A biography of his son William T. Buckner states that Henry was born in Harrison Co. KY in 1800 and moved to Indiana with his mother when he was 12 (~1812) after his father's death.[1]
Parents: Philip Buckner and Rachel Miller Buckner; w - Nancy (McClure) Buckner;
8 children:
James Madison (died between 1877 and June 1880 "Out West"),
All but the eldest (James) are present on the 1850 census.[4]
Henry's son Edward is the namesake of the cemetery in which he now resides.[5] Henry passed away in 1872.
Sources
↑History of Hardin County, Iowa, Together with Sketches of Its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens, Union Publishing Company, 1883, p. 596 Google Books
↑ "Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVW5-9HS : 10 February 2018), Henry Buckner in entry for Rachel Susan Litts, 03 Jan 1914; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 1,321,765.
↑ "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:M8R3-TV2 : Wed Mar 15 18:39:45 UTC 2023), Entry for Martha Buckner and Levi S Buckner, 1850.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34127672/henry-buckner: accessed 03 June 2023), memorial page for Henry Buckner (7 Aug 1799–30 Oct 1872), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34127672, citing Buckner Cemetery, Eldora, Hardin County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Miss BeeHaven (contributor 48748561).
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