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Florence POWER BUCKINGHAM

Forest-Llewellyn Cemetery
Adair County,
Missouri

Frank
Dec 29, 1865 - Apr 4, 1919
Mason
Florence
Sept 12, 1873 - Sept 20, 1961
Parents:
James Power (1836 - 1899)
Elizabeth Power (1828 - 1880)

FRANK M. BUCKINGHAM was born in Birmingham, Iowa, December 29, 1865, being a son of Edward Dorsey and Susan Buckingham. He was married August 24, 1893, to Hettie Florence Power, of Memphis, Missouri, daughter of James Power. Two children have been born to them: Mildred, October 7, 1896; James Dorsey, October 30, 1901.

Mr. Buckingham's mother died when he was small and he moved with his father to Knox County, Missouri, when about ten years old. They lived there on a farm till 1873, when they moved to Adair County, settling near Brashear. He lived there on a farm and assisted in running it till 1884, when his father died. He came to Kirksville in the fall of 1887 and went to work in the Journal office, learning the printer's trade. He remained with that paper till 1903, when he gave up his position and moved to Green City. He lived there till the spring of 1911 and was engaged in the wholesale produce business. At that, time he sold his interest there and returned to Kirksville, accepting the position of bookkeeper and general solicitor for the Kirksville Journal, which place he still holds. Mr. Buckingham is interested in other business enterprises, is a stockholder and director of the Bank of Green City, and owns stock in the Journal Printing Company and Kirksville Trust Company.

He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 105, Kirksville. He is a Republican in polities. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian church.

History of Adair County, 1911
By Eugene Morrow Violette
Page 836

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