Buckley, William

BUCKLEY

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 10/21/2008 at 13:43:48

William Buckley

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.209, Pleasant Twp.)
William Buckley, farmer, P. O. Shelby, was born in Hungtindon County, Penn., July 19, 1834; son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Booher) Buckley, natives of Huntingdon County, Penn. Jacob Buckley, who was a farmer, was born May 11, 1807, and died July 13, 1878, in Fulton County, Penn., where his wife, who was born April 10, 1810, died also, September 15, 1855; they were the parents of eight sons and two daughters. Mr. Buckley received a good education in the schools of Fulton County, Penn., and began farming on his father's farm, where he remained till he was twenty-five years of age. In Franklin County, Penn., January 26, 1860, he married Nancy W. Campbell, a native of that county, born April 4, 1832, daughter of Robert and Jane (Linn) Campbell, also natives of Franklin County, Penn., he born February 16, 1798, she born in 1800. By this union they have been blessed with four children, two of whom are deceased - Asbury Wilbur (deceased), John Emory (deceased), William Brewster and Charles Everlett. September 26, 1864, Mr. Buckley enlisted for one year's service in Company H, Ninety-third Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. J. H. Johnson; was wounded in the battle before Petersburg, and was discharged near Washington, D. C., June 20, 1865. In 1866, he moved to Carroll County, Ill., where he followed farming till 1872, then moved to Iowa, and after staying one year in Shelby, came to this township (Pleasant). Here he had, in 1870, bought eighty-siz acres of wild land at $10 per acre; moved onto the land in 1873, set out trees, and built a frame house 18 x 28 feet by 16 feet in height, and other buildings. Mr. Buckley was Justice of the Peace of this township in 1872, and has filled other minor township offices. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the A. O. U. W., and in politics is a Republican.