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Facts and Events
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Ralph Pomeroy Buckland |
Gender |
Male |
Birth[2][3][8] |
20 Jan 1812 |
Leyden, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States |
Marriage |
18 Jan 1838 |
Canfield, Mahoning, Ohio, United Statesto Charlotte Boughton |
Residence[3] |
1880 |
Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio, United States |
Residence[5] |
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Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio, United States |
Residence[7] |
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United States |
Death[2][5] |
27 May 1892 |
Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio, United States |
Burial[9] |
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Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio, United StatesOakwood Cemetery |
BUCKLAND, Ralph Pomeroy, soldier, born in Leyden, Massachusetts, 20 January, 1812. His father removed to Ohio when Ralph was but a few months old. He was educated at Kenyon College, but was never graduated, afterward studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1837. He was a delegate to the Whig national convention of 1848, served as state senator from 1855 till 1859, and in 1861 was appointed colonel of the 72d Ohio infantry. He commanded the 4th brigade of Sherman's division at the battle of Shiloh, and was made a brigadier-general 29 November, 1862. He also commanded a brigade of the 15th army corps at Vicksburg and the district of Memphis during the year 1864. During absence from the field, in 1864, he was elected to congress, and served two terms. He resigned from the army, 9 January, 1865, and on 13 March was brevetted major general of volunteers. He was a delegate to the Philadelphia loyalists' convention of 1866, to the Pittsburgh soldiers' convention, and to the republican national convention of 1876. General Buckland was president of the managers of the Ohio soldiers' and sailors' orphans' home from 1867 till 1873, and government director of the Pacific railroad from 1877 till 1880.
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, Copyright © 2001 VirtualologyTM
References
- Ohiogenealogyexpress.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hayes Presidential Center, and various public libraries of Ohio. Ohio Obituary Index [database]. (Fremont, Ohio: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, ca. 1970-).
Birth date: 20 Jan 1812 Birth place: Death date: 27 May 1892 Death place: Fremont, Ohio Marriage date: 1838 Marriage place:
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9)
Year: 1880; Census Place: Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio; Roll: 1063; Family History Film: 1255063; Page: 175A; Enumeration District: 80; Image: 0593.
Birth date: abt 1813 Birth place: Massachusetts Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio, United States
- Historical Data Systems, comp. American Civil War General Officers. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works. Copyright 1997-2000. Historical Data Systems, Inc. PO Box 35 Duxbury, MA 023;).
Birth date: 1812 Birth place: Leyden (or Ravenna, OH) Death date: 1892 Death place:
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Historical Data Systems. U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database online]. (Ancestry.com , 2009).
Birth date: 20 Jan 1812 Birth place: Death date: 27 May 1892 Death place: Fremont, OH Residence date: Residence place: Fremont, Ohio, USA
- Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, Copyright © 2001 VirtualologyTM.
- ↑ National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.
Residence date: Residence place: United States
- ↑ United States. Passport applications, 1795-1925. (Washington, D.C. : National Archives).
Birth date: 20 Jan 1812 Birth place: Leyden, Massachusetts
- ↑ Find A Grave.
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