George A. BUCKLES, a substantial landowner and retired farmer of the neighboring county of Delaware, now living at Dunkirk, where he has made his home since 1914, is a native Hoosier and has lived in Indiana all his life. Mr. BUCKLES was born in Delaware county on March 10, 1858, and is a son of John and Mary ( NORTHCUT ) BUCKLES, both of whom were born in Miami county, Ohio. John BUCKLES was one of the pioneers of Delaware county, having "entered" a half section of land in Niles township, that county, in 1841. He established his home on that place after his marriage and there he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives, developing a fine piece of property and ever regarded as among the useful and influential members of that community. They were the parents of ten children, of whom five are still living, the subject of this sketch having two brothers, William N. and Jasper N. BUCKLES, and two sisters, Sarah L. and Cynthia. Reared on the home farm in Delaware county, George A. BUCKLES completed his schooling by attendance for two terms at the old Ridgeville College. He remained at home, helpful in the labors of the farm, until a year after his marriage in 1880, when he bought a forty-acre farm up in Blackford county. Two or three years later his wife died and he presently sold this place and bought an "eighty" of the home place in Delaware county. He presently married again and established his home on this latter place, forty acres of which he had to clear. Fifteen years later he bought an adjacent "forty," this giving him a farm of 120 acres, which he still owns, and there he continued to make his home until his retirement from the farm in 1914 and removal to Dunkirk, where he bought a home and is still living, renting his land to a responsible tenant. Mr. BUCKLES has been thrice married. On March 14, 1880, he was united in marriage to Emma F. BARNES, a daughter of Solomon M. and Elizabeth ( SUTTON ) BARNES, and who died on February 14, 1884, leaving two children, Harry R.. and Emma O., the latter of whom married Walter WALLACE, a machinist at the plant of the Indiana Glass Company at Dunkirk, and died in 1907, leaving three children, George W., Robert and Margaret E. Harry R. BUCKLES, who is a farmer and real estate dealer at Jackson, Mich., has been twice married. His first wife, Ella WEAVER, died and he then married Mary SMITH. He has six children, John D., Willis, Harry, Jr., Charles, Opal and Geraldine. On August 3, 1887, George A. BUCKLES married Louella BANTZ, a daughter of Henry and Sarah BANTZ, who died on May 5, 1911, leaving three children, namely: Letha L., who married Kenton BALES, of Dunkirk, and has three children, Fred, Lloyd and George H. BALES. Mary F., who married L. B. CURREY, a printer, living at Washington, D.C. and has one child, a son, Byrl CURREY; and Maud M. who married Emerald HAWTHORN, a barber, now living at Jackson, Mich. On September 24, 1912, Mr. BUCKLES married Mrs. Elizabeth ( BROTHRTON ) PAYTON, a daughter of James T. and Lucy A. BROTHRTON. Mr. and Mrs. BUCKLES are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Dunkirk. Mr. BUCKLES is a member of the board of directors of the First State Bank of Dunkirk. Politically, he is a Democrat and, fraternally, a member of the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Dunkirk.
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