STANDARD CERIFICATE OF DEATH
Place of Death: Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
Full Name: Edward Kent Buker
Sex: male
Color: Amer.
Single
Age: 65 yrs
Date of Death: Oct 13, 1907
Cause: Cancer of tongue
Duration:
Doctor or Attendant: G S Reek
Edward Kent Buker, Sr., was born about 1842 in Sagadahoc County, Maine. In August 1861, he enlisted in Company E, 7th Massachusetts Infantry, serving as a cook in a hospital unit. He mustered out August 1864. He is said to have lived with an Indian woman in Muskogee, Oklahoma Territory; at that time, Muskogee was Creek Indian territory. He was in the Salt River Valley by 1871, when he became one of the original investors in the Monterey Ditch Company. He was the first postmaster of Mill City (now east Phoenix) and was mentioned in several Territorial newspaper articles during the 1870s. He married Laura Moore in 17 June 1874, by whom he had a son, Edward Kent Buker, Jr. He and Laura later divorced. In 1883, Buker and his partner Thomas DeSpain leased land for a fruit orchard, vineyard and alfalfa field. The venture appears to have been successful, as he bought additional land thereafter. Buker married Eliza Ann Howard, a widow, on 26 June 1889 in Phoenix. They had several more children. In 1898, Buker applied for and was granted pension #1204599. He died 13 Oct 1907 of cancer. His widow Eliza lived until 1947.
Place of Death: Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
Full Name: Edward Kent Buker
Sex: male
Color: Amer.
Single
Age: 65 yrs
Date of Death: Oct 13, 1907
Cause: Cancer of tongue
Duration:
Doctor or Attendant: G S Reek
Edward Kent Buker, Sr., was born about 1842 in Sagadahoc County, Maine. In August 1861, he enlisted in Company E, 7th Massachusetts Infantry, serving as a cook in a hospital unit. He mustered out August 1864. He is said to have lived with an Indian woman in Muskogee, Oklahoma Territory; at that time, Muskogee was Creek Indian territory. He was in the Salt River Valley by 1871, when he became one of the original investors in the Monterey Ditch Company. He was the first postmaster of Mill City (now east Phoenix) and was mentioned in several Territorial newspaper articles during the 1870s. He married Laura Moore in 17 June 1874, by whom he had a son, Edward Kent Buker, Jr. He and Laura later divorced. In 1883, Buker and his partner Thomas DeSpain leased land for a fruit orchard, vineyard and alfalfa field. The venture appears to have been successful, as he bought additional land thereafter. Buker married Eliza Ann Howard, a widow, on 26 June 1889 in Phoenix. They had several more children. In 1898, Buker applied for and was granted pension #1204599. He died 13 Oct 1907 of cancer. His widow Eliza lived until 1947.
STANDARD CERIFICATE OF DEATH
Place of Death: Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
Full Name: Edward Kent Buker
Sex: male
Color: Amer.
Single
Age: 65 yrs
Date of Death: Oct 13, 1907
Cause: Cancer of tongue
Duration:
Doctor or Attendant: G S Reek
Edward Kent Buker, Sr., was born about 1842 in Sagadahoc County, Maine. In August 1861, he enlisted in Company E, 7th Massachusetts Infantry, serving as a cook in a hospital unit. He mustered out August 1864. He is said to have lived with an Indian woman in Muskogee, Oklahoma Territory; at that time, Muskogee was Creek Indian territory. He was in the Salt River Valley by 1871, when he became one of the original investors in the Monterey Ditch Company. He was the first postmaster of Mill City (now east Phoenix) and was mentioned in several Territorial newspaper articles during the 1870s. He married Laura Moore in 17 June 1874, by whom he had a son, Edward Kent Buker, Jr. He and Laura later divorced. In 1883, Buker and his partner Thomas DeSpain leased land for a fruit orchard, vineyard and alfalfa field. The venture appears to have been successful, as he bought additional land thereafter. Buker married Eliza Ann Howard, a widow, on 26 June 1889 in Phoenix. They had several more children. In 1898, Buker applied for and was granted pension #1204599. He died 13 Oct 1907 of cancer. His widow Eliza lived until 1947.
Place of Death: Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona
Full Name: Edward Kent Buker
Sex: male
Color: Amer.
Single
Age: 65 yrs
Date of Death: Oct 13, 1907
Cause: Cancer of tongue
Duration:
Doctor or Attendant: G S Reek
Edward Kent Buker, Sr., was born about 1842 in Sagadahoc County, Maine. In August 1861, he enlisted in Company E, 7th Massachusetts Infantry, serving as a cook in a hospital unit. He mustered out August 1864. He is said to have lived with an Indian woman in Muskogee, Oklahoma Territory; at that time, Muskogee was Creek Indian territory. He was in the Salt River Valley by 1871, when he became one of the original investors in the Monterey Ditch Company. He was the first postmaster of Mill City (now east Phoenix) and was mentioned in several Territorial newspaper articles during the 1870s. He married Laura Moore in 17 June 1874, by whom he had a son, Edward Kent Buker, Jr. He and Laura later divorced. In 1883, Buker and his partner Thomas DeSpain leased land for a fruit orchard, vineyard and alfalfa field. The venture appears to have been successful, as he bought additional land thereafter. Buker married Eliza Ann Howard, a widow, on 26 June 1889 in Phoenix. They had several more children. In 1898, Buker applied for and was granted pension #1204599. He died 13 Oct 1907 of cancer. His widow Eliza lived until 1947.
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