Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Buckley, William 1831 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

WILLIAM BUCKLEY.

    William Buckley, who was formerly identified with agricultural interests in
Lake county, but has put aside business cares and is now resting in the
enjoyment of the fruits of his former toil at his pleasant home in Lowell, is
numbered among the worthy citizens that Ireland has furnished to Indiana. He was
born in county Cork, Ireland, in 1831. His father, Dennis Buckley, was also a
native of that county, and in the green isle of Erin carried on agricultural
pursuits, making his home there until 1849, when he came to Lake county,
Indiana. He settled in Cedar Creek township, about a half mile from the present
site of Lowell, but he was not long permitted to enjoy his new home, his death
occurring in 1851. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Catherine Fleming, was
born in county Cork, Ireland, and died in Lake county, Indiana, in 1858. Their
family numbered five children, four sons and a daughter, and William Buckley is
the eldest. John is a resident of Lowell; and Patrick makes his home in Cedar
Creek township, where he follows agricultural pursuits. The sister, Julia, is
the wife of Patrick Feley, a leading farmer of Cedar Creek township. She is the
only sister of Mr. Buckley.

    The first eighteen years of his life William Buckley passed in Ireland, and
then came to America, hoping that he might have better business opportunities in
the new world. He made his way direct to Lake county, where he began working by
the month as a farm hand, and following any employment that would yield him an
honest living. He assisted in building the first brick house in Lowell and for
some time worked for Mr. Halsted, the founder of the town. He was employed by
the month for about five years, and then began buying small tracts of land. He
soon located on one of these and improved the place. In partnership with his
brothers, John and Patrick, he carried on agricultural pursuits for several
years. He afterward engaged in farming alone until about seven years ago, when
he retired from active connection with agricultural pursuits and took up his
abode in Lowell. His progress has been consecutive and enviable. He has worked
on year after year, and as his financial resources have increased he has become
the owner of valuable realty holdings. To-day he owns four hundred acres of good
farming land in Lake county, all of which has been accumulated through his
capable management.

    Mr. Buckley has been twice married. He first wedded Miss Elizabeth Darst,
who died leaving nine children, namely: Kate, Franklin D., Dennis P., Addie,
Julia M., John P., Joseph L., Fred W. and Raymond. John P. is a finely educated
man. He graduated at Valparaiso College, and is a professor of chemistry in a
college in Chicago. He received his education by his own ambition. On the 3d of
June, 1901, Mr. Buckley was again married, his second union being with a Mrs.
Louisa Comeford, who was born in Vermilion county, Illinois, June 11, 1851, but
was reared in Dwight, Illinois. She is a daughter of Reuben and Lovina (Kuntz)
Comeford, both of whom are now deceased. Mrs. Buckley is the mother of nine
children by a former marriage: John F., Fred W., Mary A., Thomas P., Daniel A.,
Joseph E., Rosa E., Ella L. and Lizzie L. Comeford.

    Mr. Buckley is a member of the Catholic church and in politics is a
Democrat, where state and national issues are involved, but at local elections
he votes independently. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to
seek a home in the new world. He found the opportunities he sought, —which, by
the way, are always open to the ambitious, energetic man,— and, making the best
of these, he has steadily worked his way upward. He possessed the resolution,
perseverance and reliability so characteristic of people of his nation, and his
name is now enrolled among the best citizens of Lake county.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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