Edward Buckham    

EDWARD BUCKHAM, justice of the peace, Pardoe, was born August 29, 1834, in England. His parents were Edward and Mary (Scott) Buckham. Our subject was educated in his native country, and there early learned the art of coal mining. He came to America in 1870, and engaged for a while in mining coal in Washington County, Penn. He then, in 1871, came to Pardoe, where he engaged in mining coal until 1880, when he opened a store at Pardoe. This he conducted with good success for four years, and only withdrew because of affliction. He was elected a justice of the peace in 1883 and is the present incumbent. In 1886 he passed an examination for mine boss, and secured a situation at Leechburg, Armstrong Co., Penn., but gave it up because of lameness. He was married in 1856 to Jane Hall, a native of England, by whom he has had fifteen children: Mary A., married Augustus Freidhaber; Edward, married Elizabeth Peters; George, Matthew W., Charles B., Maggie, John W., Augustus H. and Thomas J. The others are dead. He and his wife are members of the Episcopal Church, which holds meetings in a small building near his residence. In politics he is a Republican.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.