(1) Name: Blanche BUCKNER
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Father: James M. BUCKNER
Mother: Bettie MERRELL

Misc. Notes
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume
68

Mrs. Blanche Buckner Flournoy.
DAR ID Number: 67203
Born in Paducah, Ky.
Wife of David M. Flournoy.
Descendant of Jacob Spears.
Daughter of James M. Buckner and Bettie Murrell, his 2nd wife.
Granddaughter of Samuel Merrell and Mary Grymes, his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of Owen W. Grymes and Elvisa Peyton, his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Thomas Matson and Rebecca Spears, his wife.
Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of Jacob Spears and Elizabeth Kellar, his wife.
Jacob Spears (1754-1825) served in Capt. John Hoagland's company, Col. William Crawford's regiment, in the Sandusky expedition, 1782. He was born in Rockingham County, Va.; died in Bourbon County, Ky.
Also No. 23843.


Spouses
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1: David M. FLOURNOY

(2) Name: Thomas Moore BUCKNER
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Birth: September 16, 1881
Father: William Thomas BUCKNER (1848-1936)
Mother: Anna Clay WORNALL (1855-1917)

Misc. Notes
HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes, Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, Vol. III, p. 1253. [Bourbon County]

THOMAS M. BUCKNER.-A representative of the great basic industry of agriculture in Bourbon county, Kentucky, Thomas M. Buckner is a native son of this county and he is a scion of a fine old southern family founded in Virginia in the early colonial days. He was born on the 15th of September, 1881, and is a son of William T. and Anna C. (Wornall) Buckner, the former of whom was likewise born in Bourbon county, and the latter is a native of Clark county. Concerning the Buckner family further information is given in the sketch of William T. Buckner, father of Thomas M. and also in the sketch of Walker Buckner, an uncle of the subject of this review, which appears on other pages of this work.

After availing himself of the advantages afforded in the public schools of his native county, Thomas M. Buckner pursued his higher academic training in the W. L. Yerkes Academy, at Paris, Kentucky, and in the Bingham Military School, at Asheville, North Carolina. He was matriculated in the historic old University of Virginia, at Charlottesville, in which he was graduated, and from which he received his degree. After his graduation Mr. Buckner returned to Bourbon county where he initiated his independent career as a farmer and stock-grower. Shortly after his marriage, in 1904, he established his home on a farm about seven miles northeast of Paris, on the Harrod's Creek pike. He has made the finest of improvements on his place and has brought the same up to a high degree of cultivation. He is a member of the Kappa Alpha college fraternity. Both he and his wife are prominent and popular figures in connection with the best social activities of the community.

On the 28th of April, 1904, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Buckner to Miss Martha Davenport Clay, who is likewise a native of Bourbon county, where she was born on the 4th of October, 1881, She is a daughter of Christopher F. and Mary (Brooks) Clay, representative citizens of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Buckner have no children.


Spouses
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1: Martha Davenport CLAY
Birth: 1879
Father: Christopher Field CLAY (1835-)
Mother: Mary Frances BROOKS (1841-1911)

(3) Name: William BUCKNER
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Birth: 1835
Father: William Aylett BUCKNER (1798-)
Mother: Charlotte FERGUSON (1807-1880)

Misc. Notes
Capt. William Buckner, New Light, who stands in the front ranks as a representative citizen and successful planter of Tensas parish, La., was born in Natchez, Miss., in 1835. His father, Aylett Buckner, was a native of Bourbon county, born in Kentucky in 1799, and emigrated from there to Natchez, Miss., where he began business for himself as editor of the "Natchez Gazette." He subsequently began the study of law, and practiced there until about the breaking out of the war. He married Miss Charlotte Ferguson, daughter of David and Jane (Dunbar) Ferguson, and the fruits of this union were eleven children, five of whom are yet living: Elizabeth (wife of Dr. McCaleb, of Natchez), William (subject), Miss Mary (of Natchez), Lewis (of Newellton) and Margaret (wife of Richard Conner). Aylett Buckner was a member of the Masonic fraternity of Natchez. Capt. William Buckner began life for himself as a planter, and moved to Tensas parish, La., in 1855. He received his education at College Hill, Hinds county, Miss., and at Port Hudson, La. During the Civil war his sympathies were with the Southern cause, and he was a strong believer in the rights of that cause. In 1861 he enlisted in the Tensas cavalry, and remained in the service until peace was declared. Although a private when he entered the army, he was elected lieutenant, and afterward promoted to the rank of captain of his company. He was married in 1875 to Miss Lucy E. Myers, daughter of Edward and Jennie Myers, of Mississippi, and their union was blessed by the birth of four children, two now living: Aylett and Margaret. Mrs. Buckner received her final summons in 1886. Mr. Buckner is a man of education, and has a host of warm friends. He possesses excellent principles, is public spirited and takes a decided interest in all worthy enterprises.


Spouses
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1: Lucy E. MYERS
Father: Edward MYERS
Mother: Jennie
Marriage: 1875
Children: Aylett
Margaret

(4) Name: William Aylette BUCKNER Jr.
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Father: William S. (Aylett?) BUCKNER (1850-1890)
Mother: Rosa LINDSAY

Misc. Notes
HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes, Lewis
Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, Vol. III, p. 1249. [Bourbon County]

AYLETTE BUCKNER--Within the pages of this work will be found specific mention of a number of the representatives of the Buckner family, whose name has been long and prominently identified with the annals of Kentucky and which has ever stood exponent of the highest type of citizenship. Aylette Buckner is numbered among the able and successful agriculturists and stock-growers of Bourbon county and his well improved farm comprises one hundred and seventy-five acres, located about seven miles east of the city of Paris, on the Paris and Little Rock turnpike. Besides this farm he also owns a large tract of land in Canada. He is progressive in his farming enterprise and is contributing his quota to upholding the high standard of the agricultural industry in his native county. Aylette Buckner was born in Bourbon county on the 15th of January, 1877, and is a son of William S. and Rosa (Lindsay) Buckner, both of whom were likewise natives of Bourbon county, where the former was born in February, 1851, and the latter in April, 1852. William S. Buckner died February 9, 1890, and his wife is still living in Paris, Kentucky. He whose name initiates this sketch has been identified with agricultural pursuits throughout his entire career. He was reared on the old homestead farm and early began to assist in its work, the while he was afforded excellent educational advantages, having attended a private school conducted by William L. Yerkes at Paris, this state, and having later continued his studies in the University of Kentucky, now known as Transylvania University at Lexington. Mr. Buckner has resided on his present homestead since the time of his marriage and upon the same he has made improvements of the best type, everything about the place giving unmistakable evidence of thrift and prosperity. His political allegiance is given to the Democratic party and while he takes a loyal interest in all that touches the welfare of the community he has had no ambition for public office. He is a member of the Christian, or Campbellite, church, and his wife holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, South.

On the 15th of June, 1904, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Buckner to Miss Mary H. Lockhart, who was born at Paris, Bourbon county, on the 29th of November, 1883, and who is a daughter of General C. and Florence (Kelly) Lockhart. A review of the career of her father appears elsewhere in this publication so that further data concerning the family history is not demanded in the present connection. Mr. and Mrs. Buckner have one son, Catlett L., who was born on the 27th of December, 1907, at Asheville, North Carolina, where his parents were sojourning for the winter at the time of his birth.

(5) Name: William Thomas BUCKNER
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Birth: March 20, 1848
Death: June 30, 1936 [1] Age: 88
Father: William Thomas BUCKNER Jr. (1813-1888)
Mother: Lucy Archer WOODFORD (1821-1910)

Misc. Notes
HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes, Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, Vol. III, pp. 1252-53. [Bourbon County]

WILLIAM T. BUCKNER--The man best fitted to meet the wonderfully changed life of today is not a new type of man. He is a man resplendent with the same old sterling qualities--great in his home life, great in his civic and patriotic life and great in his religious life. William T. Buckner is a gentleman of the old-school regime and he is a descendent of an old English family that was early founded in Virginia, which commonwealth cradled so much of our national history. A most interesting record of the family history of the Buckners will be found elsewhere in this volume, in the biography of Walker Buckner, so that but scant details are considered necessary in this connection.

William T. Buckner was born on the fine old homestead farm which now represents his home and the date of his nativity was March 20th, 1848. He is a son of William T. and Lucy A. (Woodford) Buckner, both of whom were born in Virginia, the former on the 9th of February 1813, and the latter on the 30th of March, 1822. When mere children they accompanied their parents to the fine old Blue Grass state and they were reared and educated in Bourbon county, where their marriage was solemnized and where they passed their entire lives. William T. Buckner became a successful agriculturist in Bourbon county and he was summoned to eternal rest in 1888. He was a man of prominence and influence in his county and his memory is revered by all who came in contact with his gracious personality. He was a son of William T. Buckner, who was a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Haws) Buckner, both of Virginia. William T. Buckner, (I), was a native of the Old Dominion Commonwealth where he was born in 1786, and he immigrated with his family and brothers to Kentucky, settling near North Middletown, this county, where his death occurred in 1850, at the age of sixty-four years. He was twice married, his first union being with his cousin, Miss Mary Buckner, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Monroe) Buckner. They became the parents of two children, of whom William T., father of him whose name introduces this article, was the eldest. For his second wife William T. Buckner married Sallie Clay, who bore him three children. William T. Buckner (II) and Lucy A. (Woodford) Buckner had only one son, William T. (III), whose name initiates this review. Mrs. Buckner died December 7, 1910, at her son's home in her eighty-ninth year.

Mr. William T. Buckner was reared to the sturdy discipline of the farm and he has never severed his allegiance to the great basic industry of agriculture, through his association with which he has gained definite and worthy success. He was afforded excellent educational advantages in his youth, including a course of study in the select school conducted by Professor Thomas Dodd, at Paris, this state. After his marriage Mr. Buckner established his home on this present finely improved farm, which is the old family homestead and which is located seven miles east of Paris. He is one of the large landholders of Bourbon county, being at the present time the owner of about nineteen hundred acres of most arable land, all of which is well improved, and he devotes his attention to diversified agriculture and the raising of high-grade stock. In politics, while never a seeker of public office, Mr. Buckner is a stanch adherent of the Democratic party and his wife holds membership in the Presbyterian church.

In the year 1875 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Buckner to Miss Anna Clay Wornall, who was born in Clark county and who is a daughter of James R. and Anna (Moore) Wornall. Mr. and Mrs. Buckner became the parents of six children, of whom three are living: Thomas M., who is individually mention on the other pages of this work; James M., who still remains at the paternal home and is associated in the work and management of the farm; and Lucy W., who is the wife of Clarence Kenney. Mr. and Mrs. Kenny likewise reside on the old homestead of Mr. Buckner and the family is one of prominence in connection with the best social activities of the community.


Spouses
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1: Anna Clay WORNALL
Birth: January 16, 1855
Death: June 28, 1917 Age: 62
Father: James Ryon WORNALL (1813-1879)
Mother: Anne Elizabeth MOORE (1823-1898)
Marriage: December 8, 1875
Children: James Wornall
Benjamin Walker
Thomas Moore (1881-)
James Monroe
Lucy Woodford


Sources
1. Kentuckian-Citizen article dates William Thomas Buckner’s death as 1935.