Henry Buckingham Dead
Father of Mrs. W.B. Brownell Had Long Journalistic Experience
Henry Buckingham died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. B. Brownell, where he was spending the winter. He was born in Ohio in 1830 and came to Kansas in 1859 and engaged in the newspaper business in Leavenworth. He was interested in the Leavenworth Conservative and Times and was one of the founders of the Leavenworth Bulletin and the Leavenworth Call. He established the Concordia Empire in 1870. Of late years he had made his home in California. He was a member of G.A.R. and the Sons of the American Revolution.
The funeral will be private and will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the home of Mrs. W.B. Brownell, 745 Tennessee Street. Rev. E.A. Edwards, of the Episcopal Church, will conduct the services. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. No flowers.
Mr. Buckingham's ancestors, he said, came to America in 1622, settling in Connecticut. His grandfather, was one of the pioneers of Huron county, Ohio, and organized the firs Bible Society and the first Temperance society in that region, and was a strong abolitionist.
His father was a printer and editor and one of the founder's of the Huron "Reflector," a paper which is still being published there. Mr. Buckingham was but sixteen years old when his father died.
In 1851 he made the trip overland to Oregon, having driven a team from Lake Eerie to the Pacific Ocean. While a resident of the Puget Sound country he went on a venturesome goldhunting expedition to Queen Charlotte's Island in the British Dominions, and took an active part in securing the setting off of that portion of Oregon into the territory, now the state, of Washington.
In 1857 he returned overland to "the states." It was the year of the Mountain Meadow and Aiken massacres in Utah. The route lay through the Mormon settlements and Mr. Buckingham was the first party to bring dispatches from the South Pass to the military command advancing toward Salt Lake.
After spending a year in Ohio he immigrated to Kansas. Those were stirring days in Kansas; it was "free state" versus "pro-slavery," and Mr. Buckingham was a strong and uncompromising Free State man. He located at Leavenworth, then the largest city in the territory, and engaged in the newspaper business, being one of the founders of the three daily newspapers. In 1870 he established a paper in Cloud county. He was appointed a delegate, with Horace Greeley, to represent Oregon at the Republican convention of 1860 which nominated Lincoln. He represented Oregon at the First National Capital convention at St. Louis, and in 1872 was a delegate from Kansas to the Republican convention which re-nominated President Grant.
He came to Oklahoma at the original opening in 1889 locating at Kingfisher. He moved to Lawton soon after its settlement. The last few years of his life were spent in California. He was a member of the G.A.R., and the Sons of the American Revolution.
Father of Mrs. W.B. Brownell Had Long Journalistic Experience
Henry Buckingham died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. B. Brownell, where he was spending the winter. He was born in Ohio in 1830 and came to Kansas in 1859 and engaged in the newspaper business in Leavenworth. He was interested in the Leavenworth Conservative and Times and was one of the founders of the Leavenworth Bulletin and the Leavenworth Call. He established the Concordia Empire in 1870. Of late years he had made his home in California. He was a member of G.A.R. and the Sons of the American Revolution.
The funeral will be private and will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the home of Mrs. W.B. Brownell, 745 Tennessee Street. Rev. E.A. Edwards, of the Episcopal Church, will conduct the services. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. No flowers.
Mr. Buckingham's ancestors, he said, came to America in 1622, settling in Connecticut. His grandfather, was one of the pioneers of Huron county, Ohio, and organized the firs Bible Society and the first Temperance society in that region, and was a strong abolitionist.
His father was a printer and editor and one of the founder's of the Huron "Reflector," a paper which is still being published there. Mr. Buckingham was but sixteen years old when his father died.
In 1851 he made the trip overland to Oregon, having driven a team from Lake Eerie to the Pacific Ocean. While a resident of the Puget Sound country he went on a venturesome goldhunting expedition to Queen Charlotte's Island in the British Dominions, and took an active part in securing the setting off of that portion of Oregon into the territory, now the state, of Washington.
In 1857 he returned overland to "the states." It was the year of the Mountain Meadow and Aiken massacres in Utah. The route lay through the Mormon settlements and Mr. Buckingham was the first party to bring dispatches from the South Pass to the military command advancing toward Salt Lake.
After spending a year in Ohio he immigrated to Kansas. Those were stirring days in Kansas; it was "free state" versus "pro-slavery," and Mr. Buckingham was a strong and uncompromising Free State man. He located at Leavenworth, then the largest city in the territory, and engaged in the newspaper business, being one of the founders of the three daily newspapers. In 1870 he established a paper in Cloud county. He was appointed a delegate, with Horace Greeley, to represent Oregon at the Republican convention of 1860 which nominated Lincoln. He represented Oregon at the First National Capital convention at St. Louis, and in 1872 was a delegate from Kansas to the Republican convention which re-nominated President Grant.
He came to Oklahoma at the original opening in 1889 locating at Kingfisher. He moved to Lawton soon after its settlement. The last few years of his life were spent in California. He was a member of the G.A.R., and the Sons of the American Revolution.
Henry Buckingham Dead
Father of Mrs. W.B. Brownell Had Long Journalistic Experience
Henry Buckingham died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. B. Brownell, where he was spending the winter. He was born in Ohio in 1830 and came to Kansas in 1859 and engaged in the newspaper business in Leavenworth. He was interested in the Leavenworth Conservative and Times and was one of the founders of the Leavenworth Bulletin and the Leavenworth Call. He established the Concordia Empire in 1870. Of late years he had made his home in California. He was a member of G.A.R. and the Sons of the American Revolution.
The funeral will be private and will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the home of Mrs. W.B. Brownell, 745 Tennessee Street. Rev. E.A. Edwards, of the Episcopal Church, will conduct the services. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. No flowers.
Mr. Buckingham's ancestors, he said, came to America in 1622, settling in Connecticut. His grandfather, was one of the pioneers of Huron county, Ohio, and organized the firs Bible Society and the first Temperance society in that region, and was a strong abolitionist.
His father was a printer and editor and one of the founder's of the Huron "Reflector," a paper which is still being published there. Mr. Buckingham was but sixteen years old when his father died.
In 1851 he made the trip overland to Oregon, having driven a team from Lake Eerie to the Pacific Ocean. While a resident of the Puget Sound country he went on a venturesome goldhunting expedition to Queen Charlotte's Island in the British Dominions, and took an active part in securing the setting off of that portion of Oregon into the territory, now the state, of Washington.
In 1857 he returned overland to "the states." It was the year of the Mountain Meadow and Aiken massacres in Utah. The route lay through the Mormon settlements and Mr. Buckingham was the first party to bring dispatches from the South Pass to the military command advancing toward Salt Lake.
After spending a year in Ohio he immigrated to Kansas. Those were stirring days in Kansas; it was "free state" versus "pro-slavery," and Mr. Buckingham was a strong and uncompromising Free State man. He located at Leavenworth, then the largest city in the territory, and engaged in the newspaper business, being one of the founders of the three daily newspapers. In 1870 he established a paper in Cloud county. He was appointed a delegate, with Horace Greeley, to represent Oregon at the Republican convention of 1860 which nominated Lincoln. He represented Oregon at the First National Capital convention at St. Louis, and in 1872 was a delegate from Kansas to the Republican convention which re-nominated President Grant.
He came to Oklahoma at the original opening in 1889 locating at Kingfisher. He moved to Lawton soon after its settlement. The last few years of his life were spent in California. He was a member of the G.A.R., and the Sons of the American Revolution.
Father of Mrs. W.B. Brownell Had Long Journalistic Experience
Henry Buckingham died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. B. Brownell, where he was spending the winter. He was born in Ohio in 1830 and came to Kansas in 1859 and engaged in the newspaper business in Leavenworth. He was interested in the Leavenworth Conservative and Times and was one of the founders of the Leavenworth Bulletin and the Leavenworth Call. He established the Concordia Empire in 1870. Of late years he had made his home in California. He was a member of G.A.R. and the Sons of the American Revolution.
The funeral will be private and will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the home of Mrs. W.B. Brownell, 745 Tennessee Street. Rev. E.A. Edwards, of the Episcopal Church, will conduct the services. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. No flowers.
Mr. Buckingham's ancestors, he said, came to America in 1622, settling in Connecticut. His grandfather, was one of the pioneers of Huron county, Ohio, and organized the firs Bible Society and the first Temperance society in that region, and was a strong abolitionist.
His father was a printer and editor and one of the founder's of the Huron "Reflector," a paper which is still being published there. Mr. Buckingham was but sixteen years old when his father died.
In 1851 he made the trip overland to Oregon, having driven a team from Lake Eerie to the Pacific Ocean. While a resident of the Puget Sound country he went on a venturesome goldhunting expedition to Queen Charlotte's Island in the British Dominions, and took an active part in securing the setting off of that portion of Oregon into the territory, now the state, of Washington.
In 1857 he returned overland to "the states." It was the year of the Mountain Meadow and Aiken massacres in Utah. The route lay through the Mormon settlements and Mr. Buckingham was the first party to bring dispatches from the South Pass to the military command advancing toward Salt Lake.
After spending a year in Ohio he immigrated to Kansas. Those were stirring days in Kansas; it was "free state" versus "pro-slavery," and Mr. Buckingham was a strong and uncompromising Free State man. He located at Leavenworth, then the largest city in the territory, and engaged in the newspaper business, being one of the founders of the three daily newspapers. In 1870 he established a paper in Cloud county. He was appointed a delegate, with Horace Greeley, to represent Oregon at the Republican convention of 1860 which nominated Lincoln. He represented Oregon at the First National Capital convention at St. Louis, and in 1872 was a delegate from Kansas to the Republican convention which re-nominated President Grant.
He came to Oklahoma at the original opening in 1889 locating at Kingfisher. He moved to Lawton soon after its settlement. The last few years of his life were spent in California. He was a member of the G.A.R., and the Sons of the American Revolution.
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