HISTORY
OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes,
Lewis
Publishing
Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version,
Vol.
III, p. 1249. [Bourbon County][1]
AYLETTE
BUCKNER--Within the pages of this work will be found specific
mention
of a number of the representatives of the Buckner family, whose
name
has been long and prominently identified with the annals of
Kentucky
and
which has ever stood exponent of the highest type of citizenship.
Aylette
Buckner is numbered among the able and successful agriculturists
and
stock-growers of Bourbon county and his well improved farm
comprises
one
hundred and seventy-five acres, located about seven miles east of
the
city
of Paris, on the Paris and Little Rock turnpike. Besides
this farm he
also
owns a large tract of land in Canada. He is progressive in
his
farming
enterprise and is contributing his quota to upholding the high
standard
of the agricultural industry in his native county. Aylette
Buckner
was born in Bourbon county on the 15th of January, 1877, and is a
son
of William S. and Rosa (Lindsay) Buckner, both of whom were
likewise
natives
of Bourbon county, where the former was born in February, 1851,
and
the
latter in April, 1852. William S. Buckner died February 9,
1890, and
his
wife is still living in Paris, Kentucky. He whose name
initiates this
sketch
has been identified with agricultural pursuits throughout his
entire
career.
He was reared on the old homestead farm and early began to assist
in
its work, the while he was afforded excellent educational
advantages,
having
attended a private school conducted by William L. Yerkes at
Paris,
this
state, and having later continued his studies in the University
of
Kentucky,
now known as Transylvania University at Lexington. Mr.
Buckner
has
resided on his present homestead since the time of his marriage
and
upon
the same he has made improvements of the best type, everything
about
the
place giving unmistakable evidence of thrift and prosperity.
His
political
allegiance is given to the Democratic party and while he takes a
loyal
interest in all that touches the welfare of the community he has
had
no
ambition for public office. He is a member of the
Christian, or
Campbellite,
church, and his wife holds membership in the Methodist
Episcopal
church, South.
On the 15th of June, 1904, was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
Buckner
to
Miss Mary H. Lockhart, who was born at Paris, Bourbon county, on
the
29th
of November, 1883, and who is a daughter of General C. and
Florence
(Kelly)
Lockhart. A review of the career of her father appears
elsewhere
in
this publication so that further data concerning the family
history is
not
demanded in the present connection. Mr. and Mrs. Buckner
have one son,
Catlett
L., who was born on the 27th of December, 1907, at Asheville,
North
Carolina, where his parents were sojourning for the winter at the
time
of his birth.
[1] Reprinted: The Buckner Newsletter, Vol 6, #1, October 2000
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