James Monroe Buckner Family Update and Corrections

To fully understand the complexity of reconstructing this family from my office in North Carolina you should read the following previous postings. 

http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2013/01/circumstantial-evidenceanalyzing-clues.html
http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2013/07/census-sundaywhats-in-name.html
http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2012/09/evidence-analysis-given-names-vs-nick_7.html

Another stumbling block in this reconstruction is the use of “Nicknames” in most southern family now and during past generations.

James Monroe Buckner was twice married; first to Julia Evelyn Bradley on 28 March 1880 in Union County, Arkansas. Julia was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Bradley and Mary Louise Primm.
James and Julia had on child, a son:

• James Evelyn “Lynn” Buckner, born 11 Feb 1881 in Union County, Arkansas

Sometime before 9 July 1883, Thomas Jefferson Bradley, father of Julia Buckner passed away. The Estate Bond was approved on 1 February 1886 and James M. Buckner was named as one of the Sureties on the Bond. The other named Sureties was Julia’a brother, John P. Bradley.

Several things happen around this time period and as of yet I haven’t found documents that fully prove the sequence of event. One is that Julia Evelyn Bradley Buckner passed away and the other event was that James Monroe Buckner moved to Coryell County, Texas. 

Regardless, On 26 January 1895, James Monroe Buckner married D. G. Goodwin in Coryell County, Texas.

Referring back to this posting it’s seem that D. G. Goodwin, daughter of Epps Rivers Brown and Dorinda Adair was previously married back in Ouachita, Arkansas to Joel H. Goodwin on 26 February 1879. For that marriage she used the name Julia A. Brown.

http://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2013/01/circumstantial-evidenceanalyzing-clues.html

Compounding the confusion is the fact that Julie Eveyln Bradley’s  Aunt Evalina Matilida Primm, was also married to Joel H. Goodwin on 19 June 1855 in Union County Arkansas.

Evalina Matilida Primm and Mary Louise Primm are sisters.

James Monroe Buckner and  Dora G. [Brown] Goodwin Buckner did not have any known children.

Julie A. Brown, aka D. G. Goodwin/Dora/Donnie/Doanie/Julia/Julie/Elizabeth are all the same individual after 1895.

In a lot of respects, with the use of  the wife name starting in 1900 it seems Dora Brown Goodwin basically assumed the 1st wife name. 

Julia A. Brown/Dora died on 9 Jan 1933 as Donnie Buckner, wife of Jim Buckner, daughter of  E. R. Brown and Dorinda Adair.














Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 for Donnie Buckner
Name: Donnie Buckner
Death Date: 09 Jan 1933
Death Place: Westella, Prect. 5, Nolan, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 79 years 3 months 29 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 10 Sep 1853
Birthplace: Ark.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: J. M. Buckner
Father's Name: E. R. Brown
Father's Birthplace: Ga.
Mother's Name: Marindy Ardar
Mother's Birthplace: Miss.
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Pyron, Tex.
Burial Date: 09 Jan 1933
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2115343
Digital Film Number: 4163866
Image Number: 814
Reference Number: 4376
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-25172-1621-16?cc=1983324&wc=MMTK-9VN:n1848807134 : accessed 01 Feb 2014), Death certificates > 1933 > Vol 009, certificates 004001-004500, Jan, Mason-Parker counties; citing State Registrar Office, Austin.