Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-07-10
Gen. S. B. Eucxner.

indirectly connected with zen. Buck
ner that make his career interesting
far beyond the common. lie was al
ways Il conspicuous man in Kentuck,
society, and when he was made
General in the Confederate army Ii,
was the popular idol of the da,
throughout the Southwest-a popu
larty winch was intensified even by
what was considered his misfortun,
at Fort Donelsom. Handsome, brave
with fine figure and gallant bear
ing, perfect horseman and all ac
complishcd man of the world, he wa
the typical young cavalier of III,
South. lie was married sometime
before the war TO Miss Kingsbury
who died after few years married
life and whose brother was ali office
in the regular army. Lieutenant
kingsbury and his sister were join
heirs TO large fortune, mainly il
Chicago real estate. Before leaving
for his post with the army in Ten.
nessee Gen. Buckner had an inter
view with ms brother-in-law ant
made over TO him all of Mrs. Buck,
ner's estate. This was TO protect il
from confscation, but it was YER.
bally understood that the property
was to be held in trust. If Gen
Buckner survived the issue of the ap
preaching conflict it was to be re-
turned to him. Ifnot it was TO b,
made over to his only child, Lille
Buckner
Lieut.. Kingsbury fell MORTAL,
wounded in one of the first battles il
Virginia. Realizing too late that he
had no testamentary provision b,
which Mrs. Buckner's property should
not 90 in with his own estate he tolC
to a comradc the story of his agree,
ment with his sisters husband. Fol
some reason his diving wishes wcrt
either not communicated TO or were
disregarded bv his wife. his only
heir, and she entered into possession
of the entire property. The wal
closed, Gen. Buckner came back tc
Louisville and asked Mrs. Kingsbur,
the restoration of his daughters cs
tate. Mrs. Kingsbury refused tc
consider the question. and A suit OF
recovery was brouOht Itwasone nj
the great cases of The day, and wa,
finally. after years of litigation. full,
decided in General Buckner's favor
Ills council was Robt. Wooley, Of
Louisville, a brother of Col Charles
Wooley, of Cincinnati, aud a neal
connection by marriage with Sallie
Ward, the famous Southern beauty
1t was said that his fee was 500 900
Gen. Buckmer at once began to ex.
tensively improve his Chicago prop.
criy. The fire came and in a dav lie
was poorer by half a million dollars
When, however, his daughter married
Mr.. Morris Belknap. of Louisville
two years ago she was one of the
great heiresses of the South.
Mrs. Kingsburv lived in Newport
after her husbands death. She wa,
4 beautiful and charming woman, and
remained a widow only for a few
years. Then she married Gen. Law.
renee, eldest son of ex-Gov. Law.
renee, the richest man in Rhode Is
land.
1t will be remembered that, after
the peril which the arrival of Gen
Buffers troops barely averted, the ca.
diets and appliances of the Nava
School at Annapolis were removed tC
Newport. The young and Lowell,
Mrs. Kingsbury was easily the ac.
knowledged belle among the impress.
Iblc cadets, and when the class OF
1865 was graduated it was generally
understood that she had engaged her
self to Hugh Mckee, member Of
that class from Kentucky, and a bro
ther of Mai. Geo. Mckee, of the Or.
dnance, who is now stationed at San.
dy Hook. Hugh Mckee was a mar,
vellous young fellow in his way. lie
was brave to recklessness. with mag.
metic elements of character which
made him not only the most popular
man in his class, but even, without
the circumstance of his tragic death
the best remembered of the younger
officers of the navy. lie was killed
while leading a small detachmen
up the walls of a Corean fort during
our short but decisive war with tha
people some twelve years ago, and I
memorial tablet to his memory hang
on the walls of the Academy chape
at Annapolis-one of a dozen com,
memorating the most heroic acts il
the history of our navy. The story
of what Just preceded his death j,
thus told by one of his associates.
When Hugh Mckee was ordered t
the Pacific squadron he left thest
shores with the promise from Mrs
Kingsbury that she should become hi
wife on his return. One day, in Ma
gasaki Harbor, the American mai
was brought to the mess-rOom of hi
ship. A young lieutenant looked VI
from letter he was reading with th,
ejaculation: "Say, boys, guess who
married " Mckee was standing jus
back ofhim facing a class-mate whC
knew of his engagement. ats Mrs
Kingsbury. continued the first speak
or, She was married to Genera
Lawrence a month ago"
The narrator says that Mckee mad,
one step forward, his handsome fac,
distorted, his teeth set and his fist
clinCled as if he would strike th,