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CHARLES ROLLIN BUCKALEW,

Source: History and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania - Volume I of 2- Published 1915 - Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. - Page 403

CAPT. JOHN McKINNEY BUCKALEW, late of Fishingcreek township, Columbia County, was born there Oct. 17, 1826, in a house near the homestead he afterward occupied. The youngest of the family born to John M. and Martha (Funston) Buckalew, he was a typical representative of the race to which he belonged, of great strength and large build, being over six feet in height and weighing more than two hundred pounds. He attended public school in his native town, and after reaching manhood became interested in lumbering, which he followed throughout his business career. In 1862 he enlisted a company at Harrisburg, of which he was commissioned captain Oct. 30th, and which became Company A of the 178th Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment; he commanded the company until he received his honorable discharge, in July 1863.
     Through his early education was none too thorough Captain Buckalew had studious tastes and became quite a scholar, and his excellent judgment, coupled with intellectual gifts, gained him success in business. Wide reading and an excellent memory made him an authority on local history, a fact so well recognized that when the Legislature authorized the compilation and publication of the "History of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania," Governor Pattison appointed him a member of the corps assigned to the work - to locate the sides of the old forts used in Colonial days. This territory was between the north and west branches of the Susquehanna, and included Sunbury. He performed his part of the task with characteristic thoroughness, the manner in which his part of the work was prepared and written exciting much favorable comment.
     Captain Buckalew belonged to Ent Post, G. A. R., of Bloomsburgh; Lodge No. 234, I. O. O. F., of New Columbus, Luzerne county (past noble grand); Washington Lodge, No. 265, F. & A. M., Bloomsburg; Bloomsburg Chapter, No. 218, R. A. M.; Mount Moriah Council, No. 10, R. & S. M.; Crusade commandery No. 12, K. T.; Orient Conclave, No. w, Red Cross of Constantine; and Caldwell Consistory, S. P. R. S., thirty second degree, Bloomsburg. Politically he was an ardent Republican.
     In 1861, Captain Buckalew married Delilah K. Creveling, daughter of Andrew S. and Theresa Creveling and sister of Rev. S. A. Creveling a Methodist Episcopal minister. Mrs. Buckalew's father was a farmer in Fishingcreek township. Captain Buckalew died Apr. 30, 1910.
Source: History and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania - Volume I of 2- Published 1915 - Chicago - J. H. Beers & Co. - Page 406

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