Fifth Generation (Continued)
Family of Joseph Buckalew (18) & Catherine Gulick

66. Jonathan Buckalew. Jonathan died before 1823.

1829: In Columbia Co.; Briarcreek Twp, PA

From: "Terence Buckaloo" <tjbuck@coiinc.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 23:08:32 -0600

According to some notes, probably written by my grt grandmother, my ancestor, Joseph Buckalu, had 5 siblings. I can find traces of the other 4, but nothing on Polly. So far everything has verfied what she had written.

Children of Joseph & Catherine Gulick Buckalew (from NJ to PA ca. 1804). They were md. by the time her father wrote his will in Apr. 1798:

Jonathan: Found in Columbia Co., PA tax records, md. ca. 1817, wife may have been Elizabeth Kinsey. He is last listed in tax records in 1822. In 1823, Elizabeth is a widow. She had children:
Samuel Kinsey, b. ca. 1812;
George Buckalew, b. Oct. 20, ca. 1818;
Harriet, b. June 16, ca. 1820.
Remarreid to a Dawson ca. 1826.
Polly

Isaac, b. 1797/98 Found in Columbia Co. tax records. Lived in Salem Twp., Luzerne Co., PA, last record of him.

Charity, ca. 1802-1875, Md. Joshua Burlingame, lived in Maine Twp., Columbia Co. in 1850.

Jane, 1804-1854 Md. Solomon Shellhammer ca. 1824, Espy, PA. To Lee Co., IL in 1837.

Joseph, 1811-1852 Md. Eliza Horner Kerr, to Lee Co, IL ca. 1839-41.

About 1817 Jonathan married Widow (?) Elizabeth Kinsey.

That Elizabeth Kinsey was wife of Jonathan Buckalew is conjecture. See notes for Jonathan.

They had the following children:
241 i. George (~1818-)
242 ii. Harriet (~1820-)

67. Polly Buckalew.

68. Isaac Buckalew. Born about 1798 in NJ.

1850 Luzerne Co./ Salem Twp, PA Census.

About 1824 when Isaac was 26, he married Ellen. Born about 1801.

They had the following children:
243 i. Jonathan (~1827-)
244 ii. Charles B. (~1830-)
245 iii. Abraham J. (1836-1907)
246 iv. James (~1834-)
247 v. Catherine A. (~1838-)
248 vi. Carpenter R. (~1843-~1903)
249 vii. Mary A.

69. Charity Buckalew. Born about 1802. Charity died in 1875; she was 73.

1850 Maine Twp., Columbia Co., PA census.

Charity married Joshua Burlingame. Born about 1789.

They had the following children:
250 i. Joseph S.
251 ii. Norman
252 iii. Alfred G.
253 iv. Mary Catherine
254 v. Eliza Jane
255 vi. Hannah Mary Matilda
256 vii. John Wesley

70. Jane Buckalew. Born on 6 March 1804 in PA. Jane died on 21 April 1854; she was 50.

1837: Migrated to Lee Co., IL

About 1824 when Jane was 19, she married Solomon Shellhammer, in Espy; Columbia Co., PA. Born on 28 October 1797 in PA. Solomon died in Lee Co., IL, on 28 April 1879; he was 81.

They had the following children:
257 i. Jesse B. (1824-1896)
258 ii. John Thomas (-1915)
259 iii. Charles K. (1828-1909)
260 iv. Mary Elizabeth (1830-1901)
261 v. Sarah J. (1833-1907)
262 vi. Wellington (1836-1846)
263 vii. Catherine
264 viii. Joseph (1841-1932)

71. Thomas Joseph Buckalew. Born on 23 January 1811 in Columbia Co., PA. Thomas Joseph died on 11 September 1852; he was 41. Buried in Oakwood Cem., Dixon, IL. Occupation: Farmer.

One source states the he and family probably lived in Northampton Co., PA until 1839. That same source, identified to me only by e-mail address <buckaloo@neto.com>, stated further,"Since their home was east of the Alleghenies at the start of their trip, they had to make the ascent of a mountain in a hoist attached to a huge engine at the summit, and were then lowered down the other side by means of a similar carrier. They then proceeded by train to Pittsburg, traveled by boat down the Ohio River and up the Mississippi River to Savanna, IL, from which they headed to Dixon, Lee County. At first they rented around for a few years until they settled on a farm in the ssBend near Grand Detour, about four miles north of Dixon. Joseph Buckalu farmed there until his early death in 1852. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Dixon."

1839: Migrated to Lee Co., IL

Much of the information about Joseph Buckaloo and his descendants was taken from papers of the Citizens Historical Association, Indianapolis, dated 28 June 1938 and housed in the Illinois State Historical Library. Reference #2 B1121 D11 E52 F38 WMS/KAR.

Complementary information about his name received 8 May 03 from Douglas C. Buckelew.

On 5 February 1835 when Thomas Joseph was 24, he married Eliza Horner Kerr, daughter of Nathan Kerr & Sarah Horner, in Lee Co., IL. Born on 24 January 1815 in Northampton Co., PA. Eliza Horner died on 13 January 1892; she was 76. Buried in Oakwood Cem., Dixon, IL.

1889: Moved to Savannah, IL.

They had the following children:
265 i. Alfred Kerr (1836-1864)
266 ii. Sarah C. (1838-1879)
267 iii. Thomas Jefferson (1842-1901)
268 iv. Jane M. (~1844-1877)
269 v. Amanda Horner (1846-1936)
270 vi. George Washington (1849-1941)

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