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Benjamin Buckwalter

Birth	:	24 Jan 1854
Death	:	19 Jan 1943
Burial	:	Lower Deer Creek Cemetery, Johnson County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.5381012, -91.7985992
Description	:	Buckwalter Benjamin Franklin, son of Samuel and Magdalene (Bixler) Buckwalter, was born in Mercer Co., Pa., Jan. 24, 1854. In early manhood he was converted and united with the Presbyterian Church at West Middlesex, Pa. Oct. 31, 1879, he was joined in marriage to Mary Musselman at Lancaster, Pa. Soon after his marriage he and his bride were received as members of the Mennonite Church and worshipped with the Groffdale congregation. He resided on a farm near New Holland till 1905 (with the exception of two years, which were spent in California). In 1905, he, with his family, moved to... Read More	Buckwalter Benjamin Franklin, son of Samuel and Magdalene (Bixler) Buckwalter, was born in Mercer Co., Pa., Jan. 24, 1854. In early manhood he was converted and united with the Presbyterian Church at West Middlesex, Pa. Oct. 31, 1879, he was joined in marriage to Mary Musselman at Lancaster, Pa. Soon after his marriage he and his bride were received as members of the Mennonite Church and worshipped with the Groffdale congregation. He resided on a farm near New Holland till 1905 (with the exception of two years, which were spent in California). In 1905, he, with his family, moved to a farm near Newton, Kans. At which place he was ordained a deacon of the Pennsylvania congregation, Dec. 13, 1908, and in which office he served until 1924 when he and his companion moved to Lancaster Co., Pa., for two years to care for his wife's aged mother. While there he again served the church as superintendent of the Samaritan Home on Welsh Mountain. With the exception of a few years' stay in California, the remainder of his life was spent near Wellman, Iowa. Here he built a home for himself and wife. He retained an active mind and body to the last, although greatly inconvenienced in his later years by physical pain. He quietly passed away on the morning Jan. 19, 1943; aged 88 y. 11 m. 25 d. His companion preceded him in death June 28, 1934. He was blest with a family of 10 children; Samuel M., Upland, Calif.; Harry W., Pasadena, Calif.; B. Frank, Newark, Ohio; Rosa M. (Mrs. John Longenecker, deceased March 10, 1919); Martha L. (Mrs. W. W. Guengerich), Wellman; Mary (Mrs. Edward Diener), Wellman; Earl, Hesston, Kans.; Paul, Canton, Ohio; Roy, Wellman; and with 51 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. Several of his grandchildren are actively engaged in foreign mission work. One of the characteristics which marked his life was his deeply rooted religious convictions which found expression in his family life, and in his unselfish service to the Church. He was always interested in mission work. Besides his responsibility as head of a family and his local church duties, he found time for more church-wide activities, helping to start mission Sunday schools and serving on the Local Board of the Kansas City Mission for a number of years. He felt strongly that the Christian's' place in the world was to personally help men to become reconciled to Christ and also to be at peace and love one another. His regular attendance at the house of worship, his active interest in church affairs, his earnest and daily intercessory prayers, especially for his children and grandchildren, are a heritage of precept and example that is highly cherished. Funeral services were conducted from the home by Bro. Perry Blosser, and at the Wellman Church by Bro. Silas Horst assisted by Bro. George Miller. Interment in the Lower Deer Creek Cemetery.

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Latitude: 41.5381012
Longitude: -91.7985992

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Mary M Musselman Buckwalter

(1860 - 1934)

Siblings

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Rosa Magdalena Buckwalter Longenecker

(1886 - 1919)

Mary Buckwalter Diener

(1891 - 1980)

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