Biography of Alvan F Bucknam Source History of Jo Daviess County -- 1904 BUCKNAM, ALVAN F. physician, Warren, Ill., is a native of Yarmouth, Maine, born Nov. 27, 1838. and was a student of Bowdoin College, from which he twice graduated, receiving the degree of M. A. and that of M. D. in 1863. Dr. Bucknam enlisted in Company G, Twenty-fifth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, of which he became First Lieutenant, and at the expiration of his term of enlistment became Assistant Surgeon of the Second Massachusetts Cavalry. Remaining in the army. until the close of the war, he was much of the time under the command of Gen. Sheridan, in the army of the Potomac and along the Shenandoah Valley. After being mustered out he spent a year in the New York hospitals, after which he came west, locating at first at Nora, Jo Daviess County, and, after spending four years there, removed in 1870 to Warren, where he is now the oldest physician in the place. Dr. Bucknam has always been a Republican, and has been a. member of the School Board for many years. His marriage occurred June 28, 1871, when Miss Jane, daughter of Judge Ivory Quinby, of Monmouth, Ill., became his wife. They have two living children, Mary Lizzie and Annabel. ------------------------------------------------------------- UGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organiza- tions or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contri- butor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dori Leekley