Simon Bolivar Buckner: Genealogical Information

I get a considerable amount of email and telephone calls that begin "Are you related to ...?" The following family "vine" traces my particular branch of the Buckner family from the seventeenth-century boat ride to late twentieth-century.

I have additional information that I will add at such time as my notes and my computer terminal get into the same city.

I have deliberately omitted certain information. First, I do not identify those members of the current generation who have yet to reach the age of majority. Second, I will add the current whereabouts of the current generation as I get permission to do so. Be forewarned, however, that this ranks relatively low on my list of personal priorities.

Thanks for looking here before placing the call.

Sources and Acknowledgements

The John-Richard-Philip-Philip-Aylett-Simon-Simon line is recounted in Stickles' biography of Simon Bolivar Buckner. In that book, SBB, Jr. identifies his uncles, his aunt and his cousins. All but one of the Buckners since SBB, Jr. are known personally to me.

All other information comes from Mrs. Dixie Lee Bryant Brown's D.A.R. application. (She traces her ancestery through another of Philip B. Jr/Elizabeth Watson's children.)

Peter R. Buckner checks in periodically to correct details.

Reading the table

Each row in the following table represents a generation. The capitalized name in each line is the father of the children listed in the following row of the table. The names within the cell are, of course, siblings.

The details, unless noted, pertain to the individual whose name is capitalized.

Name	Details
RICHARD	c. 1500, Berkshire, England
Thomas John Jane WILLIAM Mary Agnes Elizabeth
John William HUGH Richard Elizabeth Rose
Anthony Dorothy THOMAS William William	Oxfordshire, England
Richard Elizabeth Thomas JOHN Lawrence Philip	m. Deborah Ferrers d. 1695, Essex Co., Virginia Richard came to America with JOHN
William John RICHARD Thomas Elizabeth	m. Elizabeth Cooke (?) d. 1733?, Caroline Co., Virginia
Maj. Richard John PHILIP William Elizabeth Thomas	m. Jane Aylett d. 1762, Louisa Co., Virginia
William Ann Elizabeth PHILIP Jr. Thomas Mary Aylett	b. 1-13-1753, Louisa Co., Virginia m. 10-27-1789, Elizabeth Watson (dau. of William Watson) d. 3-15-1819, Hart Co., Kentucky
AYLETT HARTSWELL	b. 1-13-1793, Albemarle Co., Virginia m. 12-8-1819, Elizabeth Ann Morehead (dau. of Turner and Mary Morehead) Dixie Lee Bryant Brown identifies Henry Watson as a sibling. HWB m. Mary Bomar. Tom Wilbur of Okemos, MI reports that HWB and Mary Bomar produced another line of Simon Bolivar Buckners
Turner Hartswell SIMON BOLIVAR Mary Elizabeth Six other children did not live to maturity	Turner Hartswell b. 1820 d. 1854 June 5, "Beechland", AR SIMON BOLIVAR Lt. Gen., CSA b.1823 April 1 m1. 5-2-1850, Mary Jane Kingsbury (dau. Lily) m2. 5-10-1885 DELIA HAYES CLAIBORNE d. 1914 January 8 There is a short biography at: http://www.civilwarhome.com/bucknerbio.htm Although I have a various photographs of General Buckner at various stages of his life, this one is from the Harpers Weekly, August 15, 1896. Mary Elizabeth b. 1831 m. John A Tooke (of Georgia, d. 1858 in Arkansas) d. 1883 two sons: Aylett Buckner Tooke (moved to Colorado) Edwin Arthur Tooke
SIMON BOLIVAR, JR.	Gen., USA m. Adele Blanc (d. 1988) d. KIA, Okinawa (1945 June 18) The Buckner Mint Julep Recipe
Simon Bolivar III Mary WILLIAM CLAIBORNE	SBB3 m. son: Jeffrey (living in New York) Mary m. (living in Oregon) WCB m. Virginia Lester (living in Kansas City, MO)
SIMON BOLIVAR IV Peter Ridenour Robert Lester	SBB4 b. 1957 February 16, Tulsa, OK m. 1989 June 3, Deborah Lee Ground (living in Overland Park, KS) PRB b. 1959 March 29, Tulsa, Oklahoma m. 1987 June 20, Candy Eva Shue (living in San Francisco, California) RLB b. 1961 February 14, Kansas City, Missouri m. Anna-Elena Roberts (living in Kansas City, Missouri)

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