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BUCHANAN FAMILY
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ZHenry and Jo Brynie; Kenny and Kristye.
live with her daughter, Olive. While living
there Henry worked in the logging camps and
at a lumber yard. Kjerstie was not happy in
Oregon and wanted to return home to Norse.
Upon returning they lived on a farm leased
from the Phil Gilliams. During Henry's
younger years, he was also a carpenter with
Will Anderson and helped build the Norse
Parsonage. Henry and Kjerstie remained at
Norse until her death in 1952.
Following his mother's death, Henry
married the widow, Josephine Oswald
Ludwig. She had a daughter, Betty Gail,
whom Henry accepted as his own. The family
moved to Clifton in 1953. Henry joined the
First Methodist Church with his family.
Henry continued to farm and later started
working at Wilson's Building Materials. A
portion of the M.J. Oswald estate was
purchased in 1955 where the family lived
until 1963 when they purchased their home
in Clifton.
Henry and Jo were blessed with two
children, Kenny and Kristye. John Kenneth
was born in 1953, and Jo Kristye was born in
1956. Both were raised in Clifton and attend-
ed school there. Kenny married Betty
Lynette Story. They have two children,
Jamie Leigh, born in 1977, and Michael Erik,
born in 1980. At present Kenny and his
family live in Carrollton, Texas. Kristye
married Douglas Ray Fehler and has two
children, Karie Shea born in 1976, and
Nathan Ryan born in 1979. At present Kristie
and her family live in Midland, Texas.
Henry's step-daughter, Betty Gail Ludwig,
was born in 1940 in Clifton. She also attended
school there. Betty married Dean E. Curren.
They have two children, Deana Lynn, born
in 1969 and David Kenneth, born in 1971.
Betty and her family live in San Antonio.
Due to heart attacks Henry was forced to
retire early, but he continued to be as active
as possible. He loved gardening and canning.
Jo and Henry enjoyed Senior Citizen activi-
ties. He died in 1977 in Clifton and is buried
at Norse.
by Ruth Allen
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John Thomas Buchanan and his wife
Margaret came from Tennessee. They were
both born near Nashville. He settled in Collin
County at Celina where he was a realtor.
They had two sons and two daughters.
Watson Byrd Buchanan (1865-1937)
married Lucy Virginia Myers (1868-1955) in
Tennessee and followed his father to Texas.
He worked for the railroad company in
Walnut Springs, Texas. They had eight
children while living in Bosque County. They
bought the Newby house where they lived
until the railroad closed there. He got a job
with the Texas and Pacific railroad in Big
Spring. The family moved there in 1912. He
and his wife are buried in Mt. Olive Ceme-
tery, Big Spring.
Avo Prudence Buchanan (1888-1966) was
the first child from this union. She married
William Mills Myers (1884-1962) 1907 in
Walnut Springs. In 1909 they moved to
Sinton, where he was a farmer. The area was
bush country and the town of Sinton a mere
village, where rattlesnakes and deer outnum-
bered the people. They had three girls, Anna
Clare (deceased) Lola Virginia and Mary
Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Myers are buried in
the Sinton Cemetery.
Alta Zoe (1882-1970) was the second child
born. She was a teacher for six years, then
assistant secretary at East Texas Teachers
College, Commerce. She married Dave Dun-
can Crawford and lived in Danville, Illinois
where he was employed by the C.E.&I
Railroad. When he retired they moved to Big
Spring. They are buried in Mt. Olive Ceme-
tery in Big Spring.
Lex Myers (1895-1960) was the first son
born to this couple. He worked for depart-
ment stores in Big Spring; Columbus, Missis-
sippi; Paris, and Abilene. He married Barzie
McMillan in Lewisville, Mississippi in 1931.
He later opened a flower shop in Sweetwater,
where he resided until he died. They had two
children, Ann and John, and four grandchild-
ren. He is buried in Elmwood Memorial
Cemetery in Abilene.
Lucy Virginia (1898-1965) married Walter
Wells Whipkey, 1918. They had two daugh-
ters, Virginia Rose and Betty Lou. He
published the Colorado Record in Colorado
City, Texas for years. They sold their busi-
ness and opened a floral shop which they
operated until her death. They are buried in
the cemetery at Colorado City, Texas.
Watson Byrd (1900-1984) was a telegraph
operator for Postal Telegraph Company in El
Paso when he married Irene Kone. From El
Paso they moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma; then
to Dallas. They owned and managed a retail
store until his retirement in 1968 but they
continued to live in Dallas until his death.
Norris (1902-1910) is buried in the Walnut
Spring Cemetery.
Sallie Marguerite (1905) attended Big
Spring Public School. She graduated from
East Texas Teachers College with a B.S.
degree. She received a M.E. degree from
Texas Technological College. In 1932 she
married E.M. Hilley who died in 1941. She
went back to teaching and was Homemaking
Coordinator in the Abilene Public Schools forF155
The railroad brought the Buckingham and
Rennicks families to Walnut Springs. Peter
Berry Rennicks, a native of Ireland, came to
Walnut in 1898 and moved his family from
Illinois, in 1901. The Rennicks family lived
in a house owned by the Texas Central
Railroad. P.B. Rennicks was a machinist for
the railroad, and his wife, Jane, fed the
railroad crews. As a sideline, Mr. Rennicks
sold Edison graphophones. He was a Wood-
man of the World and Jane Rennicks was a
charter member of the local Rebeccas. When
P.B. and Jane Rennicks returned to Illinois
in 1914, two of their children remained in
Walnut Spring: their youngest son, Emil
Edward (Pete), who married Lillie Aubry,
and their daughter, Sarah Lillian Rennicks
who married Charles Clayton Buckingham in
1906.
Charles C. Buckingham was born in
Weatherford, one of five children of George
Buckingham, a pioneer railroad agent in
Texas. C.C. completed his schooling in the
Dublin and Houston public schools and
served four years apprenticeship at the
Central Railroad in Fort Worth before
moving to Walnut Springs in 1902.
After their marriage, C.C. and Sarah
Buckingham lived in Walnut Springs until
1913 when they, with their two small chil-
dren, moved to the Dyersville community in
Bosque County where he bought a farm.
While living there, the Buckingham family
was active in all community affairs and C.C.
served as president of the local school board
for two years.
With the start of World War I in 1918, the
Buckinghams returned to Walnut Springs
where C.C. resumed his trade at the railroad.
Beginning in 1927, he and his son, Charles
Clayton, Jr., operated a dairy until 1951. By
1938, C.C. had completed sixteen years of
service on the Walnut Springs School Board,
seven years as president of the board. He was,
during the depression years, instrumental in
getting the school gymnasium built. C.C. was
an active Mason before the Depression
caused the lodge to disband for a number of
years.
Four children were born to C.C. and Sarah
Lillian Buckingham: Lois Lorreta (Mur-
phree), Charles Clayton, Jr., Illa May (Smith)
and Anna Jane (Gibson).
Charles Clayton Buckingham, Jr., was born
in 1909 in Walnut Springs and is still asixteen years. She married Virgil Zeph Mat-
thews in 1966. She is now retired and lives in'
Abilene.
Patrick Henry (1908-1970) attended public
school in Big Spring and then worked for the
Texas Pacific Railroad. He was sent to
Longview, where he married Mary Elma
Dorris in 1934. From this union there were
two children, a son Patrick Henry and a
daughter Cynthis Jane. In 1959 the Texas
and Pacific Railroad merged with the Mis-
souri-Pacific and Mr. Buchanan was trans-
ferred to the St. Louis, Missouri office as
assistant to the president. He retired in 1970
and moved to Dallas. He is buried in Laurel
Land Cemetery, Dallas.
by Sallie MatthewsBUCKINGHAM FAMILY
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