Sedgwick County KS Archives Biographies.....Buckley, Fred 1861 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 19, 2007, 8:21 pm Author: O. H. Bentley (1910) Fred Buckley, proprietor of the American Cornice Works, 114-116 West Second street, Wichita, Kan., is a native of Windsor, Ontario, Dominion of Canada, where he was born on May 15, 1861. His parents were Reuben and Anna Buckley. He spent his boyhood days in Windsor and was educated at the public schools of the city. In 1882 he came to the United States and located first at Kansas City, Mo., where he learned the tinner's trade with A. K. Sweet. In 1883 he came to Wichita and first obtained employment with the Bissantz Hardware Company, continuing at the cornice business until 1885, when he began for himself, and has since continued the management of one of the largest and most successful businesses of its kind in Wichita. Mr. Buckley has been a member of the Knights of Pythias for a quarter of a century. He is also a member of the Masonic Order and of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. On September 13, 1888, he was married to Miss Mary Travis, a native of Illinois. Of this union two children have been born, Roy B., assistant city attorney of Wichita, and Mert T. Buckley. Mr. Buckley moved into his present quarters in August, 1910, where he occupies the entire building, upstairs and downstairs, covering 6,500 square feet with a storeroom of 2,500 square feet. Additional Comments: Extracted from History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/sedgwick/bios/buckley242gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ksfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb