Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and
Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co.,
Publishers, 1884. Shelby County.

JOHN B. BUSKIRK, a native of Kentucky, was born September 5, 1815 in
Shelby County.  He is the eldest son of Abram and Mary A. (Boswell)
Buskirk, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia respectively.  They came to
Indiana in 1817, and lived in New Albany until 1820, when they came to
Monroe County and settled on a farm near Bloomington.  The father was a
stone-mason, and removing to Bloomington in 1831, followed his trade for a
number of years.  He was Associate Judge of the Bloomington courts for
some time.  He served as Postmaster for four years, and was Justice of the
Peace for several years.  He died in October, 1853.  The mother died in
1850.  The subject was reared at home until seventeen years of age, when
he began learning the cabinet-maker's trade with William McCollough. In
1833, he went to New Albany, and worked at his trade for two years, when
he returned to Bloomington for some time.  Removing thence to Bedford, he
remained for nearly twenty years; then he went to Orange County, where he
engaged in the general merchandise business for eighteen years, the
greater part of which he acted as Postmaster.  Removing thence to Paola,
Ind., he edited the Paola "News".  In 1878, he returned to Bloomington,
where he at present resides, sixty-nine years of age.  On January 2, 1840,
he was married to Mariah H. Ritter, daughter of John Ritter, a citizen of
Kentucky.  They have had six children, five of whom are living - Thomas
B., John W., Caroline L., Margaret B. and George A.  Mr. Buskirk is a
member of the A. F. & A. M. and of the I. O. O. F. He is a Democrat and a
member of the Methodist Church.

Buskirk Boswell McCullough Ritter
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PA VA Bloomington-Monroe-IN Orange-IN

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