Mason Charles Bucklin

Mason Bucklin

Brian Mason Bucklin

Quick Facts

Place of Birth:

Warren, Vermont

Date of Birth:

April 29, 1944

Place of Death:

Iowa

Date of Death:

March 10, 1901

Place of Burial:

Bayard, Iowa

Cemetery Name:

Highland Cemetery

Unit: 8^th Vermont Volunteer Infantry    
Rank: Private
Enlisted: December 11, 1863
Muster Out: June 28, 1865
Photo Credit/Donated by: Brian Mason Bucklin

Mason Charles Bucklin was born on April 29, 1844, in Warren, Vermont, to Otis and Mary Bucklin. On December 11, 863, at the age of nineteen, Bucklin enlisted as a private in Company A, 8^th Vermont Volunteer Infantry. 

As a member of the 8^th Vermont, Bucklin saw service in Louisiana, where the regiment was stationed until transferred to Virginia in mid-July 1864. Then part of Phil Sheridan’s Army of the Shenandoah, Bucklin fought on October 19, 1864, at the Battle of Cedar Creek. He was mustered out on June 28, 1865.

After the war, Bucklin returned to Vermont, pursued a career as a farmer, and married Katie Dimick on March 31, 1867. They would have one son, Eugene L. Bucklin.

In the spring of 1870 the Bucklins moved to Iowa. A devout Methodist, Bucklin contracted pneumonia and died on March 10, 1901, at the age of 56. He is buried in Highland Cemetery in Bayard, Iowa.