Elva, John, Martha, and Logan
The Buckner Family, before 1930

Martha Virginia "Mattie" Brown

Martha Virginia "Mattie" Brown, daughter of Morris Perry Brown and Anna Mixon Brown. She was born April 20, 1887 in Varnville, South Carolina, and died January 14, 1964 in Buckner, Franklin Co. Illinois. She married John Logan Buckner of Buckner, Illinois, September 08, 1916. Martha is a fourteenth generation descendant of Rychard Buckner, born about 1475, and Mary Fabian, of Comnor, Whitley, Berkshire, England.

Elva Morris Buckner

The child in the goat cart is Elva Morris Buckner, daughter of John Logan Buckner and Martha Virginia Brown Buckner.

Logan Moses and Elva Morris Buckner

Logan & Elva Buckner

The children are Elva and her brother Logan, children of John Logan and Martha Buckner.

Mattie with her daughter Elva M. Buckner Allard taken June 1960

Mattie Buckner, 5 Oct 1940

Elva Morris, Logan Moses and Mattie Buckner, taken probably 1932

I might mention that while I am the grandaughter of John Logan's first wife, Mary Tabitha Hammons. Roberta is the granddaughter of his last wife, Martha Virginia Brown. This is why we have different photos.

Shirley

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