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William Lewis Buckius

Birth
Canton, Stark County, Ohio, USA
Death
18 Feb 1891 (aged 64)
California, USA
Burial
Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, USA Add to Map
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"Buckius, William L. A native of Canton, Stark county, Ohio; born March 28, 1826. When eighteen years of age he proceeded to Massillon, Ohio. Here he learned the tinsmith trade, and after a residence of four years, took up his residence in Canal Fulton, same county, and began business on his own account, where he continued for ten years. He then repaired to Massillon. In 1860 we find him on his way to California. First locating at Oroville, Butte county, where he resided until 1875, when he came to this county, and settled in Petaluma, and worked as a journeyman until July 7,1879, when he purchased of A. W. Barnes his present place of business. Married April 7, 1847, Miss Hester Ann Alverson. She
was born in Chautauqua county, New York, November 28, 1828, by which union they have one child living, Willard Layton, born July 3, 1854, at present engaged with his father in the hardware and tinning business."

Source: INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE, Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880).
"Buckius, William L. A native of Canton, Stark county, Ohio; born March 28, 1826. When eighteen years of age he proceeded to Massillon, Ohio. Here he learned the tinsmith trade, and after a residence of four years, took up his residence in Canal Fulton, same county, and began business on his own account, where he continued for ten years. He then repaired to Massillon. In 1860 we find him on his way to California. First locating at Oroville, Butte county, where he resided until 1875, when he came to this county, and settled in Petaluma, and worked as a journeyman until July 7,1879, when he purchased of A. W. Barnes his present place of business. Married April 7, 1847, Miss Hester Ann Alverson. She
was born in Chautauqua county, New York, November 28, 1828, by which union they have one child living, Willard Layton, born July 3, 1854, at present engaged with his father in the hardware and tinning business."

Source: INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE, Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880).

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