Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers.  "An
Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam,
Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties")  Spokane, WA: Western Historical
Publishing Co., 1905.  p. 529.
 
CHARLES A. BUCKLEY

     one of the heaviest real estate owners of Sherman county, resides in Grass
Valley. He has about five thousand acres of land, three thousand of which are
tillable. He has about one thousand into grain and the entire estate is one of
the best in the country. Mr. Buckley is a man of recognized business ability,
which is thoroughly attested by the exceptional success which he has won in his
career. Everybody will be pleased to see an account of his life which will be
both beneficial and inspiring. Charles A. Buckley was born in Sag Harbor, New
York, on September 29, 1858. His father, Abel C. Buckley, was also a native of
New York, descended from English and Irish ancestry. He was a tanner by trade
and died in Brooklyn, New York, in 1887. He had married Ann E. Penney, a native
of Long Island, who died in Brooklyn, New York, on July 30, 1903. Our subject
lived in his birthplace until ten years of age, when he accompanied the family
to Brooklyn, New York, where he received a liberal education in the public
schools and private institutions. Afterwards, he took a commercial course and
also learned the sole cutting trade in New York City. He followed this for five
years, then came to Wasco, county, having been induced there by reading
literature descriptive of the state. Four days after landing in The Dalles, he
entered into partnership with William J. Kerr,- and Edward Williams, who came
west with him. In November, 1883, they bought the Tilford Moore ranch, fifteen
miles southwest of Grass, Valley. Mr. Kerr was a practical farmer and the other
two were not. Finally our subject and Mr. Kerr purchased the interest of
Williams and operated together until 1899, when Mr. Buckley bought his partner's
interest and Mr. Kerr returned east. Mr. Buckley has since conducted the
business with splendid success and generally winters about five thousand sheep
although at the present time he owns eight thousand. He has about sixty head of
choice graded and registered cattle and has one registered Shorthorn bull. He
also owns a Belgian stallion imported and takes great pride in breeding
excellent stock.
     On November 24, 1888, at Portland, Oregon, Mr. Buckley married Minnie F.
Patterson, a native of Connecticut and niece of Mr. Kerr, our subject's former
partner. She had come to Oregon with her mother some time previous to the
marriage. Mr. Buckley has one brother, William C., in the leather business in
Brooklyn, New York, and three sisters, Mary, wife of A. G. Bassett; Carrie, wife
of E. H. Osborne and Annie L., wife of A. S. French, all of Brooklyn, New York.
Mrs. Buckley is an only child. To our subject and his wife, two children have
been born, A. Conklin, and William H. Mr. Buckley is a member of the I. O. O. F.
and of the Encampment, while he and his wife both belong to the Rebekahs.
Politically, he is a good strong Republican and is frequently in the
conventions. He is a progressive, wide awake business man and does not forget to
labor continuously for the betterment of school facilities, the building up of
the country and the general advancement of the county and state He has many
friends and is considered one of the leading men of this part of the state.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2009 by Diana Smith.  Submitter has
no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.