BUCKNER BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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BUCKNER, Frank M. - b: 1856 near ElDorado Springs, MO
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 553
residence: Windsor Twp

Frank M. Buckner, successful farmer and stockman of Windsor township, 
proprietor of 102 acres of well improved land, was born on a farm near Eldorado 
Springs, Missouri, January 16, 1856. He is the son of Dr. Ansel and Elizabeth 
(Foster) Buckner, who were parents of four children: Frank M., subject of this 
sketch; Carrie, wife of D. R. Elliott, Green Ridge, Missouri; Anna, wife of James 
Hellons, Pettis County, Missouri; Jasper B., Windsor, Missouri. Dr. Ansel Buckner 
was born on a pioneer farm near Lexington, Missouri, in 1828. He was the son of 
Berry Buckner, a pioneer settler of Jackson County, Missouri, after whom the 
town of Buckner was named. Ansel Buckner became a physician and practiced 
medicine before the out-break of the Civil War. He served as a surgeon in the 
Confederate army during the struggle between the North and the South and after 
the close of the war also engaged in farming pursuits. He was killed by lightning 
in 1873. Elizabeth (Foster) Buckner was born near Greencastle, Indiana, in 1833, 
and died in 1914. After the close of the Civil War Ansel Buckner settled in Pettis 
County, and here in this county Frank M. Buckner was reared to young manhood. He 
came to Henry County in 1878 and bought a farm located south of Windsor which 
he improved and sold in 1902. He then purchased his present farm of 102 acres 
and has made nice improvements thereon. Mr. Buckner is engaged in general 
farming and the breeding of Duroc Jersey hogs for the markets. Mr. Buckner was 
married in 1877 to Miss Ellen Clayton, who was born in Illinois, the daughter of 
Ira B. Clayton, a native of Kentucky, who migrated to Pettis County, Missouri, in 
1874. Ten children have been born to Frank W. and Ellen Buckner, as follow: 
Myrtle, wife of W. M. Nixon, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Earl and James, farmers 
in Howard County, Missouri; Carrie, wife of W. A. Christian, Pettis County, 
Missouri; Rose, wife of S. A. Pearce, Tebo township, Henry County; Flossie, wife 
of H. H. Gilliland, South Windsor, Henry County; Hattie, wife of R. C. Funk, living 
on a farm near Calhoun, Missouri; Blanche, wife of John Gordon, Montrose, 
Missouri; Everett and Margaret, at home with their parents. The Democratic party 
has always had the support of Mr. Buckner. He and Mrs. Buckner are members of 
the Christian Church. He is fraternally affiliated with the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America.

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