Daniel Buckley (1842 - 1916)

Born Aug 1842 in Grove City Pa

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Died 19 May 1916 at age 73 in Jackson Center Mercer County Pa

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Biography

Daniel was the son of William and Milcah Perrine Buckley. (Born: August 1842, Worth Twp., Mercer Co., PA; died: May 9, 1916, Jackson Center, Mercer Co., PA)

Early Life

Family

Husband of Hannah Holmes. They have seven children: Elizabeth Milcah (Mrs. Henry Runkle), Mary (H. Moses Snyder), Sarah Ann (Unknown Clark), William Earl (Effine Armstrong), Joseph C. (Mary H. Kemm), Daniel A. (Florence Belle Dick), and John H. (Eva J. Jenkins). After the death of Hanna in 1882, Daniel married Nancy Anna Bixler on May 27, 1886. They had two children Pearl Nancy (Osceola G. Poole) and Martha Hazel Buckley (Samuel Redic Davidson).

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Death & Legacy

Will

No. 6896; Proceedings Index Number 2/242/8 ESTATE OF Daniel Buckley of Jackson Center Pa; Probated May 18 1916 Letters Issued May 18 1916 I, Daniel Buckley, of Jackson Center County of Mercer and State of Pennsylvania being of sound mind, memory and understanding, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking and making void all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made. First I will to my beloved wife Nancy Ann Buckley Two Thousand Dollars and all of my house hold effects absolute. Also the use of the House and five acres of Land in Jackson Center County of Mercer State of Pennsylvania during her Life Time and to my Daughter Milkey Elizabeth Runkle I will one Hundred Dollars and to my Daughters Mary Snyder, Sarah Ann Clark, Pearl Nancy Pool, Martha Hazell Buckley and Sons William Buckley, Joseph Buckley, Daniel Buckley and John H. Buckley, I will the Balance of my Estate both Real and Personal Share and Share alike. I do hereby make, constitute and appoint my wife Nancy Ann Buckley to be Executrix of this my last Will and Testaament. In Witness Whereof, I, Daniel Buckley, the Testator above named, have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal, the Thirteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred Twelve. Daniel Buckley (seal) Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named Daniel Buckley as and for his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who have hereunto subscribed our names at his request as witnesses thereto in the presence of the said Testator and of each other.

Witnesses

F. M. Perrine; Ella J. Perrine

(Obtained from Mercer County - Register of Wills, 112 Mercer County Courthouse, Mercer, PA 16137)

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Research Notes

DANIEL BUCKLEY, farmer, post-office Henderson, is a son of William and Milcah (Perrine) Buckley. Samuel Buckley, the grandfather of subject, was a native of England, and settled on a farm in Sandy Lake Township in 1819. Three of his children by his first wife were born in England: William, Mary. and Ann. He married for his second wife Hannah Perrine, daughter of John Perrine, and had by her John, Ella, Samuel and Sarah. All of his children are dead except Ella, Mrs. William Fowler, of Sandy Lake Township, and Ann, a maiden lady. He died in 1878 and his widow in 1885. William, the father of subject, was born in England in 1807, and came to this country with parents. He married Miss Milcah Perrine, daughter of John Perrine, and a sister of his father’s second wife. They reared a family of eight children: John, of Worth Township; Mary, Mrs. John Woods, of Venango County; Samuel and Enoch, in Venango County; William, of Worth Township; Daniel, of Worth Township, our subject; Perry, deceased; Sarah, Mrs. George Hart, of Venango County. He was a supporter of the Republican party; and died in Venango County in 1868, and his widow died in 1878. Our subject was born on the homestead, in Worth Township, in 1843, and married Hannah Holmes. She died in 1882, leaving seven children: Milcah, at home; Mary, Mrs. Moses Snyder, of Sheakleyville; Sarah, William, Joseph, Daniel, John, all at home. Our subject again married, Mrs. William Thompson, daughter of Peter Boyle, and has by her one child—infant, Our subject and his four brothers, John, Samuel, Enoch and William, were all members of Company G, One Hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteers, the most of them receiving wounds, and they all served until the close of the war. They vote the Republican ticket, and are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Henderson.

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