Obituary - Lincoln, Illinois newspaper, 31 October 1891 PIONEER LADY DEAD Mrs. Mary Ann Buckles, of Mt. Pulaski Township, Passes Away Mrs. Mary Ann Buckles, relic of Wm. R. Buckles, died at the family home four miles west of Mt. Pulaski, at 2 o'clock a.m., Thursday, Oct. 29, 1891, aged 70 years, 11 months, and 2 days. Funeral services occur today at the Buckles church at 11 o'clock. Interment in Carlyle Cemetery, and services conducted by Elder A. J. Kain of Springfield. The deceased was taken suddenly ill Monday, declining to enervating congestion, until the end. Only the week before she was in town in apparently fair health. Her death was so unlooked for that but few relatives were present at her demise. Her son, though telegraphed for at his home in Hiawatha, Kansas, arrived too late to meet once more the dearest of all earthly love, a mother. Mrs. Buckles was of a pioneer family and, in her early days, this was a vast unsettled prairie. Her companion, Wm. R. Buckles, who died Feb. 11, 1885, was among the most sturdy builders up of this now prosperous country. They were an exemplary pair of good citizens, who had undergone the cares and hardships of early pioneer life, leaving a goodly inheritance, in example, as well as in the substantials of life, to their offspring. Both were members of the Christian church. Their living children are Henry H., of Oxford, Kan.; Mrs. Darrell H. Ridgeway, of Copeland settlement, Mt. Pulaski township; Robert F., an attorney of Hiawatha, Kansas; and Carter T., who has always lived at home and is single. A daughter, Mrs. James W. Wright, died April 2, 1878. Mrs. Buckles was one of ten children of Mr. and Mrs. Carter T. Scroggin, seven of who survive, namely: L. K., Russell P., Marion, of Sheridan, Oregon; Thomas J. and Carter T., Mrs. John Buckles, and Mrs. C. K. Lucas. The deceased brothers and sisters are Humphrey, who died in 1856; Mrs. John H. Lucas, in 1882; and Mrs. W. R. Buckles, the subject of this article. The husband of the deceased, Wm. R. Buckles, was one of 15 sons and daughters born of Robert and Mary Buckles, respectively deceased in 1866 and 1887, all of whom grew to man and womanhood, namely: Wm. R., Jeremiah, John, Mrs. L. K. Scroggin, Mrs. S. M. Copeland, Andrew, Peter, Chalton C., Mrs. Abner Copeland, Robert, Wiley, Henry H., Mrs. Henry Freeman, Mrs. Dan Handlin, and Mrs. Wm. H. Sams. Those deceased respectively are Peter, Mrs. L. K. Scroggin, Chalton C., Jeremiah, Wm. R., and Riley. History will mark the pathway of this family and name in the generations to follow. The pioneer of early statehood will be honored and his worth and achievements celebrated in centuries to come. Then the song will be, all hail to our ancestors of the 19th century.