Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

JOHN L. BUCKLEY, retired farmer; P.O. Philadelphia; was born in 
England, Jan. 14, 1812. In 1837 he emigrated to America, and 
located in Cass County, and followed the occupation of a 
carpenter. About 1849 he went to California, where he remained 
about three years. After his return from California he commenced 
farming, which he carried on more or less extensively, until 1869, 
when he sold his property and retired from active labor. At this 
date he is hale and hearty, and bids fair to live still many 
years. He was married in Cass County, June 2, 1844, to Miss Mary 
A. Lindsley, who was born in Ontario County, N.Y., Sept. 24, 1815. 
Martin L. Lindsley, the father of Mrs. Buckley, was educated for a 
physician, and was of a very roving disposition. He was killed in 
1830, while digging a well. His wife, Orilla Bordman, was born in 
Vermont in Rutland, Co., Aug. 31, 1788; died May 1, 1877. She was 
the mother of eight children. Mrs. Buckley's parents were both 
well educated, and taught school at one time. John Buckley, the 
father of our subject, was a native of England, a merchant by 
occupation. His wife, Elizabeth Lees, was also of England; she was 
the mother of ten children, of whom John L., our subject, was the 
sixth child. Politically, Mr. Buckley was originally an old line 
Whig, but since its day has been identified with the Republican 
party. Religiously, himself and wife are connected with the 
Christian Church.

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