George Edward Bucklin

1891 - 1940  (48 years)

• Name	George Edward Bucklin  [1, 2, 3]
  	Colton book names him "George Edwin Bucklin," but his WWI draft registration, which presumably he filled himself, names him George Edward Bucklin.
  Born	24 Aug 1891	Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Jun 1917	Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA   [3]
  	Mechanic for J. O. Smith.
  Residence	Jun 1917	Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA   [3]
  Census	21 Jan 1920	Washington township, Smith County, Kansas, USA   [5]
  	1. Bucklin, George E., head, renting, male, white, 28, married, can read and write, Kansas, Massachusetts, Kansas,, farmer, farm, own account, farm schedule no. 97 2. _____, Elva J., wife, female, white, 26, married, can read and write, Kansas, Illinois, Illinois 3. _____, E. Lorraine, daughter, female, white, 2 years 8 months, Kansas, Kansas, Kansas
  Census	12 Apr 1930	Center township, Smith County, Kansas, USA   [6]
  Census	15 Apr 1940	124 North Lincoln St., Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA
  	1. Bucklin, Alice, head, female, white, 72, widowed, completed grade 8, Illinois, same house 1935, not a farm, house keeping, home making, has other source of income 2. _____, Geo, son, male, white, 48, widowed, completed grade 8, Kansas, same place 1935, employed for pay, worked 70 hours previous week, filling station attendant, [Pounds?] Oil Co., worked 52 weeks, income $620, no other source of income
  Died	25 Jul 1940  [4, 7]
  Obituary	1 Aug 1940	Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA   [8]
  	George Bucklin Dies Suddenly Smith Center Man Passed Away Last Thursday Afternoon A wave of sorrow swept over this community Thursday evening when it was learned that death had claimed George Bucklin, a resident of Smith County for many years. The past few weeks he had been forced to take a rest from his work for the Pouns Oil Co. and had been advised to keep quiet but he had been down town visiting nearly all afternoon the day before his death and his sudden passing was thus a great shock to his many friends. Before coming to town to reside he had lived in several vicinities northeast and northwest of this city and many former neighbors in those communities faced the heat of Sunday afternoon to attend the funeral of one whom they had remembered as a kind friend. All of the service stations of the city closed in tribute to his memory during the final services as did the Steele & Morrison Pharmacy where the only child of the deceased is employed. The funeral was held form the Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with the pastor, Rev. Roy E. Frey, conducting the services. Mrs. Claude Diehl presided at the organ console and the hymns were sung by Mrs. Irene McNerney, Pauline Ellis, C. W. Diehl and F. E. Lull. The pallbearers were: Charles Sims, O.M. Tomlinson, Carl Gregg, Ben Hawkins, John Christensen and Frank Luther. The flower bearers included Mrs. Ole Tomlinson, Mrs. Elmer Pouds, Mrs. Carl Gregg, Mrs. Ben Hawkins, Mrs. Chas. Sims, Mrs. Wardle Hawkins and Miss Myrta Seever. Interment was made in Fairview cemetery. Smith Center and Smith County was again called on last week to mourn the loss of one of her finest men when death called to the eternal rest George Edwin Bucklin of this city. Taken at a time when life held so much for him, his loss is keenly felt both in the business district of Smith Center and in its social and religious classes. Highly respected, admired and loved by all who knew him, diligent in any undertaking, George Bucklin is missed and will continue to be missed by his hundreds of friends who are only numbered by his acquaintances over this and surrounding counties and states. George was born in Rawlins Co., Kans., on Aug. 24, 1892, the son of Alice and Willard Bucklin, and departed from this earthly scene at his home in Smith Center on July 25, 1940, at the age of 48 years, 10 months and 27 days. Illness for many months had left him unable to daily keep up with his duties, although no one knew the seriousness of his condition until a few hours before death. When a child of eight he moved with his parents, brother and sisters to Smith County and later to Smith Center where he made his home and worked at his trade afterwards. On April 5, 1913, he was married to Elva Jean Gould at Bloomington, Nebr. One child, Lorraine, was born to this union. His wife preceded him in death about three years. The deceased is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Ralph Robb of Smith Center, his mother, Mrs. Alice Bucklin, with whom he made his home in Smith Center after the death of his wife, one sister, Mrs. Eugenia Wilson, also of Smith Center, and one brother, John Bucklin of Colorado Srings. Also by numerous relatives besides his host of friends. Besides his wife and father, three sisters preceded him in death. A good man is gone, but is not and will not be forgotten. CARD OF THANKS?We wish to extend our most sincere thanks to our friends and neighbors for their kind assistance and expressions of sympathy in the time of our sorrow. For these acts of thoughtfulness and consolation and also for the beautiful flowers we take this means of revealing our deepest appreciation and gratitude.?Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Robb.
  Buried	Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA   [7]
  Person ID	I401	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	Willard Livere Bucklin,   b. 15 Nov 1863, Iowa, USA ,   d. 25 Dec 1918, Byers, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Alice Melinda Gilmore,   b. 23 Jul 1869, Macon County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 5 Dec 1952, Velma McNulty Nursing Home, Smith County, Kansas, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Married	28 Nov 1884	Smith County, Kansas, USA   [9]
  Family ID	F149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elva Jean Gould,   b. 1893, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA ,   d. 1937, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA  (Age 44 years)
  Married	5 Apr 1913	Bloomington, Franklin County, Nebraska, USA   [10]
  Children	+ 1. Lorraine Esther Bucklin,   b. 4 Apr 1917, Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA ,   d. 15 Jun 1997, Salina, Saline County, Kansas, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2015
  Family ID	F150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S303] George Woolworth Colton, A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Quartermaster George Colton (Philadelphia, Penn. : privately printing, John Milton Colton, 1912), 142, genealogical entry no. 997, for Emeline Chauncey; digital image, Google Books (https://books.google.com : accessed 10 August 2015). [S300] 1900 U.S. census, Rawlins County, Kansas, population schedule Atwood, Atwood township, enumeration district (ED) 132, sheets 1A-B, pp. 298a-b (stamped), dwelling 13, family 13, Alice M. Bucklin household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 August 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 496. [S307] "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 August 2015), George Edward Bucklin, serial no. 167, order no. 12, Smith County, Center Precinct 2; citing World War I Selective Service system Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918), NARA microfilm publication M1509, roll 1643853. [S305] "Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 August 2015), entry for George Bucklin, SS no. 509-03-5034. [S308] 1920 U.S. census, Smith County, Kansas, population schedule, Washington township, enumeration district (ED) 223, sheet 5A (penned), p. 220a (stamped), dwelling 95, family 94, George E. Bucklin household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 August 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 552. [S309] 1930 U.S. census, Smith County, Kansas, population schedule, Center township, enumeration district (ED) 92-6, sheet 5B, p. 104b, dwelling 112, family 114, George E. Bucklin household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 August 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 723. [S578] Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 4 April 2016), memorial 129540707, 9 May 2014, by "Plainsanimal" for George E. Bucklin (1891-1940), citing Fairview Cemetery (Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas, USA). Digital image of marker: "George E. Bucklin, 1891-1940.". [S718] George Bucklin Dies Suddenly, Smith County Review (Smith Center, Kan.), 1 August 1940, p. 1, col. 2; KSHS microfilm S1530. [S295] Smith County, Kansas, Marriages, vol. B:32, Gilmore-Bucklin (1884), County Clerk, Smith Center, Kansas. [S306] CARLIJ1, ?Carll Family Tree,? tree pages, Ancestry.com ((http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 August 2015), for George Edwin Bucklin. Some source citations.