Tenth Generation (Continued)
Family of John G. Buckalew (2559) & Sarah

4298. Nancy Buckalew. Born about 1868 in GA.

4299. Rev. John W. Buckalew. Born on 23 July 1870 in Trion, Chattooga Co., GA. John W. died in Trion, Chattooga Co., GA, on 24 January 1918; he was 47.

J. W. Buckalew, "Incidents In The Life of...":

May be related to Bensen Buckelew, Floyd Co., GA, census 1860.

Chattooga Co, GA, Census, 1880: Wm Buckalen(w), 28, GA; Anna, 31, GA; Ira E., 2, GA.

Wm Buckalen(w), 34, GA; Mary, 36, GA; Clara L., 6, GA; Mary C., 6 mons., GA.

John (J.M.) Buckalen , 30 (abt 1850), GA; Sarah, 32, GA; Nancy 12, GA; John (J.W.?), 10, GA; Elyora, 8, GA; Alice, 6, GA; Ham, 2, GA.

b.23 July 1870, Trion, GA (North of Rome, GA)
Trion Bapt Ch. Baptized by Rev. W. L. Shattuck, Pastor. 1881.
1885 worked in factory (cotton mill ?) and family lived in Trion.
Married Mattie Hines 11 Aug 1889.
23 June 1890, son Jesse born. Died. 28 Oct 1890.
5 Aug 1891, dau. Grace born.
To Anniston, AL. Wife joined him in Aug 1893.
Joined First Baptist Church of Anniston.
His father (John- J.M.?) and mother (and family?) moved to Anniston shortly.
"...whipped out a negro restaurant and had run the police out of town."p.16.
19 Oct 1893, son Colie born.
W.L. Landers, uncle from GA.
Check settlement of criminal case in Summerville, GA. abt 1895.
To Etowah Co., Alabama City ?, AL,(Gadsden), Dwight Mfg. Co. (cotton mill), 1897.
Elected Chief of Police, Alabama City ?, AL.
Moved to Cordova, AL. Worked for Indian Head Mfg. Co.
(Moved back to Alabama City, but not sure when.)
Converted in Cordova,
Approach of L. P. Adams, Holiness preacher: "I love you and am praying for you"...handshake.
Went to "Natural Bridge," (find it) Alabama to be sanctified. Realized he already had received that blessing.
Started Holiness work in Cordova.
Felt called to preach and went to Oakman, AL.
To Gamble Mines, AL.
To Alabama City, AL.
To Trion, GA.
To Lindale, GA.
To Rome, GA, Pansy Chapel, mission of the M.E. Church, South.
1905, Aug:To Alabama City, AL, and conflict with Dwight Mfg. Co.
To Vernon, AL.
To Richard, AL.
To Columbus, MS, 25 miles away, by wagons.
To Cordova, AL, in Baptist Church.
To Nashville, TN, training at the Pentecostal Tabernacle.
1909, Sep: To Rossville, GA, boarding train at Lafayette, GA.
To Murfreesboro, TN.
1907: To Nashville, TN.
To Trion, GA.
To Alabama City, AL.
To Trion, GA.
To Boaz, AL, where united with M.E. Church. Later received "the baptism of the Holy Ghost."
1910, 20 Feb.: Joined the Church of God and was ordained.
To Trion, GA.
1910, Sep. or Oct.: To Alabama City, AL. Gadsden paper stated there was an acre of packed humanity at his meeting. More than 2,000 attended nightly as reported in the 15 Oct. 1910 "Church of God Evangel."
To Armuchee, GA.
To Cleveland, TN.
1911, 15 Feb.:To Bahama Islands.
1911, 27 Apr.: To Miami.
To Texas Valley, GA.
To Lafayette, GA.
To Alabama City, AL.
To Key West, FL.
To Bradenton, FL.
To Palmetto, FL.
To Alabama City, AL.
To Lafayette, GA.
To Harriman, TN.
To Cortez, FL.
1870, 23 July: Born at Trion, GA.
1918, 24 Jan.: Died at Trion, GA, at age of 47 years, six months and one day; leaving wife, one son, Colie Belton Buckalew, and one daughter, Mrs. Grace Truman Chandler, six grand children, four sisters.
1889, 11 Aug.: Married Mattie Hines.

Church of God Evangel; 14 July 1975, article "Rough and Ready" by Douglas LeRoy: "Most people concede that...J. W. Buckalew...was the most colorful figure in the history of the Church of God...,affectionally called "Rough and Ready" because of his brusque manner and stormy temperament."

"Like a Mighty Army," by Dr. Charles W. Conn: "He was then forty years of age, a swarthy, hulking man with stooped shoulders and unusually long arms. Yet, when Buckalew took the pulpit he was a complete master, and one of the most effective evangelists in Pentecostal history, who had great revivals and established sound churches with his roughshod preaching. During the day he picked cotton and did some other migrant work in order to support his family, and at night he preached the gospel."

On 11 August 1889 when John W. was 19, he married Mattie Hines, daughter of , in Trion, Chattooga Co., GA. Born in 1868. Mattie died in 1941; she was 73.

They had the following children:
6575 i. Jesse (1890-1890)
6576 ii. Grace (1891-)
6577 iii. Colie Belton (1893-1955)

4300. Elyora Buckalew. Born about 1872 in GA.

4301. Alice Laura Buckalew. Born on 30 April 1877 in Spring Garden, Cherokee Co., AL. Alice Laura died in Trion, Chatooga Co., GA, on 14 April 1944; she was 66. Buried in Alexander Cem., Chatooga Co., GA.

On 18 July 1897 when Alice Laura was 20, she married George Leach Maddux, son of Moses Wilkson Maddux (6 March 1829-19 June 1899) & Elizabeth Weems (8 March 1836-4 May 1891). Born on 11 November 1867 in Spring Garden, Cherokee Co., AL. George Leach died in Trion, Chatooga Co., GA, on 13 December 1944; he was 77.

They had the following children:
6578 i. Vinnie Leach (1898-1899)
6579 ii. Annie Elizabeth (1901-1902)
6580 iii. Martha Ruth (1902-1958)
6581 iv. Margie Mae (Private)
6582 v. Marvin William (Private)
6583 vi. Willis Stephen (Private)
6584 vii. Ozell Leach (Private)

4302. Ham Buckalew. Born about 1878 in GA.

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