James Green Clay Buckner was the the fourth of eight children and second son born to Garret David Buckner and Sarah Psalms McSpadden. He was the namesake of his maternal uncle, Green Clay McSpadden.
James was a descendant of the McSpadden and Buckner families, who were true Virginian colonial families. He was also the great-grandson of American Revolutionary War veteran, Archibald McSpadden. Archibald was one of five courageous sons born to scots-irishman Thomas Craighead McSpadden, Jr., of Ulster, Antrim, Northern Ireland, who served and fought in the war for independence.
As the territories and opportunities opened up, the McSpadden and Buckner families migrated to the Carolinas and made their way by wagon train through McMinn County, Tennessee, and ultimately settled on the East Texas frontier in the early 1850s.
Another family on the wagon train from McMinn County to the gold rush in Colorado was the Risingers. However, patriarchs Garret Buckner and James Risinger stopped short of their destination, settled in beautiful Laneville, Rusk County, Texas, and bought property next door to one another. The families would have more in common than their rich history, but a future as well, as two of the Risinger offspring would grow and marry two Buckner offspring.
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On September 15, 1859, twenty-two year old, James, married seventeen year old, Miss Emma Lucinda Williams, in Tyler County, Texas. Fifteen months later, the young couple was blessed with the birth of their only child, a precious son they named James Robert Buckner.
Only a few short years later, the nation found itself in turmoil as countrymen divided at the onset of the Civil War. As months rolled on and farming families tried to continue any semblance of normalcy, East Texas became unsettling as outspoken men for the union were hung. The Buckner brothers and immediate cousins from adjoining counties responded by enlisting in the Confederate Army.
At the Post Office in Woodville, Rusk County, Texas, James along with two brothers-in-law and two cousins, Landon Risinger, David Risinger, Willis Alva Risinger, and Jordan B. Risinger, enlisted in Company G, 24th Texas Cavalry (Wilkes') (2nd Texas Lancers).
James' older brother, Moses McSpadden Buckner, who was married with soon-to-be five children, enlisted in Company C, 17th Cavalry Texas Regiment at nearby Tyler County.
They all mustered in in the spring and summer of 1862.
On that fateful day, January 11, 1863, after two days of intense shelling, James, his brother, and all of his cousins and brothers-in-law, were captured and taken prisoner while stationed at Fort Hindman at Arkansas Post.
The entire family arrived at the Prisoner of War camp on January 31, 1863 at Camp Douglas, near Chicago, in Sangamon County, Illinois.
Shortly after arriving, on March 1, 1863, twenty-five year old POW James Green Clay Buckner, died of Small Pox. His cousin, Willis Alva Risinger, passed as well. They were buried later that day in Conferederate Section Sites 754 and 768.
The POW camp at Camp Douglas was not yet finished with its destruction. Eleven days later, James' older brother, Moses, died of Small Pox. In the days and weeks that follow, two cousins, also in James company, lived to hear about the freeing prisoner exchange, were transferred to Point City but died in hospitals in Virginia.
Of all the cousins and extended Buckner, McSpadden and Risinger family members who served the confederacy, most every one died. Less than a handful returned to their waiting family and loved ones in East Texas.
James' grieving widow and small child were painfully left without their loving protector. The young Mrs. Buckner would later marry James E. Allison on August 13, 1865 in Tyler County.
James was a descendant of the McSpadden and Buckner families, who were true Virginian colonial families. He was also the great-grandson of American Revolutionary War veteran, Archibald McSpadden. Archibald was one of five courageous sons born to scots-irishman Thomas Craighead McSpadden, Jr., of Ulster, Antrim, Northern Ireland, who served and fought in the war for independence.
As the territories and opportunities opened up, the McSpadden and Buckner families migrated to the Carolinas and made their way by wagon train through McMinn County, Tennessee, and ultimately settled on the East Texas frontier in the early 1850s.
Another family on the wagon train from McMinn County to the gold rush in Colorado was the Risingers. However, patriarchs Garret Buckner and James Risinger stopped short of their destination, settled in beautiful Laneville, Rusk County, Texas, and bought property next door to one another. The families would have more in common than their rich history, but a future as well, as two of the Risinger offspring would grow and marry two Buckner offspring.
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On September 15, 1859, twenty-two year old, James, married seventeen year old, Miss Emma Lucinda Williams, in Tyler County, Texas. Fifteen months later, the young couple was blessed with the birth of their only child, a precious son they named James Robert Buckner.
Only a few short years later, the nation found itself in turmoil as countrymen divided at the onset of the Civil War. As months rolled on and farming families tried to continue any semblance of normalcy, East Texas became unsettling as outspoken men for the union were hung. The Buckner brothers and immediate cousins from adjoining counties responded by enlisting in the Confederate Army.
At the Post Office in Woodville, Rusk County, Texas, James along with two brothers-in-law and two cousins, Landon Risinger, David Risinger, Willis Alva Risinger, and Jordan B. Risinger, enlisted in Company G, 24th Texas Cavalry (Wilkes') (2nd Texas Lancers).
James' older brother, Moses McSpadden Buckner, who was married with soon-to-be five children, enlisted in Company C, 17th Cavalry Texas Regiment at nearby Tyler County.
They all mustered in in the spring and summer of 1862.
On that fateful day, January 11, 1863, after two days of intense shelling, James, his brother, and all of his cousins and brothers-in-law, were captured and taken prisoner while stationed at Fort Hindman at Arkansas Post.
The entire family arrived at the Prisoner of War camp on January 31, 1863 at Camp Douglas, near Chicago, in Sangamon County, Illinois.
Shortly after arriving, on March 1, 1863, twenty-five year old POW James Green Clay Buckner, died of Small Pox. His cousin, Willis Alva Risinger, passed as well. They were buried later that day in Conferederate Section Sites 754 and 768.
The POW camp at Camp Douglas was not yet finished with its destruction. Eleven days later, James' older brother, Moses, died of Small Pox. In the days and weeks that follow, two cousins, also in James company, lived to hear about the freeing prisoner exchange, were transferred to Point City but died in hospitals in Virginia.
Of all the cousins and extended Buckner, McSpadden and Risinger family members who served the confederacy, most every one died. Less than a handful returned to their waiting family and loved ones in East Texas.
James' grieving widow and small child were painfully left without their loving protector. The young Mrs. Buckner would later marry James E. Allison on August 13, 1865 in Tyler County.
James Green Clay Buckner was the the fourth of eight children and second son born to Garret David Buckner and Sarah Psalms McSpadden. He was the namesake of his maternal uncle, Green Clay McSpadden.
James was a descendant of the McSpadden and Buckner families, who were true Virginian colonial families. He was also the great-grandson of American Revolutionary War veteran, Archibald McSpadden. Archibald was one of five courageous sons born to scots-irishman Thomas Craighead McSpadden, Jr., of Ulster, Antrim, Northern Ireland, who served and fought in the war for independence.
As the territories and opportunities opened up, the McSpadden and Buckner families migrated to the Carolinas and made their way by wagon train through McMinn County, Tennessee, and ultimately settled on the East Texas frontier in the early 1850s.
Another family on the wagon train from McMinn County to the gold rush in Colorado was the Risingers. However, patriarchs Garret Buckner and James Risinger stopped short of their destination, settled in beautiful Laneville, Rusk County, Texas, and bought property next door to one another. The families would have more in common than their rich history, but a future as well, as two of the Risinger offspring would grow and marry two Buckner offspring.
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On September 15, 1859, twenty-two year old, James, married seventeen year old, Miss Emma Lucinda Williams, in Tyler County, Texas. Fifteen months later, the young couple was blessed with the birth of their only child, a precious son they named James Robert Buckner.
Only a few short years later, the nation found itself in turmoil as countrymen divided at the onset of the Civil War. As months rolled on and farming families tried to continue any semblance of normalcy, East Texas became unsettling as outspoken men for the union were hung. The Buckner brothers and immediate cousins from adjoining counties responded by enlisting in the Confederate Army.
At the Post Office in Woodville, Rusk County, Texas, James along with two brothers-in-law and two cousins, Landon Risinger, David Risinger, Willis Alva Risinger, and Jordan B. Risinger, enlisted in Company G, 24th Texas Cavalry (Wilkes') (2nd Texas Lancers).
James' older brother, Moses McSpadden Buckner, who was married with soon-to-be five children, enlisted in Company C, 17th Cavalry Texas Regiment at nearby Tyler County.
They all mustered in in the spring and summer of 1862.
On that fateful day, January 11, 1863, after two days of intense shelling, James, his brother, and all of his cousins and brothers-in-law, were captured and taken prisoner while stationed at Fort Hindman at Arkansas Post.
The entire family arrived at the Prisoner of War camp on January 31, 1863 at Camp Douglas, near Chicago, in Sangamon County, Illinois.
Shortly after arriving, on March 1, 1863, twenty-five year old POW James Green Clay Buckner, died of Small Pox. His cousin, Willis Alva Risinger, passed as well. They were buried later that day in Conferederate Section Sites 754 and 768.
The POW camp at Camp Douglas was not yet finished with its destruction. Eleven days later, James' older brother, Moses, died of Small Pox. In the days and weeks that follow, two cousins, also in James company, lived to hear about the freeing prisoner exchange, were transferred to Point City but died in hospitals in Virginia.
Of all the cousins and extended Buckner, McSpadden and Risinger family members who served the confederacy, most every one died. Less than a handful returned to their waiting family and loved ones in East Texas.
James' grieving widow and small child were painfully left without their loving protector. The young Mrs. Buckner would later marry James E. Allison on August 13, 1865 in Tyler County.
James was a descendant of the McSpadden and Buckner families, who were true Virginian colonial families. He was also the great-grandson of American Revolutionary War veteran, Archibald McSpadden. Archibald was one of five courageous sons born to scots-irishman Thomas Craighead McSpadden, Jr., of Ulster, Antrim, Northern Ireland, who served and fought in the war for independence.
As the territories and opportunities opened up, the McSpadden and Buckner families migrated to the Carolinas and made their way by wagon train through McMinn County, Tennessee, and ultimately settled on the East Texas frontier in the early 1850s.
Another family on the wagon train from McMinn County to the gold rush in Colorado was the Risingers. However, patriarchs Garret Buckner and James Risinger stopped short of their destination, settled in beautiful Laneville, Rusk County, Texas, and bought property next door to one another. The families would have more in common than their rich history, but a future as well, as two of the Risinger offspring would grow and marry two Buckner offspring.
ღ ღ ღ ღ
On September 15, 1859, twenty-two year old, James, married seventeen year old, Miss Emma Lucinda Williams, in Tyler County, Texas. Fifteen months later, the young couple was blessed with the birth of their only child, a precious son they named James Robert Buckner.
Only a few short years later, the nation found itself in turmoil as countrymen divided at the onset of the Civil War. As months rolled on and farming families tried to continue any semblance of normalcy, East Texas became unsettling as outspoken men for the union were hung. The Buckner brothers and immediate cousins from adjoining counties responded by enlisting in the Confederate Army.
At the Post Office in Woodville, Rusk County, Texas, James along with two brothers-in-law and two cousins, Landon Risinger, David Risinger, Willis Alva Risinger, and Jordan B. Risinger, enlisted in Company G, 24th Texas Cavalry (Wilkes') (2nd Texas Lancers).
James' older brother, Moses McSpadden Buckner, who was married with soon-to-be five children, enlisted in Company C, 17th Cavalry Texas Regiment at nearby Tyler County.
They all mustered in in the spring and summer of 1862.
On that fateful day, January 11, 1863, after two days of intense shelling, James, his brother, and all of his cousins and brothers-in-law, were captured and taken prisoner while stationed at Fort Hindman at Arkansas Post.
The entire family arrived at the Prisoner of War camp on January 31, 1863 at Camp Douglas, near Chicago, in Sangamon County, Illinois.
Shortly after arriving, on March 1, 1863, twenty-five year old POW James Green Clay Buckner, died of Small Pox. His cousin, Willis Alva Risinger, passed as well. They were buried later that day in Conferederate Section Sites 754 and 768.
The POW camp at Camp Douglas was not yet finished with its destruction. Eleven days later, James' older brother, Moses, died of Small Pox. In the days and weeks that follow, two cousins, also in James company, lived to hear about the freeing prisoner exchange, were transferred to Point City but died in hospitals in Virginia.
Of all the cousins and extended Buckner, McSpadden and Risinger family members who served the confederacy, most every one died. Less than a handful returned to their waiting family and loved ones in East Texas.
James' grieving widow and small child were painfully left without their loving protector. The young Mrs. Buckner would later marry James E. Allison on August 13, 1865 in Tyler County.
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