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Capt William Buckner, Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Submitted to the USGENWEB Archives Project by Mike Miller, NOV 1997.


 

   Capt. William Buckner, New Light, who stands in the front ranks as a
representative citizen and successful planter of Tensas parish, La., was
born in Natchez, Miss., in 1835.  His father, Aylett Buckner, was a
native of Bourbon county, born in Kentucky in 1799, and emigrated from
there to Natchez, Miss., where he began business for himself as editor
of the "Natchez Gazette."  He subsequently began the study of law, and
practiced there until about the breaking out of the war.  He married
Miss Charlotte Ferguson, daughter of David and Jane (Dunbar) Ferguson,
and the fruits of this union were eleven children, five of whom are yet
living:  Elizabeth (wife of Dr. McCaleb, of Natchez), William (subject),
Miss Mary (of Natchez), Lewis (of Newellton) and Margaret (wife of
Richard Conner).  Aylett Buckner was a member of the Masonic fraternity
of Natchez.  Capt. William Buckner began life for himself as a planter,
and moved to Tensas parish, La., in 1855.  He received his education at
College Hill, Hinds county, Miss., and at Port Hudson, La.  During the
Civil war his sympathies were with the Southern cause, and he was a
strong believer in the rights of that cause.  In 1861 he enlisted in the
Tensas cavalry, and remained in the service until peace was declared.
Although a private when he entered the army, he was elected lieutenant,
and afterward promoted to the rank of captain of his company.  He was
married in 1875 to Miss Lucy E. Myers, daughter of Edward and Jennie
Myers, of Mississippi, and their union was blessed by the birth of four
children, two now living:  Aylett and Margaret.  Mrs. Buckner received
her final summons in 1886.  Mr. Buckner is a man of education, and has a
host of warm friends.  He possesses excellent principles, is public
spirited and takes a decided interest in all worthy enterprises.
 
 From Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, volume 2, p.
325. 
Submitted by Mike Miller