James F. Buckels

    James F. Buckels was born in Warren County, Indiana, August 21, 1845, and is the only living child of Jackson and Mary E. (Mills) Buckels, natives of Ohio, and of English and Scotch descent. Jackson Buckels came to Indiana at an early age, and was married in Warren County. His father gave him eighty acres in Pine Township, which, in 1851, he sold and purchased a saw-mill in Iroquois County., Illinois, which he managed until his death, in August, 1853. James F. Buckels lost his mother when but three years old, and lived with his grandfathers until his majority. In August, 1863, he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in which he served until his discharge, in August, 1864. In 1867, he began the drug business with Dr. Fenton at Pine Village and afterward continued it himself. He then farmed in Pine Township several years and later commenced tile manufacturing at Pine Village. It was the first and is the most extensive tile factory established there.

    He was married March 19, 1871, to Verlinda T. Turman, a native of Warren County. Three children have been born to them, two of whom are living -Bertie E. and Chester E. Mr. Buckle is a Republican and he and wife are members of the M. E. Church.

Source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.