THOMAS M. BUCKNER--A representative of the great basic industry of
agriculture in Bourbon county, Kentucky, Thomas M. Buckner is a native son
of this county and he is a scion of a fine old southern family founded in
Virginia in the early colonial days. He was born on the 15th of September,
1881, and is a son of William T. and Anna C. (Wornall) Buckner, the former
of whom was likewise born in Bourbon county, and the latter is a native of
Clark county. Concerning the Buckner family further information is given
in the sketch of William T. Buckner, father of Thomas M. and also in the
sketch of Walter Buckner, an uncle of the subject of this review, which
appears on other pages of this work.
After availing himself of the advantages afforded in the public
schools of his native county, Thomas M. Buckner pursued his higher academic
training in the W. L. Yerkes Academy, at Paris, Kentucky, and in the
Bingham Military School, at Asheville, North Carolina. He was matriculated
in the historic old University of Virginia, at Charlottesville, in which he
was graduated, and from which he received his degree. After his graduation
Mr. Buckner returned to Bourbon county where he initiated his independent
career as a farmer and stock-grower. Shortly after his marriage in 1904,
he established his home on a farm about seven miles northeast of Paris,
on the Harrod's Creek pike. He has made the finest of improvements on his
place and has brought the same up to a high degree of cultivation. He is
a member of the Kappa Alpha college fraternity. Both he and his wife are
prominent and popular figures in connection with the best social activities
of the community.
On the 28th of April, 1904, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Buckner
to Miss Martha Davenport Clay, who is likewise a native of Bourbon county,
where she was born on the 4th of October, 1881. She is a daughter of
Christopher F. and Mary (Brooks) Clay, representative citizens of this
county. Mr. and Mrs. Buckner have no children.
