Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-05
COL. E. G. BUcKNER
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paid tribute to Colonel Buckner's great
work when in sIeport covering the period
of the war he snid
6Colonel Edmund c. Buckner has
handled personally the greater part Of
the many contracts under which all
military explosives were produced.
These contracts called for the pfoduc-
tion of / 800. .OOO, 900 pounds of ex-
pIosives. valued at $l,222 ,00O, 900,
| Few men have undertaken such large
work and none has been more s,ic-
cessful,
ugoNonrp NY FRENCH GOVERNMENT
In recognition of this work and in APP
probation of the great service and assist
| ance rendered TO France in her mighty
| struggle for liberty, the French govern
mcnt on January / 1919, conferred upon
| Colonel Buckner the title Of Chevalief de
| La Legion d Honneur.
Colonel ruckner was thorough sports
man. who was keeny interested IN the
| blooded stock of his native State III hunt
| ing big game in the wilds Of the West and
| in lirinp big fish from the waters of the
| Florida coast.
COLONEL EDMUND ohRSETT nucKNIn
Colonel Edmund Garnett Buckner. the
| third son Of I.eander and Amanthus
| (Shipp1 Buckner, was born IN Louisville,
| Kentucky, September =, 1850. He wns
| n scion of family famous IN Kentucky
| and Virginia, with branches extending into
| Missouri, West Virginia and the Carolinas,
| and going back by direct descent to an
| ancestor born before the year 300 A. d,
in Cumnor. Berks, England, a quiet little
village near the city OF Oxford.
| The first mention Of Bucknef in Virginia
| is that concerning John Buekner OF York
county. who patented land in Gloucester
county in 1867.
| The family is one OF the most dis
| tinpuished in the United States, having
| given tn n number of States men dis
| tinguishcd aa soldiers, lawyers and states
men. Notably among these was General
Simon Bolivar Buckner, who won intef-
national fame. feirg conspicuous in both
| the Mexican war and ON the side of the
Confedcracv in the Civil War, aud who
was at one time governor Of tho State oi
| Kentucky. In 1896 he was nominated hy
the indianapolis convention for Vice
| President on the ticket of the "Gold
| Democracy
Colonel Edmund G. Buckner's grand
father. William. ernigraied 10 the Blue
Grass State from Virginia in 1906. lli
| father. Iaander. waa born in Jefferson
county, Kentucky, hnt died in Colone
Buckners infancy Ills mother, Aman
thus. (shippl Burkner, was a Mere .
Ensign Edmund Shipp Of Jefferson county
Kentucky, who fought in the war OF 1917
and was presented with n gold sword ~
the President Of the United States, which
had been awarded Shipp by an act 9
Congress for bravery and mcritqripus con
duct at the battle of Fort Stephenson q
Sandusky. Ohio
Col. Buckner was typiCally Ameflcai
in tho best sensn ~ the word He was
self made man of the real American type
His education. begun IN the public school
of Louisville. kcnturky, was serioual'
lnterfcred with by the diaofganization q
the schools because uf the Civil War. Late
his studies were resumed at the Wesleyan
University at Nillefsbure. Kentucky. bu
the most important part IT his education
was acquired in the great school Of life.
lie entered the business world nj th
age of ~ as n strmming room boss IN
tobacco factory. at Grandyiew, Indiana
and in 1877. when he was "a. became cor
nected with the Deposit Bank Of Owens
horo. Kentucky. and for "A period Of
years served this institution faithfully
In 1892 he became cashier aud executiv
head of thlH bank and, under his ne
minlstfation. the bank was natioualize
and became the National Deposit Banl
, which prospered and grew TO be one OF tt
largest in the State.
In 1901 Colonel Buckner resigned froi
, the National Deposit Bank and accepte
the presidency of the Marsden Compaul
! | with headquarters in Philadelphia IL
. cause of this change he became intereste
IN, and was president and director of Il
International Smokeless Powder an
Chemical Company, a concern engaged
the manufacture OF ordnance powder Il
: the armies and nayies Of the world. Th
concern was notably successful in Il
. | fabrication of smokeless powder. then
: it's infancy. In 1904 the du Pont Compau
. acquired control, by the purchase of tn
|, organization. Through this combinatio
Colonel Buckner moved to WilmingtC
and became intimately identified with Il
du Pont Company, az vice-president al
director in charge of all military busine
both for this and foreign governments.
Colonel Buckner was first married c
April -, 1872, at Owensboro, kentuek
!, to Miss Mary L.. Murdoch and of th
. marriage there is one living child, Loul
: Ewing Buckner Pierson. 4 son, Wllllaf
was drowned in youth His second ma
i rage took place on July Id, 1910,
= Annapolis. Maryland, to Mrs SIR
Woodson Conway. native of Kentuck
the widow of Lieutenant William Prize
Conway, T. $ Navy, of Kentucky, al
daughter of Samuel C. and Rebec
Hawthorn) Woodson of Kentucky
At the time of his death he was a mer
;. ber of the Union League of PHILADELPHIA
:, New York Yacht Club, Chevy Cha
:, Country. Club of Washington, Wilmin
= ton Club and Wilmington Country Clu
y His home was al I3OS Delaware aYenu