BUCKNER - BOYER - BUEK

And Affiliated Families of Taliaferro, Stehley, Whilldin, Smith & Green

True Founding Fathers of America

Our Family has descended from English knights, Lord High Chancellors, Lord Chief Justices, bishops, aristocracy and explorers. From German nobility, generals, philosophers, and businessmen. From American explorers, colonists, members of Houses of Burgesses, Sheriffs, Judges, Justices of the Peace, Indian fighters, Revolutionary War heroes, Civil War heroes, victims of Custer’s Last Stand, WW II heroes, members of the US Senate, state governors, and even a U.S. vice presidential candidate. From prominent doctors, lawyers, clergymen and an Olympic Games participant. Our lineage entitles us to membership in a number of American historical societies including the the Jamestowne Society, the Mayflower Society, the John Howland Pilgrim Society, the Sons of the American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Our ancestors were true founding fathers of America. This website highlights the history and folklore of our great ancestors.

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One of Our Most Famous Ancestors

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(Our 3rd cousin 5X removed)

SIMON BOLIVAR BUCKNER, SR. was a civil war confederate lieutenant general, Kentucky Governor and U.S. vice presidential candidate. Born in Hart County, Kentucky, he graduated from the United States Military Academy with the Class of 1844, serving in the Mexican War. In 1855, he left the Army to enter the private business world. Although he did not own any slaves, he felt that the States had the right to determine whether they would allow slavery or not. When the South left the Union, he was commissioned a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army. His forces occupied Bowling Green, Kentucky, but he was forced to surrender Fort Donelson to his former classmate, General Ulysses Grant, and became a prisoner of the Union Army. After a prisoner exchange in 1862, he joined Confederate General Braxton Bragg's 1862 invasion of Kentucky, and was placed in command of the Department of East Tennessee. In 1863, he transferred back to Bragg's command, and led troops at Chickamauga, but played only a minor role there. He became a leader in the move to get General Bragg removed from command, and on September 20, 1864, he was promoted to Lieutenant General, and moved to the Trans-Mississippi Department. There he served as Chief of Staff for General Edmund Kirby Smith, until the end of the war. In 1867, he returned home, where he worked in private business and was active in Confederate Veterans Groups. In 1887, he was elected Governor of Kentucky, serving 4 years. He ran for Vice President in 1896, but lost the election. He died in his home in Munfordville, Kentucky, the last survivor of the top three ranks of the Confederate Army. His son, Simon Jr, also went to West Point and became a full General (4 stars). Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson

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Our Main Header Photograph

The main photograph on the header of this page, from left to right, displays our grandfather, Tycho Buek, Jr. (as a child); our great grandfather, Tycho Christian Ferdinand Buek, Sr.; our great great grandfather Wilhelm Kuebler and our great grandmother Pauline Kuebler Buek. circa 1887 in Philadelphia, PA

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Our Family Coats of Arms

THE BUCKNER FAMILY
Richard Buckner 1480-1548

Richard Buckner 1480-1548

Cumnor, Berkshire, England

THE BOYER FAMILY
Samuel Beyer (Boyer) 1662-1732

Samuel Beyer (Boyer) 1662-1732

Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany

THE BUEK FAMILY
Peter Buek 1640

Peter Buek 1640

Hamburg, Germany

TALIAFERRO FAMILY
Bartolomeo Taliaferro 1530-1601

Bartolomeo Taliaferro 1530-1601

Venice, Italy & London, England



Rev. Samuel Herbert Boyer, D.D.bottom image

(Our great grandfather)

Husband of Sophie Mary Buckner and father-in-law to Luther Stehley Green, Jr. Dedicated clergyman to people in the poorest area of South Philadelphia, PA

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More of Our Famous Ancestors

Brig. Gen William Booth Taliaferrobottom image

(Our 5th cousin 4 X removed)

Civil War CSA brigadier general, judge, state legislator and member of the board of William & Mary College & Virginia Military Institute.

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