John W. Arbuckle
Goodspeed's History of Southeast MO 1888.
John W. Arbuckle
John W. Arbuckle was born in Gibson County, Tenn., on September 15, 1831, and is a son of James Arbuckle, a native of Accomack County, VA. At the age of thirteen, James Arbuckle became a sailor, and remained on the ocean until he was thirty-one years of age, when he married Sally Henderson, also a native of Virginia. Soon after his marriage he removed to Kentucky, and remained there five years engaged in teaching school/ He then removed to Tennessee, and, locating on a farm, resided there until his death in 1849. His wife died sometime previously, in 1833. John W. grew to manhood on his father¢s farm, and on October 18, 1852 was united in marriage with Mary Smith, who was also born and reared in Gibson County, Tenn. In December of the next year he came with his wife to Missouri, and made a location in Ste. Genevieve County, on 320 acres of land, which he entered. He improved his farm and made it his home until 1873, when he brought his family to New Madrid County and settled on his present farm in Leisure Township. Mr. Arbuckle and wife have reared six children: Lucy Catherine (now the wife of William Richardson), Eleanor V. (wife of William Gilbow), Mary H. (wife of Jefferson Adams), Nancy A., Dr. Allen and John W. Mrs. Arbuckle died soon after coming to New Madrid County, October 21, 1876. Mr. Arbuckle is a Mason, an Odd Fellow and a member of the Agricultural Wheel.
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