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ANDREW J. BUCKLES, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Le Roy; born in McLean Co., Ill., April 7, 1844; he was the youngest son of Peter and Jane (Rutledge) Buckles, who located in Empire Township, McLean Co., about the year 1828 or 1829; Peter Buckles was born in Tennessee, Dec. 10, 1809; the maiden name of Mrs. Buckles was Jane Rutledge; she was born in Kentucky, in November, 1814; married May 10, 1833, and lived in Sec. 29, until her decease - Mrs. Buckles died Nov. 2, 1868; Mr. Buckles died April 21, 1871; their children were ten in number, of whom six are now living — George W., born Feb. 14, 1834; Thomas J., born April 16, 1836; Robert, born in 1840; Andrew J., born April 7, 1844; Martha (now Mrs. Davis Ross), and Emma D. (now Mrs. William Gay.) The subject of this sketch has always lived upon the old place where he was born, and where he is now engaged in farming, his farm being located about one mile south of Le Roy, where he has about one hundred acres under fence and cultivation. His marriage with Angeline Watt was celebrated Oct. 3, 1867; she was born in De Witt Co., Ill., Oct. 5, 1849; they have two children, now living, by this union — Frank P., born Nov 24, 1872; Ada B., Aug. 10, 1876. Mrs. Buckles was the daughter of P. P. Watt, who was born and raised in De Witt Co., Ill., and located in McLean Co. in 1865; where he lived until his decease, which occurred March 26, 1876; Mrs. Watt died in Logan Co., in October, 1853.