Herman Augustus Buckey

From History of Frederick County. p. 1129-1130:

Herman Augustus Buckey, who spent his active years in rural occupations, is now living retired and is the owner of Middle Plantation, in Mount Pleasant District. He was born on this place, September 24. 1849, and is a son of George William and Elizabeth (Rhoderick) Buckey.

The Buckey family is of French origin, and the proper pronunciation of the name is as if it were spelled Bouquet. The great-grandfather of Herman A. Buckey came to this country with his family many years prior to 1776. He was known as Colonel Bouquet and served in the American army during the Revolution. He located on a tract of land east of Mount Pleasant, in Frederick County. Md. This place contained 140 acres and is now owned by Herman A. Buckey. It was bought in three lots, Middle Plantation, Mackey’s Delight, and Discovery. This Buckey ancestor engaged in farming on this estate. He was the father of a son, George Peter, and a daughter, Susan Buckey.

George Peter Buckey was born February 28, 1771. He succeeded his father on the farm. He learned the details of the tanning industry and operated a tannery on his place. Politically, he was a Whig. He was connected with the Reformed Church and served in the capacity of an elder. Mr. Buckey was married to Susan Creager. They were the parents of these children: Eli, a farmer in Mount Pleasant District, married Susan Norris; Charlotte, died unmarried; Ezra, a farmer at Liberty, married Susan Wolfe; Susan, married Samuel Cramer; Maria, became the wife of Philip Cramer; George William, married Elizabeth Rhoderick; Ann C, married Simon Barrack.

George William Buckey, son of George Peter and Susan (Creager) Buckey, was born on Middle Plantation, Mount Pleasant District, May 31, 1814. He acquired his learning in the schools of the county. He learned the trade of a tanner under his father. After the elder Buckey died, he purchased the home farm. In his political affiliations, he was a Whig. He was a member of the Reformed Church, in which he served as an elder. He was a man of the strictest integrity and was well known in his day. His death took place March 12, 1895, and he is buried in the Glade Cemetery. Mr. Buckey was married March 10, 1844, to Elizabeth Rhoderick. She was born in 1823, and died October 30, 1865, being interred in the Glade Reformed Cemetery. They had these children: George R., who was born July 1, 1848, married Flora Abbott, of Tiffin, O., and later went to Colorado, where he was married again to Minnie Phillips; Herman Augustus, whose name is at the head of this sketch; Basil Vernon, who was born December 19, 1851, entered the drygoods business in Frederick, afterwards removing to Baltimore, where he died and married Emma Hergisimer; Susan E., who was born August 3, 1853, married Rev. J. M. Snowden, a minister in the Reformed Church, now located at Edinburgh, Va.; John William, who was born March 29, 1855, lives in Baltimore and married a Miss Mollie Radcliffe; Edward Dorsey, who was born October 31, 1857, of Frederick, is unmarried; Mary Louisa, who was born September 29, 1859, married Preston Devilbiss, of Liberty, now deceased; Charles R., who was born October 12, 1865, went to Colorado, where he engaged in the real estate and loan business and married Etta Washburn, has one daughter, Norma. The parents of Mrs. George W. Buckey were John L. and Catharine (Lease) Rhoderick, of near Mount Pleasant.

Herman Augustus Buckey, son of George William and Elizabeth (Rhoderick) Buckey, passed his entire life on the Middle Plantation until he located in the village of Mount Pleasant. He attended the public schools of his native county until he was eighteen years old, and then went one year to Liberty Academy, under John Grove. He was reared to rural pursuits and assisted in the work on the farm. He also learned the tannery business under his father. Upon the latter’s death, he purchased the homestead, and also managed the tannery. The latter was disposed of in 1899. This tannery used old fashioned ways, no hot liquids being used in the process and the bark being ground out by horse-power. The product was shipped in large quantities to Baltimore, where it found a ready market. Mr. Buckey is one of the representative citizens of his district. He is an able business man and has achieved considerable success in his various undertakings, starting a poor boy.

In politics. Mr. Buckey is a Republican, but liberal in his views. He joined the Mount Pleasant Reformed Church when a young man. For fifteen years he filled the office of elder and for five years has been superintendent of the Sunday School.

Mr. Buckey was married November 15, 1873, to Margaret E. Nusbaum, daughter of Samuel and Catharine (Reese) Nusbaum. She is a member of the Reformed Church. Mr. and Mrs. Buckey have issue: William Augustus, who was born April 2, 1877, was educated in the Mount Pleasant public schools and Walkersville High School, is now bookkeeper for Hahn & Rowe, plumbers of Frederick, and married Mary R. Chew, by whom he has one child, Mildred; Catharine Elizabeth, who was born December 31, 1878, married George A. Cashour, farmer, of Mount Airy, Md.; Carrie May, who was born December 8, 1880, married Newton M. Hahn, farmer, of Walkersville, and has two children, Margaret E. and Monroe B.; Walter Maynard, who was born January 24, 1883, married Elizabeth Etzler, and has one child, Ruth, also a farmer, living on the old homestead; Frank Leslie, who was born March 10, 1885, is unmarried; Guy Elmer, was born September 10, 1887; and Vera Grace, was born January 15, 1890, now at home. All are living. Leslie and Guy Elmer are engaged in the grocery business in the village of Mt. Pleasant.