BIO: P. A. BUSKIRK, S/O ALFRED & LETITIA DAYHOFF BUSKIRK - SPENCER CO, KY

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Contributed by: Diana Flynn "ivie@tima.com"
Date: Friday, July 03, 1998 
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BUSKIRK,   DAYHOFF,   MYERS,   ELGAN,   GODFREY, CLARK

"HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF
INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC." CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS.
& CO.,  PUBLISHERS. 1884.

GREENE CO., IN.
SMITH TWP.
PAGE 440

P. A. BUSKIRK, son of Alfred and Letitia (Dayhoff) Buskirk, is a
native of Greene County, Ind., born March 12,1824.  His parents were
natives of Spencer County, Ky., where they were raised, married and from
whence they removed to Indiana in 1823, first setting in Highland Township,
but afterward removing to Smith Township, Greene County, where Mr. Buskirk
operated a pottery kiln for a number of years.  He died in Highland
Township in 1829, and in 1835 his widow married Joseph Myers, with whom she
removed to Bullitt County, Ky.,  where she died in 1845.   P. A. Buskirk
went with his mother to Kentucky, but when eighteen years old returned to
his native county, living with an uncle until 1848.  He then began farming
on Scoffold Prairie, Smith Township, where he now owns a good farm of 150
acres, well stocked and well improved.  In August, 1862, he enlisted in
Company H, Seventy-first Indiana Volunteers, but shortly after entering the
service he was transferred to the Sixth Cavalry.  At the battle of
Richmond, Ky., he was captured, paroled and some time later his parole
expired while he was at Terre Haute, Ind., after which he again engaged in
active service and was a second time captured in Kentucky  After being
exchanged and his parole expiring, he was again sent into Kentucky and from
thence to Tennessee, then again back to Kentucky.  He next was engaged in
the Georgia campaign and then, on the 15th and 16th of December, 1864, was
engaged in the battle at Nashville against Hood's forces.

He also actively participated in the battle o Pulaski, Tenn., but June
21, 1865, ended his military career on that date, receiving an honorable
discharge.  Since the war, he has been engaged in farming on his place in
Greene County.  His marriage with Nancy Elgan was consummated April 9,
1848, and Alfred D. was their only child.  The mother was born June 22,
1824, in Indiana, and died December 22, 1850.  For his second wife, Mr.
Buskirk married Martha Godfrey, who was born May 14, 1825, a daughter of
Elijah and Theodosia (Clark) Godfrey.  To this union have been born six
children--Lucy S., Joseph M., Frederick L., Raleigh M., Phebe K. and R.
Belle.  The two last named are dead.  Mr. Buskirk is a stanch Republican in
politics, and is the oldest native of Greene County living in Smith
Township.

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