Robert Birks was born on Nov 22, 1907. He was the son of Elmer V. Birks and Myrtie Brandt. Robert Birks died on Jan 5, 1908.

      Margaret E. Birks was born on Jul 4, 1905. She was the daughter of Elmer V. Birks and Myrtie Brandt. Margaret married (Unknown) Henderson. Margaret E. Birks died on Jul 31, 1960 at age 55.

     (Unknown) married Margaret E. Birks, daughter of Elmer V. Birks and Myrtie Brandt.

      Carrie Agnes Birks was born on Sep 8, 1879 at Macon County, Illinois. She was the daughter of John Van Deventer Birks and Margaret Elizabeth Copeland. Carrie married Dr. Floyd Charles Phillips MD on Sep 3, 1903. Carrie Agnes Birks died on Jul 31, 1961 at Arthur, Moultrie County, Illinois, at age 81. Carrie was buried at Arthur Cemetery, Arthur, Moultrie County, Illinois.

      Dr. Floyd Charles Phillips MD was born on May 3, 1877 at Illinois. Floyd married Carrie Agnes Birks, daughter of John Van Deventer Birks and Margaret Elizabeth Copeland, on Sep 3, 1903. Dr. Floyd Charles Phillips MD died on Apr 13, 1952 at Arthur, Moultrie County, Illinois, at age 74. Floyd was buried at Arthur Cemetery, Arthur, Moultrie County, Illinois.

      Floyd C. Phillips was born circa 1907 at Illinois. He was the son of Dr. Floyd Charles Phillips MD and Carrie Agnes Birks.

      John A. Phillips was born circa 1910 at Illinois. He was the son of Dr. Floyd Charles Phillips MD and Carrie Agnes Birks.

      Byron Birks Phillips was born on Jun 13, 1904. He was the son of Dr. Floyd Charles Phillips MD and Carrie Agnes Birks. Byron married (Unknown) Howell. Byron Birks Phillips died on Oct 7, 1970 at age 66.

     (Unknown) married Byron Birks Phillips, son of Dr. Floyd Charles Phillips MD and Carrie Agnes Birks.

      Thomas R. Birks was born on Oct 17, 1858. He was the son of David Birks and Sarah Jane Copeland. Thomas R. Birks died on Aug 28, 1868 at age 9; kicked by a horse. Thomas was buried at Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski, Logan County, Illinois.

      Rebecca Birks was born on Dec 1, 1837 at Sangamon or Logan County, Illinois. She was the daughter of Roland Horsley Birks and Mary Ann VanDeventer. Rebecca married Thomas Jefferson Scroggin on Jan 1, 1857 at Illinois.

      Thomas Jefferson Scroggin was born on Aug 13, 1837 at Logan County, Illinois. Thomas married Rebecca Birks, daughter of Roland Horsley Birks and Mary Ann VanDeventer, on Jan 1, 1857 at Illinois. Thomas Jefferson Scroggin died on Jan 20, 1911 at Probably, Illinois, at age 73. Thomas was buried at Harristown Cemetery, Harristown, Macon County, Illinois.

      (Unknown) Scroggin was born in 1858 at Logan County, Illinois. He was the son of Thomas Jefferson Scroggin and Rebecca Birks. (Unknown) Scroggin died on Aug 18, 1860 at Logan County, Illinois. (Unknown) was buried at Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski, Logan County, Illinois.

      John T. Scroggin was born on Jun 18, 1858 at Logan County, Illinois. He was the son of Thomas Jefferson Scroggin and Rebecca Birks. John T. Scroggin died on Aug 18, 1860 at Logan County, Illinois, at age 2. John was buried at Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski, Logan County, Illinois.

      Carter Rolla Scroggin was born in 1860 at Illinois. He was the son of Thomas Jefferson Scroggin and Rebecca Birks. Carter married Nancy Mathews. Carter Rolla Scroggin died in 1921. Carter was buried at Harristown Cemetery, Harristown, Macon County, Illinois.

      Nancy Mathews was born in 1862. Nancy married Carter Rolla Scroggin, son of Thomas Jefferson Scroggin and Rebecca Birks. Nancy Mathews died in 1958. Nancy was buried at Harristown Cemetery, Harristown, Macon County, Illinois.

      James Russell Scroggin was born on Jan 31, 1866 at Illinois. He was the son of Thomas Jefferson Scroggin and Rebecca Birks. James Russell Scroggin died on May 16, 1886 at age 20. James was buried at Harristown Cemetery, Harristown, Macon County, Illinois.

      Charles Shelby Scroggin was born on Nov 11, 1868 at Logan County, Illinois. He was the son of Thomas Jefferson Scroggin and Rebecca Birks. Charles Shelby Scroggin died on Nov 13, 1891 at Illinois at age 23. Charles was buried at Harristown Cemetery, Harristown, Macon County, Illinois.

     Elizabeth J. Herring was the daughter of Green Herring. Elizabeth married John Montgomery. Elizabeth married Roland Horsley Birks, son of Jeremiah Birks and Elizabeth Brown.

      Mary M. Copeland was born in 1854 at Logan County, Illinois. She was the daughter of Abner Copeland Jr. and Malinda Jane Birks. Mary married John F. Baird. Mary married (Unknown) Wickoff. Mary M. Copeland died in 1927 at Missouri.

      John F. Baird was born in 1853 at Illinois. John married Mary M. Copeland, daughter of Abner Copeland Jr. and Malinda Jane Birks.

     Maude Baird was the daughter of John F. Baird and Mary M. Copeland. Maude married (Unknown) Wiekoff.

     (Unknown) married Maude Baird, daughter of John F. Baird and Mary M. Copeland.

      Willie F. Copeland was born on Apr 12, 1858 at Logan County, Illinois. He was the son of Abner Copeland Jr. and Mary Jane Buckles. Willie F. Copeland died on Oct 6, 1858 at Logan County, Illinois. Willie was buried at Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski, Logan County, Illinois.

      Sarah E. Copeland was born on Aug 1, 1861 at Sangamon or Logan County, Illinois. She was the daughter of Abner Copeland Jr. and Mary Jane Buckles. Sarah E. Copeland died on Mar 28, 1877 at Logan County, Illinois, at age 15. Sarah was buried at Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski, Logan County, Illinois.

      Delilah C. Copeland was born on Jan 25, 1863 at Sangamon or Logan County, Illinois, `. She was the daughter of Abner Copeland Jr. and Mary Jane Buckles. Delilah C. Copeland died on Feb 26, 1863 at Sangamon or Logan County, Illinois. Delilah was buried at Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski, Logan County, Illinois.

      William R. Copeland was born on May 4, 1864 at Sangamon or Logan County, Illinois. He was the son of Abner Copeland Jr. and Mary Jane Buckles. William R. Copeland died on May 8, 1865 at Sangamon or Logan County, Illinois, at age 1. William was buried at Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski, Logan County, Illinois.

      Elias Abner Copeland was born in 1866 at Sangamon or Logan County, Illinois. He was the son of Abner Copeland Jr. and Mary Jane Buckles. Elias married Caroline Swarkhammer circa 1898. Elias Abner Copeland died on May 9, 1948 at Nevada, Vernon County, Iowa. Elias was buried at Newton Burial Park, Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri.

      Caroline Swarkhammer was born circa 1880 at Iowa. Caroline married Elias Abner Copeland, son of Abner Copeland Jr. and Mary Jane Buckles, circa 1898. Caroline was buried at Newton Burial Park, Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri.

      Birdena A. Copeland was born on Apr 22, 1903 at Metz, Vernon County, Missouri. She was the daughter of Elias Abner Copeland and Caroline Swarkhammer. Birdena A. Copeland died on May 9, 1982 at Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri, at age 79. Birdena was buried at Newton Burial Park, Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri.

      Cora Mae Copeland was born on Mar 12, 1906 at Metz, Vernon County, Missouri. She was the daughter of Elias Abner Copeland and Caroline Swarkhammer. Cora married Ammerman Perry Thompson circa 1930. Cora Mae Copeland died on Jun 17, 1996 at Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri, at age 90.

      Amy Marie Copeland was born on Aug 18, 1899 at Woodbine, Harrison County, Iowa. She was the daughter of Elias Abner Copeland and Caroline Swarkhammer. Amy married Sim Osbourne Scrutchfield, son of Osborne Scrutchfield and Jane (Unknown), circa 1925. Amy Marie Copeland died on Mar 27, 1964 at Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri, at age 64. Amy was buried at Newton Burial Park, Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri.
     In the census on Apr 10, 1930 Amy Marie Copeland was named Marie Copeland.

      Henry Edward Buckles was born on Jun 5, 1884 at Sedan, Chautauqua County, Kansas. He was the son of Lewis Warren Buckles and Minnie Bell Sharp. Henry married Sarah Ellen McConaghy, daughter of John McConaghy and Rachel Eldora Glezen, on Sep 6, 1906 at Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Henry Edward Buckles died on Oct 17, 1954 at Reliance, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, at age 70. Henry was buried on Oct 21, 1954 at Mountain View Cemetery, Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
     In the census on Jan 13, 1920 Henry Edward Buckles was named H. E. Buckles.


Obituary Henry Edward Buckles October 17,1954
Christian Sciences and Masonic funeral services for Henry E. Buckles 70, of Reliance, Wyoming were held Thursday at the Masonic Temple with Mrs. Max Gentilli conducting the church service.

Mrs. William Branch of McKinnon, accompanied by Mrs. John Anderson of McKinnon, Wyoming, sang "The Lords Prayer" and "O Gentle Presence." Mrs. Arthur Anderson of Rock Springs rendered piano selections during the service.

Friends who served as pallbearers were Pat Burns, William Gibbs, S. M. Peppinger, William Sellers and Andrew Spence, all of Reliance and James Jorgensen of Pinedale.

Burial was in Mountain View cemetery and graveside services were conducted by the Masonic lodge and the United Mine Workers of America.

Mr. Buckles died suddenly early Sunday, October 17, at his home. His death came without warning and resulted from an acute heart attack. Medical assistance was summoned but death came before the doctor could reach the Buckles home.

He had lived in Reliance, Wyoming, since 1921 and before that he lived in Rock Springs and Green River, Wyoming.

Henry Edward Buckles was born June 5, 1884 on a farm near Sedan, Kansas. When a boy his parents, Lewis Warren and Minnie Belle Sharp Buckles, moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he attended grade and high school.

As a young man, Mr. Buckles played professional baseball in Colorado Springs and Pueblo and later he was manager of the baseball team in the Three I league in Joplin, Missouri.
Mr. Buckles and Sarah McConaghy were married September 6, 1906 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

They came to Rock Springs in 1919 and in 1920 moved to Green River where Mr. Buckles was employed as a steam-fitter for Union Pacific railroad. In 1921 the family moved to Reliance where he was employed as a plumber for Union Pacific Coal Company.

After coming to Sweetwater county to live Mr. Buckles continued active participation in baseball until 1929.

He was secretary-treasurer for Reliance local 905, United Mine Workers of America, for 25 years prior to his retirement in 1952. He also served for nearly 30 years as deputy sheriff of the Reliance area and was an active member of the Sweetwater county Democratic committee.

As a member of the Masonic lodge, Mr. Buckles was a Knights Templer and a Shriner.

Survivors are his widow, two sons, John Warren Buckles of Pomona, California, and Harry Buckles of Oklahoma City, Okla., three daughters, Mrs. Rene (Ione) Jacobs, of Buena Vista, Colo., Mrs. Carl (Rachel) Jorgensen of Pinedale, Wyo. and Mrs. Robert (Norma) Gamble, of Burntfork, Wyo. seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and a niece Mrs. Robert Hanrahan, of Denver, Colo. All members of his family, including Mrs. Hanrahan were in Rock Springs for the funeral services. An infant daughter, Rachel Eldora, and a brother, Faye Buckles preceded him in death.



by Norma Ellen Buckles Gamble 1990

OLD TIMER HENRY BUCKLES
Henry Edward Buckles is now on his thirtieth year of employment with The Union Pacific Coal Company at Reliance. He is known to most of us as "Buck", "Harry", or "Sheriff."
"Buck" is an old-time baseball player, and said he thought it was time to quit when his first grandchild was born in 1927.

His first employment with the Union Pacific was in 1920 when he started as steam fitter foreman remodeling the roundhouse at Rock Springs.

Early the following year, Tom Bainbridge, then construction supervisor for the Railroad between Ogden and Rawlins asked "Buck" to become a permanent member of his force head quartered at Green River as a maintenance mechanic. Soon after, the railroad business hit a slump, and Harry decided that he had better tie up with something having more employment stability and accepted Tom Foster's invitation to work at the Reliance coal mine of The Union Pacific Coal Company. Buckles' first job was as pipe man under Matt Marshall, mine foreman at old No. 1 in Reliance. Tom Foster is now retired and lives in Rock Springs, and Matt Marshall resides in Salt Lake City, Utah.

At this time, a steady year-round job was an innovation for Buckles since he had played both semi-pro and professional baseball in the Western Association, Western League and independent leagues since 1905. He switched back and forth from manager to catcher, dependent upon the expedience and which paid the most.
In 1905 he played pro ball under the Western Association banner for the Springfield, Missouri club, in 1906 under the Western League banner for the Pueblo, Colorado club, which incidentally was managed by Sallee, the former manager of Chicago and the National League Club at Boston. Until 1909 "Buck" caught for the independent club of Cripple Creek and Telluride, Colorado, then going to Pittsburgh, Kansas and Joplin, Missouri as manager under the Western League Association. The Joplin club was sold to Muskogee, Oklahoma, which he managed until 1911. "Buck" said he didn't like the new arrangement and jumped his contract to manage independent teams in Flagstaff, Arizona and Las Vegas, New Mexico, until 1915. "Buck" said he missed his big chance in 1909 when an injured arm prohibited him from fulfilling an option with the St. Louis Americans.

After 1915 he gave up baseball as a full-time vocation and learned the steam-fitting trade while employed at the Utah Copper (Arthur Plant) at Salt Lake City, Utah, where he remained until 1919 with brief employment at the A. S. and R. smelter at Salt Lake City.

He continued with summer baseball after 1915, however, playing at Salt Lake City, Rock Springs, and Reliance until 1927. When asked why and how he happened to come to Rock Springs, he smiled and said he came to play baseball for the old Rock Springs Lumber Company and incidentally managed the Rock Springs Plumbing Company (a subsidiary) for Henry Utzinger, then manager of the Lumber Company.

"Buck" said there are still quite a few old-time ball players around Rock Springs and nearby with whom he played. Some of them are: Mike Maher, present Sweetwater County Sheriff, Henry Carr, retired miner, Rock Springs, "Doc" Gaston, working with the Union Pacific at Green River. Andrew (Ding) Spence, Mine Foreman, Winton, Wyoming. Claude Hiner and Dick Haag, Superior, Wyoming. D.O. Clark, Tom Lavery, Deputy Sheriff, Superior, Wyoming, Howard McComas, retired Old Timer, Salt Lake City, Utah, Bob Reay, presently employed as a mine inspector by the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Denver, Colorado. Bill Treseder, Deputy U.S. Marshal, Salt Lake City, and Emil Droege and "Boots" Dankowski of Green River, Wyoming.

"Buck" was born on a farm near Sedan, Kansas, June 5, 1884, moving to Colorado Springs at 6 years of age, where his father engaged as a contractor and prospector in the mining game. He attended both grade and high school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, marrying Sarah Ellen McConaghy, September 6, 1906.

Mrs Buckles' father was manager and owner of an investment company in Colorado Springs for many years and traveled extensively as a mining engineer.

Mr. and Mrs. Buckles have five children: Ione, now Mrs. Rene Jacobs, Kremmling, Colorado, Harry, formerly with Patton's Third Army in Europe and now in service overseas in the Pacific, Rachel, Mrs. Carl Jorgensen, Pinedale, Norma, Mrs. Bob Gamble, Burntfork, and John Warren, in the hotel business in La Jolla, California. There are seven grandchildren.

"Buck" said he has the best wife in the world, saying she has never complained in all of the ups and downs of their life together.

Henry Edward Buckles is a SAFE workman, having never suffered a lost-time accident.

Henry Edward Buckles was my father so I have a more complete history of him. He was born June 5, 1884 in Sedan, Kansas. When he was a boy of 6 his parents moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he attended grade school and high school. As a young man he played professional baseball in Colorado Springs, and Pueblo. Later he was manager of the baseball team in Joplin, Missouri. In 1905 he played pro ball under the Western Association Banner, for the Springfield Missouri Club. He missed his big chance in 1909 when an injured arm prevented him from fulfilling an option with the St. Louis Americans. He gave up baseball as a career in 1915 and learned the steam fitting trade while employed at Utah Copper. He moved to Rock Springs, Wyoming in 1919. In 1920 he moved to Green River, Wyoming where he was a steam fitter for the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1921 he moved to Reliance, Wyoming, where he was employed as a plumber for the Union Pacific. He remained in Reliance for the rest of his life. He was deputy sheriff for nearly 30 years and was special agent for the Union Pacific during the war years guarding the Union Pacific payroll and other duties that went with being a special agent. He was secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers Local 905 for 25 years. He retired in 1952. He wintered several winters in California but didn't like the hustle and bustle of the city. He preferred Reliance where he said, "even the dogs know me." He knew everyone and everyone knew him. He never met a stranger. Just before his death he said, "I don't have many riches to my name but I do have many friends , and that is far more important to me." He died October 17, 1954 at his home in Reliance, Wyoming, of a sudden heart attack.

      Sarah Ellen McConaghy was born on Jan 4, 1888 at Robinson, Colorado. She was the daughter of John McConaghy and Rachel Eldora Glezen. Sarah married Henry Edward Buckles, son of Lewis Warren Buckles and Minnie Bell Sharp, on Sep 6, 1906 at Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Sarah Ellen McConaghy died on May 15, 1969 at Sweetwater County Hospital, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, at age 81. Sarah was buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
     In the census on Jan 13, 1920 Sarah Ellen McConaghy was named Sadie McConaghy.

     John married Rachel Eldora Glezen.

     Rachel married John McConaghy.

      Rachel Eldora Buckles was born in Jul, 1907 at Victor, Teller County, Colorado. She was the daughter of Henry Edward Buckles and Sarah Ellen McConaghy. Rachel Eldora Buckles died in Aug, 1907.

      Ione Belle Buckles was born on Aug 3, 1908 at Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. She was the daughter of Henry Edward Buckles and Sarah Ellen McConaghy. Ione married Rene Leo Jacobs, son of James Houston Jacobs and Amy Sophia Tabor, on May 5, 1927 at Manilla, Daggett County, Utah. Ione Belle Buckles died on Dec 28, 1984 at Kremmling, Grand County, Colorado, at age 76. Ione was buried on Jan 2, 1985 at Kremmling Cemetery, Kremmling, Grand County, Colorado.
      History of Ione Belle Buckles Jacobs
Written by Ione Belle Buckles Jacobs
This was in the Middle Park Times, August 20, 1981.

Ione Jacobs regularly attended the Senior Citizen's meeting and nutrition dinners up to about a year ago. She has been unable to attend recently, but is kindly remember by all. Mrs Jacobs presented the group with the following sketch of her life history, which was read at the Senior Citizen Nutrition Center dinner on August 11, 1981.
Ione wrote extensively for the Middle Park Times ( Colorado) for many years and her many friends want to extend a wish for many happy returns on her birthday.
I was born in Colorado Springs at the Deaconess Hospital ( no longer in existence) on August 3, 1908. My father was Henry Edward Buckles. He was born in Sedan, Kansas and came to Colorado with his father at the age of 15 to prospect for gold.
My Mother was Sarah Ellen McConaghy, whose father was general superintendent for Woods Investment Company, who owned the Cripple Creek and Victor mining fields. She was born in Robinson, Colorado, which is now completely covered by the tailings of the Climax Mine.
My father then became a professional baseball player. In those days, salaries were seldom paid except by the larger cities. He played for Muskogee, Oklahoma and Tulsa, Oklahoma. In those days, baseball strikes were unheard of and Mother told of watching Dad have a whole month's salary fined away because he argued with the decisions of umpires. Dad knew his baseball rules and was usually right but this didn't stop the umpire from fining a player who dared to argue with him.
Dan and Mother moved back to the western states and Dad began to do assessment work by contract for absentee owners. Mother became ill and the doctor advised Dad to take her with him on his next trip. Dad bought a covered wagon and a team which consisted of a big black mule named Jumber and a horse called Dexter. The horse had gotten into loco weed and was completely unpredictable, but it was the only team which Dad could find.
We were gone for many months and had many weird and exciting adventures. The trip took us from Silver City, New Mexico, to Prescott, Arizona and back, and while the details are engraved on my memory, this article is too short to relate them all.
We lived in many places during the ensuing years and I attended many schools. We finally settled down in Reliance, Wyoming. I was the oldest of five children and had to help with the younger children since my mother was never strong.
I married Rene L. Jacobs on May 5, 1927, in Manila, Utah and after a brief honeymoon in Cora, Wyoming, we went to Laramie, Wyoming where my husband filed on a homestead of 640 acres, a grazing section. It was quite a job to fence this and we lived on the place until we proved up on it, which took three years. We had three children, two boys and a girl. All of these children were born at home and in Laramie. We sold the homestead and moved to Boulder, Wyoming where we leased a ranch and spent the next several years there.
We moved to Colorado in 1947 and to Kremmling in 1948. Donald and Jean both graduated from Kremmling Union High School before it became West Grand High School. My husband was a meat cutter for Brown's until we moved to Buena Vista where we spent the winter and then moved back to Kremmling where he cut meat for Dave Sailor.
I was a telephone operator and bookkeeper for an independent telephone company in Pinedale, Wyoming, during World War II. I worked as a secretary for a lawyer in Pinedale and when we came to Kremmling, I worked as a telephone operator, then in The ASC office and later became a secretary for the Grand County Extension Service, a position I held for 14 years. Then, I resigned and went to work for the Middle Park Times as a staff writer and Photographer. I resigned in 1973 to be with my five grandchildren, daughter and sons of my daughter Jean, whom we had lost in a car accident in 1966. My husband passed on in 1968 and my mother in 1969.
I wrote a column for the Middle Park Times for 17 years, had written for the Rocket and Miner, in Rock Springs, Wyoming, and the Pinedale Roundup, in Pinedale, Wyoming.
I love Kremmling and the many friends I have throughout both Grand and Summit Counties.
I have been active in Eastern Star, V.F.W. Auxiliary and am now a member of the Kremmling Senior Citizens.
I love to play bridge and spend time writing poetry and articles and a few stories. I plan to stay in Kremmling for the rest of my life.

      Rene Leo Jacobs was born on Oct 28, 1890 at Lahe City, Calhoun County, Iowa. He was the son of James Houston Jacobs and Amy Sophia Tabor. Rene married Ione Belle Buckles, daughter of Henry Edward Buckles and Sarah Ellen McConaghy, on May 5, 1927 at Manilla, Daggett County, Utah. Rene Leo Jacobs died on Apr 4, 1968 at Kremmling, Grand County, Colorado, at age 77. Rene was buried at Kremmling Cemetery, Kremmling, Grand County, Colorado.

      Richard Leo Jacobs was born on Feb 12, 1928 at Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming. He was the son of Rene Leo Jacobs and Ione Belle Buckles. Richard Leo Jacobs died on Apr 25, 1988 at Kremmling, Grand County, Colorado, at age 60. Richard was buried on Apr 30, 1988 at Kremmling Cemetery, Kremmling, Grand County, Colorado.
     He began military service on Mar 1, 1946 at Fort Logan, Denver, Denver County, Colorado; Private, Army Air Corps
3 years high school
single, with out dependents.

      Donald Rene Jacobs was born on Nov 26, 1930 at Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming. He was the son of Rene Leo Jacobs and Ione Belle Buckles. Donald married Mildred June Hastings. Donald Rene Jacobs died on May 15, 1988 at Denver, Denver County, Colorado, at age 57; cirrhosis of the liver. Donald was buried at Kremmling Cemetery, Kremmling, Grand County, Colorado.

      Ione Jean Jacobs was born on Apr 28, 1932 at Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming. She was the daughter of Rene Leo Jacobs and Ione Belle Buckles. Ione married Raymond Eugene Johnston. Ione married Henry Madison Johnson, son of James David Johnson and Tobasta Mable Conley. Ione Jean Jacobs died on Nov 11, 1966 at 2 miles, Bennett, Arapahoe County, Colorado, at age 34; killed in an automobile accident. Ione was buried at Kremmling Cemetery, Kremmling, Grand County, Colorado.

      Henry Madison Johnson was born on Aug 11, 1924 at Forgan, Beaver County, Oklahoma. He was the son of James David Johnson and Tobasta Mable Conley. Henry married Ione Jean Jacobs, daughter of Rene Leo Jacobs and Ione Belle Buckles. Henry Madison Johnson died on Jan 22, 1966 at Denver, Denver County, Colorado, at age 41; killed in an automobile accident.

      Rachel McConaghy Buckles was born on Aug 12, 1911 at Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona. She was the daughter of Henry Edward Buckles and Sarah Ellen McConaghy. Rachel married Carl Thomas Lauritsen Jorgensen, son of Nels Jorgensen and Karen Lauritsen, on Jul 2, 1930 at Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Rachel McConaghy Buckles died on Jan 5, 1982 at Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, at age 70. Rachel was buried at Pinedale Cemetery, Pinedale, Sublette County, Wyoming.

      Carl Thomas Lauritsen Jorgensen was born on Oct 12, 1902 at Willow Creek, Wyoming. He was the son of Nels Jorgensen and Karen Lauritsen. Carl married Rachel McConaghy Buckles, daughter of Henry Edward Buckles and Sarah Ellen McConaghy, on Jul 2, 1930 at Green River, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Carl Thomas Lauritsen Jorgensen died on Feb 20, 1988 at Pinedale, Sublette County, Wyoming, at age 85. Carl was buried on Feb 26, 1988 at Pinedale Cemetery, Pinedale, Sublette County, Wyoming.
     

Obituary of Carl Thomas Lauritsen Jorgensen
February 21, 1988
CARL JORGENSEN, 85 DIES,

Services for Carl Thomas Lauritsen Jorgensen, 85 of Pinedale, are scheduled for Friday, February 26, 1988 at 2 P.M. in the Community Hall in Pinedale, Wyoming, with Pinedale Franklin No. 31 A.F. & A.M. officiating.

Mr. Jorgensen died February 20, 1988, at the Retirement Center in Pinedale, Wyoming. He was born October 12, 1902 on the Jorgensen home place in Pinedale to Nel and Karen Lauritsen Jorgensen, immigrants from Denmark. They were married in Green River, Wyoming, in 1894.

Carl was married to Rachel McConaghy Buckles on July 2, 1930 in Green River, Wyoming. His wife of 51 years preceded him in death in January of 1982.

Carl was first president of the Green River Valley Cattlemen's Association, past president of Wyoming Stockgrowers Association and a member of the American National Cattlemen's Association. He was voted Livestock Man of the Year by International Livestock Exposition (NILE) in Billings, Montana. He was first president of the Wyoming Beef Council. Carl served eight years on the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission as both president and vice president.

Carl was a life member of Franklin Lodge A.F. & A.M. and past master; past High Priest of Pinedale Chapter No 21 Royal Arch Masons; a member of Commandery, Consistory and Shrine; past associate guardian of Job's Daughters.

Carl was employed in ranching all of his life near Pinedale and Big Piney, Wyoming. He also leased property and pastured cattle in several other parts of Wyoming, (Riverton, and Thermopolis, Wyoming). He received his diploma from Pinedale schools in 1918 and later attended the University of Wyoming.

Survivors are three children, Carl Ray (Bud) Jorgensen, Margie Thomas of Big Piney, Wyoming, and Nancy Carter, of Riverton, Utah; 12 grandchildren, Julie Lee, Nels, Carl and Scott Jorgensen, Carol Jones, Joslyn White, Kevin and Brett Thomas, Lisa Copeland, Kenny and Shayne Carter; three step-grandchildren, Dave Carter, Goldie Childs, and Rockie Ivie; Two great-grandchildren Ryan and Erin Lee; two sisters Mrs Carrie Murdock of Pinedale, and Mrs Laurita Baldwin, of Laramie.

He was preceded on death by his wife, grandson Danny Carter; parents, three brothers, George, James, and Hans; and a baby sister.

Burial will be in the Pinedale, Wyoming cemetery.



Carl Thomas Lauritsen Jorgensen was born October 12, 1902 on his fathers ranch, on Willow Creek, west of Pinedale, Wyoming. He was the forth child born to Nels and Karen Lauritsen Jorgensen. Carl had three brothers and three sisters, George, James, Hans,(Hanna or Karin), Carrie, and Laurita. A sister (Hanna or Karin) and a brother Hans died soon after birth.
Carl attended school in Pinedale, Wyoming, receiving his diploma in 1918. He then attended the University of Wyoming.

Carl married Rachel McConaghy Buckles, on July 2, 1930, in Green River, Wyoming. Carl with a twinkle in his eye used to say, "We had our honeymoon on the 3rd, celebrated the 4th with firecrackers, and there's been fireworks around here ever since." In the early 1930's Carl, like his father before him, tried his hand at dairy farming: "I bought some Guernsey milk cows with a view to marketing cream. But the price paid for butter-fat went way down. It got so low we churned the cream ourselves and used the butter to grease the farm machinery and the wheels of the wagons. Butter was cheaper than axle grease." Carl disgusted with this state of affairs traded his Guernsey cows for some Hereford range cattle. In 1931, using this cattle as collateral, he borrowed money to buy what was known as the "Alv Thompson place" on Boulder Creek. Meanwhile, in 1941 he bought a place on the New Fork River, west of Pinedale. Carl moved his family to the place on the New Fork River in 1943.. He sold the Thompson place in 1944.
The Jorgensens like practically every other ranch family in Wyoming, had exceedingly rough going during the drought and the depression years of the 1930's. In the summer of 1934, the entire state of Wyoming was designated a "drought area." Carl Jorgensen received an appointment to assist in the selection, purchase, and disposition of "drought cattle" in Sublette County. He engaged in this work from July, 1934 to January, 1935, at the same time living on and working his Boulder Creek Ranch. There wasn't much ranching to do that year. Many Sublette County ranchmen didn't even pull their haying machinery out of the shed. There wasn't any hay to harvest. The meadows dried up and turned red.

Carl Jorgensen observed that trailing cattle from the Pinedale country to the railhead at Opal and Rock Springs persisted well into the 1930's when "trucking began to take over." He has personal memories of the cattlemen-sheepmen trouble in west central Wyoming: "I recall my mother baking bread and cooking big roasts of meat all one day when I was five or six years old. Along toward evening thirty men rode up to our cabin, Mother fed them. These men wanted my father to ride with them. He said, 'I will go with you under one condition: that there isn't any violence ""The men, including my father, rode into the night. The following day they and other cattlemen turned back two hundred sheep wagons that were coming into the New Fork and the East Fork country. The cattlemen established a deadline from the mouth of the Fontenelle to the Buckskin Crossing of the Big Sandy. They plowed a furrow the entire distance, and further marked the deadline by erecting stone monuments ten or fifteen feet high on knolls along the route."

Carl Jorgensen is a past president of the Green River Valley Cattlemen's Association. He is a permittee on the National Forest Reserve and he is dead set against the proposal to fence forest grazing land into pastures and to rotate those "pastures". "It would tend to bunch the cattle to much. If the ground happened to be wet where they bunched, this very well could result in foot-rot. The cattle would be much better off dispersed over the allotment for the full grazing season-and so would the grazing ground. As far as the forest land is concerned, this 'rotation theory' is just that-the brain child of theorists that won't work out in practice."

Carl's cattle operation, involving some 800 head of commercial cattle, was pretty much of a family affair. The cattle run on the Forest during the grazing season. With the help of family, Carl annually puts up about 1,100 tons of hay. "I used to put up around 2,000 tons and in haying season, hired twenty men and used eighty head of horses. But after the migratory labor dried up, we just baled our hay merely put it into windrows and baled from the windrows."

Carl Jorgensen's first assignment with the Wyoming Stock Growers Association was on the Game and Wildlife Committee. When the Wyoming Beef Council was formed in 1957, he served as its first chairman. He was chairman of the Resolutions Committee in 1959, and again in 1966. In 1961 he represented Wyoming cattlemen in testifying against Senate Bill No 174--the so called "Wilderness Bill.' Carl Jorgensen reports that his greatest concern during the two years he was Association President, the thing that caused him the most trouble, was the duplicity of U. S. Department of the Interior and the U. S. Forest Service officials who fail to live up to the agreements they made. "The employees of the federal agencies have no financial stake in what happens. Many of them are disinterested, just working to draw their pay, many of them have no conception of what running livestock entails on the part of stockmen."

In 1944 Carl Jorgensen ran for the Wyoming House of Representatives from Sublette County on the Democratic ticket. His Republican opponent was Norman Barlow, who beat him by only one vote. As a result of his political activity, Wyoming Govenor Lester C. Hunt, on February 17, 1945 appointed Carl to the Wyoming State Game and Fish Commission. He was subsequently was re-appointed for a second four year term.

Carl was a controversial figure on the Fish and Game Commission. It seems that the Pinedale Lion's Club undertook to further a program to acquisition by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department with a view to making Sublette County more attractive to Tourists. "I was against this in principle, against more private property passing into the hands of government agencies," Carl reports. When he, as a member of the Game and Fish Commission, publicly expressed his opposition to the proposal, the Pinedale Lions Club circulated a petition aimed at getting him fired from the Commission, and presented it to Governor Hunt. But Governor Hunt stood by his appointee.

Carl represented Sublette County and Teton County on the Game Commission. Both are big game counties. Those fellows in Teton County thought he was doing a good job. They are the ones who got him reappointed to the Game and Fish Commission for a second term. Carl served as President for the last two years he was on it. The people of Teton County were not the only Wyomingites impressed by Carl Jorgensen's candor. The stand he took against further acquisition of private land by governmental agencies, brought him to the favorable attention of livestock men throughout the State.
In February, 1968 , Carl Jorgensen as President of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, met with the other officers and with the Historical Committee in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Subsequently they entered into a contract with Author John Rolfe Burroughs to write the Association's centennial history.

Most of this information was taken from The Guardian of the Grasslands interview done with Carl Thomas Lauritsen Jorgensen, July 28, 1969, by John Rolfe Burroughs.
Rachel was born August 12, 1911, in Flagstaff, Arizona. We used to tease her about not being born in the United States. Arizona, was made a state in 1912. She was the daughter of Henry Edward Buckles, and Sarah Ellen McConaghy.

Carl and Rachel Jorgensen had three children.
Carl Ray Jorgensen was born May 14, 1931, in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He married Mary Caroline Brookshire, July 9, 1960 in Rawlins, Wyoming. They have five children, two girls, and three boys. Julie Ellen, Nels Howard, Carl Edward, Carol Marie, and Scott Ray. Margie Lareen Jorgensen was born January 2, 1934, in Rock Springs, Wyoming. She married James Monroe Thomas, June 3, 1954, in Pinedale, Wyoming. They have four children, Joslyn Rae, Kevin James, Brett Lee, and Lisa Renee. Nancy Lee Jorgensen was born May 19, 1941, in Rock Springs, Wyoming.
She married Max Golden Carter, May 27, 1960, in Salt Lake City, Utah. They have two children, Shayne Max and Daniel Lee.

Carl Jorgensen served as the first President of the Green River Cattlemans Association, also served as president of the Wyoming Stockgrowers Association. He was also a member of The American National Cattlemens Association. He has been a member of the Board of Directors and chairman of brands and theft committee of the American National Cattlemens Association. Carl Jorgensen was the first president of the Wyoming Beef Council, which he helped organize. He served as Water Commissioner of District No. 7, in Sublette County, and served on the Boulder District School Board for eight years. He served for eight years on the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, both as Vice President and as President. Carl was a 32 degree Mason, Past Master of Franklin Blue Lodge No. 7, A member of the Royal Arch Commandery, Consistory, and Shrine. Past Associate Guardian of Job's Daughters. Carl Jorgensen was inducted into the Northern International Stock Show Hall of Fame in Billings, Montana, on October 20, 1976.
Rachel Jorgensen was a member of the Congregational Church, The Eastern Star, The Cow Belles of Sublette County, the Cow Belles Auxiliary of the Wyoming Stockgrowers, Past Guardian of Job's Daughters.
Rachel died January 5, 1982, in Green River, Wyoming. Carl died February 21, 1988, in Pinedale, Wyoming. Carl and Rachel are buried in the family plot in the cemetery in Pinedale, Wyoming.
Carl Jorgensen had an active part in the development of the ranching industry in the state of Wyoming, he was considered one of the outstanding ranchers of the state.

      Harry Edward Buckles Jr. was born on Sep 17, 1916 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. He was the son of Henry Edward Buckles and Sarah Ellen McConaghy. Harry married Bobby Rogers circa 1936. Harry married Grace Williams circa 1945. Harry Edward Buckles Jr. and Grace Williams were divorced. Harry married Audrey Penny King. Harry Edward Buckles Jr. died on Aug 15, 1986 at Leesville, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, at age 69. Harry was buried on Aug 19, 1986 at Alexandria National Cemetery, Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

      Norma Ellen Buckles was born on Feb 7, 1921 at Green River, Sweatwater County, Wyoming. She was the daughter of Henry Edward Buckles and Sarah Ellen McConaghy. Norma married Robert George Gamble on Feb 21, 1942 at Randolph, Rich County, Utah. Norma Ellen Buckles died on Oct 23, 2004 at Castle Rock Convalescent Center, Green River, Sweatwater County, Wyoming, at age 83.
      Norma Ellen (Buckles) Gamble
Wednesday, October 27, 2004

GREEN RIVER - Mass of Christian Burial for Green River resident Norma Ellen (Buckles) Gamble, 83, will be celebrated at 11 a.m. today, Oct. 26, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Green River by Fr. Tom Sheridan. Interment will be in Riverview Cemetery.

Visitation will be one hour prior to service-time.

She died Oct. 23, 2004, at Castle Rock Convalescent Center in Green River.

Born Feb. 7, 1921, in Green River, she was the daughter of Henry Edward "Buck" and Sarah Ellen "Sadie" (McConaghy) Buckles of Reliance. A lifelong resident of Sweetwater County, she moved at age 2 to Reliance with her parents and was raised and educated there. She was a member of the town's first aid team, which is comparable to today's mine rescue teams in Sweetwater County.
After graduating as valedictorian of Reliance High School class of 1938, she received a normal diploma in elementary education from the University of Wyoming in 1940 and finally completed her degree in 1964. She started her teaching career in Burntfork in 1940 and initially lived with Jerrine Rupert and her stepfather, Clyde Stewart; Jerrine was the daughter of Wyoming author Elinor Pruitt Stewart, who wrote "Letters of a Woman Homesteader."

She met Robert "Bob" Gamble while teaching in Burntfork and they were married Feb. 21, 1942, in Randolph, Utah.

A schoolteacher for more than 39 years in the Burntfork and McKinnon area, she taught kindergarten through eighth grade at various times and served as head teacher for many years.

She was initiated into the Order of Eastern Star in 1940 by her mother, who was worthy matron, and received a 50-year pin in 1990. A member of the first county fair board in 1947, she was secretary of the 4-H Council in the 1950s and a 4-H leader for many years. She helped organize the Sweetwater Cowbelles and served as president for five years. In 1987, she was chosen homemaker of the year and, in 1998, was nominated for cattleperson of the year.

In 1990, she was co-chairman of the McKinnon Centennial Celebration; and, with Francie Anderson, co-authored "Links to the Past," an anthology of memories of the citizens of Burntfork and McKinnon. She was given the Susan J. Quealy award in 1991 for outstanding leadership in the Extension Home Economics Program and was on the advisory board of Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs.

She began her haying career with a team mowing hay and retired as a hydra-loader operator. Her passion was fishing with her grandsons, using her own hand-tied flies. Also, she spent hours preparing clues for an annual family treasure hunt at Easter.

Survivors include her daughter, Karen Lewis of Green River; three grandsons; four great-grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; a great-great-granddaughter; and eight nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband; son-in-law; parents; three sisters, infant Rachel Eldora, Ione Belle Jacobs and Rachel McConaghy Jorgensen; two brothers, Harry Edward and John Warren Buckles; two brothers-in-law; and her husband's parents.

      Robert George Gamble was born on Nov 9, 1920 at Burntfork, Sweatwater County, Wyoming. Robert married Norma Ellen Buckles, daughter of Henry Edward Buckles and Sarah Ellen McConaghy, on Feb 21, 1942 at Randolph, Rich County, Utah. Robert George Gamble died on Sep 14, 2002 at Burntfork, Sweatwater County, Wyoming, at age 81. Robert was buried at Green River Cemetery, Green River, Sweatwater County, Wyoming.

      John Warren Buckles was born on Jun 5, 1923 at Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. He was the son of Henry Edward Buckles and Sarah Ellen McConaghy. John married Kathryn Louise Hickey, daughter of William Hickey and Amanda (Unknown), on May 14, 1947 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. John Warren Buckles died on Sep 7, 1991 at Houston, Harris County, Texas, at age 68.
     In the census on Apr 16, 1930 John Warren Buckles was named Warren Buckles.

      Kathryn Louise Hickey was born on Jul 3, 1919 at Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois. She was the daughter of William Hickey and Amanda (Unknown). Kathryn married John Warren Buckles, son of Henry Edward Buckles and Sarah Ellen McConaghy, on May 14, 1947 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. Kathryn Louise Hickey died on Feb 8, 1994 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 74.

      Louis Fayette Buckles was born on May 2, 1892 at Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico. He was the son of Lewis Warren Buckles and Minnie Bell Sharp. Louis married Olive Davis circa 1917 at Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Louis Fayette Buckles died in 1947 at Denver, Denver County, Colorado.
     He was also known as Lewis Fayette Buckles. He was also known as Louis Buckles. In the census on Jun 2, 1900 Louis Fayette Buckles was named Fayette Buckles.

      Olive Davis was born circa 1894 at Minnesota. Olive married Louis Fayette Buckles, son of Lewis Warren Buckles and Minnie Bell Sharp, circa 1917 at Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Olive Davis died on Dec 26, 1963 at Denver, Denver County, Colorado.

      Marguerite Mable Buckles was born on Feb 3, 1918 at Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. She was the daughter of Louis Fayette Buckles and Olive Davis. Marguerite married Robert Emmett Hanrahan Sr. on Oct 23, 1938 at Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Marguerite Mable Buckles died on Dec 26, 1963 at Denver, Denver County, Colorado, at age 45.
     In the census on Apr 17, 1930 Marguerite Mable Buckles was named May Buckles.

      Robert Emmett Hanrahan Sr. was born on Sep 1, 1914 at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Robert married Marguerite Mable Buckles, daughter of Louis Fayette Buckles and Olive Davis, on Oct 23, 1938 at Denver, Denver County, Colorado. Robert Emmett Hanrahan Sr. died on Oct 5, 1968 at Denver, Denver County, Colorado, at age 54.
     

Obituary of Robert Emmett Hanrahan

The rosary for Robert Emmett Hanrahan, 54, of 1996 S. King St., who was a Denver Fire Department Captain and member of the department for 28 years, will be at 7:30 P.M. Monday at Olinger Mortuary, 16th and Boulder St. Requiem Mass will be sung at All Saints Roman Catholic Church, 2559 S. Federal Blvd. at 9 A.M., Tuesday. Burial will be in Crown Hill.

Hanrahan, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, September 1, 1914, died Saturday at Beth Israel Hospital after a long illness.

He married Marguerite Mable Buckles in Denver, Colorado, October 23, 1938.

She preceded him in death. He came to Colorado Springs in 1922 and moved to Denver in 1932. He was stationed at Fire House 20, W. 6th Ave. and Knox Court, until his illness.

He is survived by two sons, Robert Emmett Hanrahan Jr. of Denver and James Lee Hanrahan of Denver; five sisters, Mrs. Shirley Kuhns of Montgomery, Alabama, Sister Frances Cecil Hanrahan of Elizabethtown, Ky., Mrs. Kathryn Higgins of Denver, Mrs. Helen Rohrer of Denver, and Mrs. Margaret Puscavage of Denver; two brothers, John T. Hanrahan of Wheat Ridge and Gene Hanrahan of Denver, and five grandchildren.

     Robert Emmett Hanrahan Jr. was the son of Robert Emmett Hanrahan Sr. and Marguerite Mable Buckles.

     James Lee Hanrahan was the son of Robert Emmett Hanrahan Sr. and Marguerite Mable Buckles.

      Fred C. Buckles was born on Aug 16, 1903 at Denver, Denver County, Colorado. He was the son of Alfred Yates Buckles and Adda A. Fouts. Fred married Gladys Myrah Fleming on Jun 29, 1924 at Newkirk, Kay County, Oklahoma. Fred C. Buckles died on Jan 27, 1967 at Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, at age 63.

      Doyle Leon Buckles was born on Feb 16, 1896 at Sedan, Chautauqua County, Kansas. He was the son of Alfred Yates Buckles and Adda A. Fouts. Doyle married Dorothea Turner circa 1921. Doyle Leon Buckles died on Dec 18, 1947 at Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, at age 51.
     

      Jay Dee Buckles was born on Aug 12, 1890 at Sedan, Chautauqua County, Kansas. He was the son of Alfred Yates Buckles and Adda A. Fouts. Jay married Dora V. Gilley on Sep 4, 1913 at Kinsley, Edwards County, Kansas. Jay Dee Buckles died on Feb 20, 1918 at age 27. Jay was buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Sedan, Chautauqua County, Kansas.
     

      Ruth Buckles was born on Nov 25, 1900 at Sedan, Chautauqua County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Alfred Yates Buckles and Adda A. Fouts. Ruth married Ernest Gordon Brunger circa 1922. Ruth Buckles died on May 15, 1956 at Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah, at age 55. Ruth was buried at Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah.

      Ernest Gordon Brunger was born on Jul 21, 1900 at Kansas. Ernest married Ruth Buckles, daughter of Alfred Yates Buckles and Adda A. Fouts, circa 1922. Ernest Gordon Brunger died on Sep 9, 1984 at Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah, at age 84. Ernest was buried at Mount Pleasant City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah.
     He was also known as Earnest Brunger.

      Cale O. Buckles was born on Mar 2, 1890 at Missouri. He was the son of John Wiley Buckles and Mary Magdaline Keefer. Cale married Ruth McNabb. Cale O. Buckles died in Jun, 1977 his last known address was at Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, according to the Social Security Death Index.

      Ruth McNabb was born circa 1890 at Kansas. Ruth married Cale O. Buckles, son of John Wiley Buckles and Mary Magdaline Keefer.

      Lela Buckles was born circa Mar, 1895 at Kansas. She was the daughter of John Wiley Buckles and Mary Magdaline Keefer. Lela married Ray Bush circa 1923.

      Ray Bush was born circa 1893 at Kansas. Ray married Lela Buckles, daughter of John Wiley Buckles and Mary Magdaline Keefer, circa 1923.

      Frieda Cathaleen Buckles was born on Jul 3, 1903 at Peru, Chautauqua County, Kansas. She was the daughter of John Wiley Buckles and Mary Magdaline Keefer. Frieda married John B. Durfee in 1926 at Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Frieda Cathaleen Buckles died on May 28, 1996 at Shawnee Mission, Kansas, at age 92.

      John B. Durfee was born circa 1904 at Ohio. John married Frieda Cathaleen Buckles, daughter of John Wiley Buckles and Mary Magdaline Keefer, in 1926 at Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.

     Dana Durfee was the daughter of John B. Durfee and Frieda Cathaleen Buckles. Dana married (Unknown) Hild.

     (Unknown) married Dana Durfee, daughter of John B. Durfee and Frieda Cathaleen Buckles.

      Merritt Gwinn was born on Jun 26, 1899 at Missouri. He was the son of Richard Luther Gwinn and Dora Buckles. Merritt married Ethel (Unknown). Merritt Gwinn died in Jun, 1979 his last known address was at Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri, according to the Social Security Death Index.

      Abner Gwinn was born on Dec 9, 1902 at Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri. He was the son of Richard Luther Gwinn and Dora Buckles. Abner married Vivian Juanita Comstock in 1933. Abner married Opal R. (Unknown) in 1973. Abner Gwinn died on Sep 6, 2007 his last known address was at Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, according to the Social Security Death Index.
     

GWINN

Mr. Abner Gwinn, age 104 years, of Jefferson City, Mo., died Thursday, September 6, 2007, at Capital Region Medical Center. He was born December 9, 1902, at Stockton, Mo., the son of R. L. "Pop" Gwinn and Dora Buckles Gwinn. He was married in 1933 to Vivian Juanita Comstock of Unionville, Mo., who preceded him in death. He was married in 1973 to Opal R. Gwinn, of Jefferson City, Mo., who survives of the home. Mr. Gwinn graduated from Simonsen High School in 1919, and from the University of Missouri in 1925 with a degree in Civil Engineering and Structural Design. During that time, he had four years of R.O.T.C. leading to four years of service in the Army Reserves. His employment with the Missouri State Highway Department began in 1923 where he worked as a resident engineer until his retirement in 1970. During this time, he was on leave one year for studies and for two years during World War II worked as resident engineer for the St. Louis firm of Horner and Shifrin for all improvements and additions at Ft. Leonard Wood. Following World War II, he was appointed Director of the State Park System, 1946-1954, during which time three National Park Recreation Centers were transferred to the State, and also other parks. He was a member of the First Christian Church where he was a past board member of Deacon Emeritus. He was an 82 year member of the Jefferson City Lodge No. 43 A.F. & A.M. and a charter member of the DeMolay Order and a 58 year member of the Order Eastern Star, Victoria Chapter #14. Besides his life's work in engineering, he was also active in civic, cultural, professional and fraternal organizations. He was appointed to the original Planning and Zoning Committee, the Memorial Community Hospital Site Committee, and the Committee to establish a Jefferson City Concert Association. He was a registered professional engineer and a charter member of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers. He is survived by his wife, Opal Gwinn, of the home; his sister-in-law, Mary Jane Gwinn of St. Louis, Mo; a nephew, Richard Gwinn and his wife Kay, of Evansville, Indiana; and many great nephews and nieces. Visitation will be from 6-7 p.m. Monday at the Buescher Memorial Home, 429 E. Capitol Ave., Jefferson City, followed by a Masonic Service at 7 p.m. under the auspices of the Jefferson Chapter No. 43, A.F. & A.M. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, September 11, 2007, at the Buescher Memorial Home with the Rev. Donald Carter officiating. Interment will be in Riverview Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the First Christian Church or to the Masonic Lodge, Jefferson Chapter No. 43, A.F. & A.M. Arrangements are under the direction of the Buescher Memorial Home.

We send our sincere condolences to their family.
r/
M.A. Gwinn.

      Thema Gwinn was born circa Dec, 1897 at Missouri. She was the daughter of Richard Luther Gwinn and Dora Buckles.

      Ray Valentine Buckles was born on Feb 14, 1890 at Havana, Montgomery County, Kansas. He was the son of Henry Edward Buckles and Estella Floy Pittman.
     

      Dean Pitman Buckles was born on Sep 1, 1891 at Havana, Montgomery County, Kansas. He was the son of Henry Edward Buckles and Estella Floy Pittman. Dean married Letha L. (Unknown) circa 1921. Dean Pitman Buckles died on Sep 2, 1972 at age 81. Dean was buried at Ridgelawn Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
     

      John Paul Stough was born on Dec 19, 1906. He was the son of John Isaac Stough and Maude Salina Buckles. John Paul Stough died on Jan 13, 1908 at age 1.

     Daniel married Opal Lorraine Hayes. Daniel H. Stough was born on May 2, 1905 at Kansas. He was the son of John Isaac Stough and Maude Salina Buckles. Daniel married Beulah Coover circa 1926. Daniel H. Stough died on Jan 11, 1968 at Sedan, Chautauqua County, Kansas, at age 62.

      Beulah Coover was born circa 1907 at Kansas. Beulah married Daniel H. Stough, son of John Isaac Stough and Maude Salina Buckles, circa 1926.

      Phillip P. Stough was born on Oct 22, 1926 at Kansas. He was the son of Daniel H. Stough and Beulah Coover. Phillip married Claudine E. Kimzey. Phillip P. Stough died on Jul 12, 1971 at age 44.

      Claudine E. Kimzey was born on Aug 30, 1927. Claudine married Phillip P. Stough, son of Daniel H. Stough and Beulah Coover. Claudine E. Kimzey died on Mar 21, 1983 at age 55.

     Elisha married Margaret Ward.

     Margaret married Elisha Freeman.

      Douglas Freeman was born circa 1860. He was the son of Henry Clay Freeman and Sarah Jane Buckles.

     Frank married Nettie Mary Freeman, daughter of Henry Clay Freeman and Sarah Jane Buckles, in Mar, 1889 at Illiopolis, Macon County, Illinois.

      Helen Almira Sams was born circa Jul, 1891 at Utah. She was the daughter of Willis Franklin Sams and Cynthia Jane Kittle. Helen married Carl Alfred Zelle on Jan 31, 1917 at Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas.

      Carl Alfred Zelle was born on Oct 9, 1894 at Lake City, Logan County, Illinois. Carl married Helen Almira Sams, daughter of Willis Franklin Sams and Cynthia Jane Kittle, on Jan 31, 1917 at Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas. Carl Alfred Zelle died on Nov 22, 1991 at Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois, at age 97.

      Mary Josephine Sams was born on Aug 20, 1894 at Niotaze, Chautauqua County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Willis Franklin Sams and Cynthia Jane Kittle. Mary married James Wilson Brown.

      James Wilson Brown was born on May 21, 1879 at Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas. James married Mary Josephine Sams, daughter of Willis Franklin Sams and Cynthia Jane Kittle.

      B. Lee Sams was born in May, 1896. He was the son of Willis Franklin Sams and Cynthia Jane Kittle. B. married (Unknown) Volle.

     (Unknown) married B. Lee Sams, son of Willis Franklin Sams and Cynthia Jane Kittle.

      Frances Sams was born on Mar 15, 1898 at Arizona. She was the daughter of Willis Franklin Sams and Cynthia Jane Kittle. Frances married Benjamin A. Schultz on Jun 22, 1941.

      Benjamin A. Schultz was born on Feb 3, 1898. Benjamin married Frances Sams, daughter of Willis Franklin Sams and Cynthia Jane Kittle, on Jun 22, 1941. Benjamin A. Schultz died in 1965.

     Isaac married Caroleryn Reed.

     Caroleryn married Isaac Johnson Sr.

      Mary Ellen Buckles was born on Jul 30, 1842 at LeRoy, McLean County, Illinois. She was the daughter of John A. Buckles Sr. and Phebe Ann Johnson. Mary married George William Cline, son of William Cline and Sarah A. Rutledge, on Mar 7, 1861 at Jackson County, Kansas. Mary married Ezekel Gribble at Illinois. Mary married Allen W. Green. Mary Ellen Buckles died on Mar 6, 1913 at Soldier, Jackson County, Kansas, at age 70.

      George William Cline was born on Nov 1, 1841 at White County, Illinois. He was the son of William Cline and Sarah A. Rutledge. George married Mary Ellen Buckles, daughter of John A. Buckles Sr. and Phebe Ann Johnson, on Mar 7, 1861 at Jackson County, Kansas. George William Cline died on Nov 13, 1868 at Jackson County, Kansas, at age 27. George was buried at Soldier Cemetery, Soldier, Jackson County, Kansas.

     William married Sarah A. Rutledge.

     Sarah married William Cline.

      John William Cline was born on Jul 31, 1867 at Soldier, Jackson County, Kansas. He was the son of George William Cline and Mary Ellen Buckles. John married Nellie Case, daughter of Lizzie (Unknown), in 1891. John William Cline and Nellie Case were divorced circa 1906.

      Nellie Case was born circa May, 1872 at Hawaiian Islands. She was the daughter of Lizzie (Unknown). Nellie married John William Cline, son of George William Cline and Mary Ellen Buckles, in 1891. Nellie Case and John William Cline were divorced circa 1906.

      Phoebe A. Cline was born on Feb 6, 1862 at Smithland, Jackson County, Kansas. She was the daughter of George William Cline and Mary Ellen Buckles. Phoebe married James Pinchard Crume. Phoebe A. Cline died on Nov 2, 1929 at age 67. Phoebe was buried at Soldier Cemetery, Soldier, Jackson County, Kansas.