Fresno County Biographies

John Evermon Buckman

Submitted by Sally Kaleta, November, 2006.

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	John Evermon Buckman, Tulare County, California, was born in 
an ox-wagon, August 28, 1864, while his parents were in Arizona en route to this 
State. His father, Clemont Evermon Buckman, a native of Kentucky, married and in 
1865 settled in California, purchasing in Tulare County the ranch on which his 
son, the subject of this sketch, resides. He first bought eighty acres, 
subsequently added to it eighty acres more, and also became the owner of other 
real estate. He was an upright and honored citizen and reared a highly 
respectable family. His death occurred in 1879. His widow and eight of their 
eleven children survive. One of the sons now holds the responsible office of 
auditor of Tulare County, and a history of him will be found in  this book. John 
Evermon Buckman was educated in the Visalia Normal School, and for four years 
taught school in the country. He is now doing a general farming business, also 
raising cattle and hogs, and, while he is living on the old homestead, he has 
160 acres of land in his own name. Mr. Buckman was married in 1885, to Miss Mary 
E. Voorhess, a native of California, daughter of William and Amelia (Miller) 
Voorhess, who came to this State in1852. Mr. and Mrs. Buckman have four 
children: Mary Ada, Lily A., William Enoch, and John Andrew. He is a Democrat 
and a member of the Farmer's Alliance; is a capable business man and has served 
as deputy county auditor two terms.

Source: "The Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare 
and Kern, California," Lewis Publ. Co., 1892, pp. 294-295.