Person:William Buckner (29)

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William T Buckner
m.
  1. William T Buckner1848 -
m. 1875
  1. Thomas Moore Buckner1881 -
  2. James M Buckner1883 - 1941
  3. Lucy Wornall BucknerAbt 1885 -
Facts and Events
Name William T Buckner
Gender Male
Birth[1] 20 Mar 1848 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Marriage 1875 Kentuckyto Anna Clay Wornall
Death? Bourbon County, Kentucky
References
  1. Biography, in Johnson, E. Polk. A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities. (Chicago; New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1912)
    3:1252.

    WILLIAM T. BUCKNER--The man best fitted to meet the wonderfully changed
    life of today is not a new type of man. He is a man resplendent with the
    same old sterling qualities--great in his home life, great in his civic and
    patriotic life and great in his religious life. William T. Buckner is a
    gentleman of the old-school regime and he is a descendent of an old English
    family that was early founded in Virginia, which commonwealth cradled so
    much of our national history. A most interesting record of the family
    history of the Buckners will be found elsewhere in this volume, in the
    biography of Walker Buckner, so that but scant details are considered
    necessary in this connection.
    William T. Buckner was born on the fine old homestead farm which now
    represents his home and the date of his nativity was March 20th, 1848. He
    is a son of William T. and Lucy A. (Woodford) Buckner, both of whom were
    born in Virginia, the former on the 9th of February 1813, and the latter on
    the 30th of March, 1822. When mere children they accompanied their parents
    to the fine old Blue Grass state and they were reared and educated in
    Bourbon county, where their marriage was solemnized and where they passed
    their entire lives. William T. Buckner became a successful agriculturist
    in Bourbon county and he was summoned to eternal rest in 1888. He was a man
    of prominence and influence in his county and his memory is revered by all
    who came in contact with his gracious personality. He was a son of William
    T. Buckner, who was a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Haws) Buckner, both of
    Virginia. William T. Buckner, (I), was a native of the Old Dominion
    Commonwealth where he was born in 1786, and he immigrated with his family
    and brothers to Kentucky, settling near North Middletown, this county,
    where his death occurred in 1850, at the age of sixty-four years. He was
    twice married, his first union being with his cousin, Miss Mary Buckner, a
    daughter of William and Elizabeth (Monroe) Buckner. They became the parents
    of two children, of whom William T., father of him whose name introduces
    this article, was the eldest. For his second wife William T. Buckner
    married Sallie Clay, who bore him three children. William T. Buckner (II)
    and Lucy A. (Woodford) Buckner had only one son, William T. (III), whose
    name initiates this review. Mrs. Buckner died December 7, 1910, at her
    son's home in her eighty-ninth year.
    Mr. William T. Buckner was reared to the sturdy discipline of the farm
    and he has never severed his allegiance to the great basic industry of
    agriculture, through his association with which he has gained definite and
    worthy success. He was afforded excellent educational advantages in his
    youth, including a course of study in the select school conducted by
    Professor Thomas Dodd, at Paris, this state. After his marriage Mr.
    Buckner established his home on this present finely improved farm, which is
    the old family homestead and which is located seven miles east of Paris.
    He is one of the large landholders of Bourbon county, being at the present
    time the owner of about nineteen hundred acres of most arable land, all of
    which is well improved, and he devotes his attention to diversified
    agriculture and the raising of high-grade stock. In politics, while never
    a seeker of public office, Mr. Buckner is a stanch adherent of the
    Democratic party and his wife holds membership in the Presbyterian church.
    In the year 1875 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Buckner to Miss
    Anna Clay Wornall, who was born in Clark county and who is a daughter of
    James R. and Anna (Moore) Wornall. Mr. and Mrs. Buckner became the
    parents of six children, of whom three are living: Thomas M., who is
    individually mention on the other pages of this work; James M., who still
    remains at the paternal home and is associated in the work and management
    of the farm; and Lucy W., who is the wife of Clarence Kenney. Mr. and
    Mrs. Kenny likewise reside on the old homestead of Mr. Buckner and the
    family is one of prominence in connection with the best social activities
    of the community.