Sonoma-Butte County CA Archives Biographies.....Buckius, William L. 1826 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 28, 2006, 6:10 pm 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. Additional Comments: Petaluma Township Extracted from: HISTORY —OF- SONOMA COUNTY, -INCLUDING ITS— Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams; —TOGETHER WITH— A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County; Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain Growing Interests, and Pisciculture; ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN; —AND OF ITS— Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc. ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO: ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1880. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sonoma/bios/buckius730bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb