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Buckman, John Frederick 1837-1917

BUCKMAN, TUEMLER, OTTING, HARNACK, PALAS

Posted By: AMK (email)
Date: 2/4/2009 at 14:25:02

Obituary--John Frederick Buckman was born Sept 17, 1837, in Oldenburg, Germany, the son of Frederick Buckman and Sophia Tuemler and came to America with his parents and landed in Baltimore in 1839.

He lived in Franklin county, Indiana, until 1854 and then came to Iowa by the way of Ohio and the Mississippi River by boat and lived in Read township with his parents until he was married to Fredericke Otting on Sept. 30, 1866, they then moved to Farmersburg Township, where he has made his home ever since.

To this union were born five children as follows: Fred and Henry on the home farm and William married to Anna Harnack of near Farmersburg; Emma married to Henry Palas of Luana, and Mahala, who preceded him in death 43 years ago; also nine grandchildren, two brothers, and one sister. His age at the time of his death was 79 years, 6 months, and 26 years.

Source: A friend's scrapbook with the date of 1917 on it.
17 Sep 1837-12 Apr 1917

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Added by Reid R. Johnson, 9/27/2021:

The obituary was printed in the Elkader Register & Argus, Thur., 26 Apr. 1917.


 

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