A. F. BUCKMAN, 1851-??

BUCKMAN, BUSH

Posted By: Bahnson
Date: 4/24/2002 at 18:04:36

A. F. BUCKMAN.
A. F. Buckman, who came to Inwood, Lyon county, in 1882, found nothing here at that time except a flat house where grain was bought for Bassett, Hallum & Company. For some two years he was in the employ of that firm, and in that time put up the first residence constructed in the town. After it was completed, he bought a quarter section of land in Richland township, which he devoted to farming purposes, and there he made his home for many years. His crops were abundant and sure, and he had great quantities of barley, oats, corn and wheat to dispose of every year. With the proceeds he bought more and greatly improved what he had. Later in his farming operations bought cattle to feed, and not long ago shipped over three hundred head to England, going across the ocean himself in charge of this consignment. He disposed of his cattle in Liverpool at great advantage and then made quite an extensive tour of England, and visited many places of historic interest. Soon after returning to his home, he was offered a price of seventy dollars an acre for his land, and accepting it, disposed of his farm. With his cash on hand from its products, and the price of the land itself, what he has in money and investments, constitutes a very fine competency. At the present time he and his family are living in a fine residence in Inwood, the ownership or which he has retained.
Mr. Buckman was born in Illinois, June 12, 1851, and in 1854 was taken by his parents into Iowa. Remaining with them until he was twenty-one years of age, he rented land, and was engaged in its cultivation until he came to Lyon county.
Mr. Buckman was married when he was twenty-one, to Miss Emma Bush, daughter of Daniel Bush, who is now a retired farmer. Their only child, A. F. Buckman, is now a young man who is now engaged in buying grain. The subject of this sketch is a Republican, and has been school director for a number of years, though never seeking any official position.
Charles W. Buckman, the father of F. W., was born in Vermont, and died at the age of seventy-three. In the course of his long and active life he acquired a very superior education, and for ten years held the position of high school principal in his native state. The family comes of an English ancestry.