The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-04-06
DEATH OF AN OLD rAVORITE.
DR.. n. q. Buckingham BFeathes
His Last In California.

From the Denver Republican, Mar. 20.I
DR.. r. G. Buckingham, one Of the
most prominent and widely known cit
izens Of Denver, died at Los Angeles
on Monday morning. Mr.. G. ID. Cobb
of this city, his son-in-law, was at his
bedside. The remains will be brought
home for burial and will arrive on
Saturday next. DR.. Buckingham went
to California some months ago on &C.
count Of his health, which had been
falling gradually. But the climate Of
the coast proved no more salubrious
than that of Colorado, and he became
30 seriously i'll that Mr.. Cobb was tele-
graphed for. The deceased leaves two
daughters living here, Mrs. G. D.
Cobb and Mrs. j. p. Marston, and a
widow.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
Dr.. Richard G. Buckingham was
born in Troy, New York, September
IA, 1916, being a son of Gideon and
Maria (Jutau) Buckingham of that city,
and q grandson of Captain Florence
Crowley, of the revolutionary army.
His education was obtained in the high
school and the Rensselaer, (now Poly
technic) Institute in his native city, and
he commenced the study of medicine
under DR.. Thomas w. Blatchford, of
Troy. He took his first medical course
in 1884 and received his degree in the
fall of 1886, at the Berkshire Medical
College, of Pittsfeld, Massachusetts,
having in the meantime, however, at
tended one course in the Jefferson
Medical College of Philadelphia. He
also spent one winter after his gradua-
ton in the old Broadway Hospital in
New York City.
He commenced practice at Monte
valio, Shelby county, Alabama, where
he remained until 184l, at which time
he was given charge of the Marine
Hospital at St. Louis. About two
years later he located in Lexington,
Missouri, and practiced there for some
21 years. In 1850, with few friends,
he established the first female school in
the place and was secretary of its board
of trustees for ten years. This institu.
ton is now known as the Baptist
Female College.
In 1868 he made the journey across
the plains to Denver, where for many
years he enjoyed large and lucrative
practice. He helped organize and was
the first president OF the Denver Medi-
cal Association, which body he repre-
sented at the meeting of the American
Medical Association at San Francisco
In 1871. The doctor, in his earlier pro-
fessional life, was a frequent contribu-
tor to the medical literature of the day.
In 1874 he was a member of the Col
orado Territorial Council and welded
considerable influence in that body. He
worked hard tor the passage of the bill
to establish the Deaf Mute Institute, and
when the act was signed by the Cover.
nor he was appointed one of the trus.
tees and was president OF the board,
which Office he held for more than six
years. 1t can be truthfully said that TO
him, more than to any other man, ia
due the existence and continued success
of the institute for the education of the
mute and blind at Colorado Springs.
He was president of the school board
OF district No. /, Arapahoe county,
from 1868 to 1872 inclusive. His intel
ligent management of the affairs Of this
board, and his veil known friendship
for the common school system, was q
prominent factor in building the foun-
datiOn for what is now the largest and
best school district in the state.
He was first Noble Grand of the first
Odd Fellow lodge in Denver, the first
Grand Master OF the Grand Lodge of
Colorado, and was twice representative
in the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the
United States. In April, 1876, he was
elected mayor of Denver, serving one
term with much credit. He was mar
ried i'm November, 1889, to Miss Caro-.
line NJ. DeForest, of Troy, who survives
him.