Thomas Jefferson Buckelew

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, Uvalde Co., Texas; Sabinal P.O.
• Census: 1900, Justice Precinct 3, Comanche, Texas; Enumeration District 4-30
• Census: 1910, Justice Precinct 1, Brown, Texas; Enumeration District 14-97
• Census: 1920, Justice Precinct 6, Bexar, Texas; Enumeration District 14-112
• Occupation: 1870, Uvalde Co., Texas; Stock raiser
• Occupation: 1879, Uvalde Co., Texas; Farmer; owned one wagon, one horse, and twelve cattle
• Occupation: 1880, Uvalde Co., Texas; Farmer; owned one wagon, one horse, and three cattle
• Occupation: 1881, Uvalde Co., Texas; Farmer; owned two horses, one cow, and ten goats
• Occupation: 1882, Uvalde Co., Texas; Stock raiser; owned two horses, one cow, and one hundred sheep
• Occupation: 1883, Uvalde Co., Texas; Stock raiser; owned two horses, two cattle, and two hundred seventy-five sheep
• Occupation: 1900, Justice Precinct 3, Comanche, Texas; Farmer
• Occupation: 1910, Justice Precinct 1, Brown, Texas; Farmer, general farm
• Occupation: 1920, Justice Precinct 6, Bexar, Texas; Job work
• Residence: 1870, Uvalde Co., Texas; With mother Sarah Buckelew and five siblings
• Residence: 1879, Uvalde Co., Texas; Listed as a resident, but not as a land owner
• Residence: 1880, Uvalde Co., Texas; Listed as a resident, but not as a land owner
• Residence: 1881, Uvalde Co., Texas; Owned 160 acres, through preemption, valued at $80
• Residence: 1882, Uvalde Co., Texas; Listed as a resident but not as a land owner
• Residence: 1883, Uvalde Co., Texas; Listed as a resident but not as a land owner
• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 3, Comanche, Texas; With wife Margaret A (Eaton) and four children
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 1, Brown, Texas; With wife Margaret A (Eaton) and a daughter
• Residence: 1920, Justice Precinct 6, Bexar, Texas; With wife Margaret A (Eaton)
• Residence: 1912 - 8 Oct 1931, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas; Last address: 150 Birch St

Notes:

1880 census of Uvalde County, Texas, page 13 of precinct 3, ED 136; the last family listed is a Buckalew family with no given names but ages reasonably matching those of TJ, MA and their two children at the time

Not found in Uvalde Co., Texas tax rolls of 1884, 1885
Not found in Comanche Co., Texas tax roll of 1897 (latest available 2015 Jan 28)

Available online probate records of Bexar Co., Texas do not reach his date of death (20 Jan 2017)

Birth:
Some sources give Alabama as the birth place

Buried:
Roselawn Cemetery

Thomas married Margaret Ann Eaton 26 May 1877, Sabinal, Uvalde, Texas. Margaret (daughter of John Eaton and Mary York) was born 18 Jun 1860, Kansas; died 18 Dec 1941, Ingram, Kerr, Texas; was buried 19 Dec 1941, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas. [Group Sheet]