red hair, and he was also known for his freckles. He smoked cigars and chewed Brown Mule tobacco.
He and Elizabeth Kitchens were the parents of four children."

"William and his wife separated, and he moved in with his sisters Becky and Jenny. Too old to work in the sawmills, he got a job as nightwatchman there, packing a Smith & Wesson six-shooter. Finally retired, he spent his later years with his nieces Grace and Mary Crider, and later with his own children in Hattiesburg, MS--spending a few days at a time with each and then moving on. His grandchildren called him Big Daddy.

On 14 October 1900 when William Windfield was 24, he married Sarah Elizabeth Kitchens, daughter of Middleton Kitchens & Sarah J. (Jane?) Smith, in Stonewall, Clarke Co., MS. Born on 20 May 1883. Sarah Elizabeth died on 12 November 1949; she was 66.

They had the following children:
6783 i. Bertha Louella (1901-1902)
6784 ii. Cameron Frederick (1904-1960)
6785 iii. Bennie Edith (1908-1988)
6786 iv. Calvin Murphy (1920-1971)

4509. James Hardy Buckalew. Born in January 1879 in Clarke Co., MS. James Hardy died in 1936; he was 56. Buried in Kings Cem., Elwood Community, Clarke Co., MS. Tombstone: "At Rest," Masonic Emblem.

1920 Clarke County, MS, Census with wife Estelle and five children.

1995, 1 June; Letter from Frederick Jackson "Jack" Buckelew: "... personal story from Grace Crider about James Hardy "Uncle Hard." He weighed about 300 pounds! He sold 'street insurance.' Walked through the neighborhoods and sold policies to blacks and whites and collected the 10 cents a week premiums in person. The insurance was for 'burial' during the depression. According to Grace Crider, he was too big and slow -moving to hold a job in the cotton mills where other family members worked!"

From John Pierce: " James Hardy Buckelew was the giant of the family, weighing in at 350 pounds. He he was able to diet down to a 'mere' 325. Too fat for work in the heat of the cotton mills, he sold insurance to make a living. It wasn't much of a living. When he came from his home in Tupelo, MS, to attend his sister Mag's funeral, he had to sleep on the front porch of her house because he couldn't afford to stay anywhere else, and he had to borrow money to get back home. His weight probably killed him; he died of dropsy at his home in Tupelo, but is buried near his parents at King Cemetery in Clarke Co. Hardy had six children by Estelle, who married again after he died."

From Barbara Sanders, Jacksonville, FL, 22 Sep 98: "I am the granddaughter of James Hardy and (Ida) Estelle Buckelew. There are some errors in the obit of Uncle Bo (Bernard). I was at the funerals of Bernard and Dan.

"I remember my grandfather even though I was only 3 or 4 years old. He was a
huge man, 6'5", 300 pounds. He used to stand me on the table and have me sing
the old song about 'rings on her fingers, bells on her toes'. He was a
carpenter and a great grandson has been entrusted with his tool box which he
made himself."

On 10 March 1901 when James Hardy was 22, he married Ida Estelle Pittman, in Clarke Co., MS. Born about 1884.

1938 Living in Tupelo, MS

They had the following children:
6787 i. Annie (Private)
6788 ii. Ruby Nell (Private)
6789 iii. Twin
6790 iv. Lottie Veretha (1910-1938)
6791 v. Bernard Paul (1913-1987)
6792 vi. Daniel C. (Private)

4510. Lester Buckalew. Born about 1881 in Clarke Co., MS.

Died in childhood.

1995, 3 June; Letter from Frederick Jackson "Jack" Buckelew: "Lester... on 1870 Clarke Co., MS, census with James Lafatte. "I believe he is the son of retarded Mary E. #4486 who was never, never mentioned. I knew him as Henry Buckelew. Maybe not. "... No one in my family has ever heard of Lester. Maybe he was a visitor or relative of someone."

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