BIOGRAPHICAL C H A R L E S R O I.L IN B U C K A L E W . the twenty-eighth representative from i'eim syl*ania in the United States Senate in order of election, served a term in that 1x>dy in the sixties, and also as a w riter o f authority on representation and the Constitution of Penn sylvania h.is a permanent place in the ]X)litical annals of the State. H e w as a mcml>cr of the Pennsylvania l^ is la t u r e fo r several terms, before and after his service in the national body, and was considered one of the ablest leaders in the Democratic party in his days, his public career covering a ]>eriod o f over forty years. Xfr. Buckalew* inheritccndent po litical tendencies, as the early history* of the fam ily well shows. TTtcy were o f Scotch origin, the Buccleuchs (nuccteughs) of the clan Scott, and one or more of the nam e~in eluding the ancestor o f Charles R . Buckalew —accompanied the train of loyal Scotchmen, who went with M ary. Queen o f Scots, when she established herself in France. In that countr)* the fam ily Ixcam e Huguenots, and the nam e took the form o f Bucleau. Three generations of the ancestors in the line here under consideration remained in Franee, where Francis and (iilbert Buckalow (as the nan>e w as spelled during the early part of their residence in the X c w W orld ), the first to come to .America, were liorn. T liey came to this country in 16^15. probably because o f religious persecution. Francis Buckalow*, from whom CTurles R. Buckalcwr traced his descent, w as tit is said) born in 1640. located first on Ix>ng Island, and later movctl to the eastern jiart o f X cw J e r sey, settling near South Am ljov. where he die<i. According to the fam ily records his death oc curred in 1750. which would make him 1 10
years old. He and his brother were married in this country, and Gilbert wrote the name Boileau. Sam uel Buckalow. son o f Francis, w as torn in 1696 near South Amboy, and as he lived to the age o f ninety-six years, dying in New Jersey in 1792, the tradition atou t his father’s age may be fact. H is will, which came into the tK>sscssion o f his great-grandson. John M. Bucicalcw, dated A pril 12, 17 8 1. devises to his “ trusty and well beloved son Jo h n ” a certain tract at the place mentioned (all his lands), and states that it was bei|ucathcd to Samuel by his brother Francis. Sam uel marrictl M ary Campbell. TTie elder of their two sons. A n drew. received by the will mentioned "the just and law ful sum o f ten shillings/' and John was appointed sole executor. No reason is given for the strange disposition of the prop erty. and it ts not known whether Andrew* hud been previously provided for or not. John Bnckalew, as he spelled the name, was torn A pril 14, 1743, in South Amboy, removed to what is now the site o f Muncy, in Lycoming county. Pa., in the seventies, shortly a fte r his marriage, and it is supposed was there en gaged .It his calling o f millwTight and miller. He purchased a tract o f three hundred acres and carried on farm ing there. <)n Feb. 8. 1776, he w*as ap]K)intcd a member of the Com mittee o f .Safety fo r Turbut township, Norihum torland county (under F ran k lin s central committee at Philadelphia), and he w as asso ciated with the famous Capt. “ Jim ” Brady, was a nieniber of the militia and took his turn doing scouting duty. A s his brother-in-law was aw ay fighting he had to remain home to pro tect both families. A couple o f years later, in 177 8 or 1779. he w as obliged to remove be cause of the Indian troubles and John BuckaIcw w'cnt to H arford county, Md., settling at
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