Voted in a Solon town meeting on 8/5/1839 (courtesy Virginia Merrill).

On the 1840 Holden Plantation (now Moose River), Somerset, Maine census p 193: Moses Buckman--one (1) male under 5 (Joseph); one (1) male 30 to under 40 (Moses); one (1) female under 5 (Edna); one (1) female 5 to under 10 (Olive); one (1) female 30 to under 40 (Abigail). 1 enaged in manufacturing and trades.

Moses is present in Otis Holden's Daybook of Moose River, Holden Plantation (Augusta, Maine state archives) with entries from 1/13/1843 to 3/27/1845 and also in Jacob Lowell's account book of the same with entries from 11/20/1843 to 4/18/1845. For example, there are entries in Holden's daybook for monies received from Moses for such items and services as "1 Brass Kittle @ $1.25" "2 gimblets @ $0.25" "mending key @ $0.12" "hauling hay from Denises Barn to your house @ $1.00" and a number of entries to have horses shod (usually at $0.13). Holden paid Moses for such items as "76 lbs Beef @ $3.04" and "1 horse & lead @$6.00." Lowell's account book shows monies exchanged back and forth for pork, oats, oat meal, molasses, tea, and '137 feet boards' of wood.

On the 1850 Canada Rd 5 R 2, Somerset, Maine census pg 271: Moses Bucknam, age 39, Farmer; Abigail, age 40; Olive, age 16; Edna, age 14; Adrastus, age 11; Calvin, age 8; George, age 5; and Alden, age 2. (Also in their house was one Jason Hanks, 28, laborer and one Alexander Stafford 21, Laborer). According to Moses' obituary he came from Boston to Wisconsin in 1851.

Moses is on the state of Wisconsin census survey of 1855, in Waupaca, Waupaca Co.

On the 1860 Waupaca, Waupaca, Wisconsin census p 875: Moses Bucknam, age 50, Farmer, b Maine; Willa, age 38, b England; Harriet, age 12, b WI; Maranda, age 10, b WI; Eliza J, age 7, b WI; Albert, age 4, b WI; Willa M, age 1, b WI; and Mariah Robinson, age 20, b England--it looks like Moses may have formally or informally adopted Harriet, Miranda and Eliza who are children from Willa's first marriage.

On the 1870 New London, Waupaca, Wisconsin census p 38: Moses Bucknam, age 61, Carpenter, b Maine; Hiley, age 48, Keeping House, b England; Albert, age 13; Adalaide, age 8; Fanny, age 6; Adolph, age 4; Charles, age 5; Miranda Sheppard, age 20, DressMaker; Eliza Jane Hopkins, age 16; and Dustin Sheppard, age 2 - all b in Wisconsin.

On the 1880 Sullivan, Jefferson, Wisconsin census pg 8: Moses, age 69, cabinet maker; Hiley, age 47, she and parents born England; Fannie A, dau, age 16; Hiley's grandson (by daughter Miranda from Hiley's first marriage) Charley, age 15; and Adolph B, son, age 14 - all born in Wisconsin.

On the 1890 veterans schedule E.D. 273, Oshkosh, Winnebago, Wisconsin, p 5.

Death certificate information-Waupaca Courthouse Deaths Volume 3 Page 243. Full Name-Moses Bucknam, Male, Age 83, Date of birth November 24, 1810, Place of birth- US, Date of death May 16, 1894, Place of death City of Waupaca, Waupaca County, Cause of death Paryalsis, Full name of spouse Hiley Bucknam, Occupation of deceased Common laborer, Place of Burial Lakeside Cemetery, Waupaca. Date of certificate May 29, 1894, Registration date May 31, 1894, DL Manchester Waupaca Wisconsin. All other spaces are blank.

Obituary- Waupaca Post, Thursday, May 17, 1894 page 5. ***Moses Bucknam, born at Norridgewock ME in 1810, and died in this city on Wednesday morning, May 16, 1894. He would have been eighty-four years of age the 24th of next November. He brought his family from Boston to the state in 1851, and during the same year came to Waupaca, this making five families in this city forty-three years ago. He was a member of the Eagle Regiment, Company A, Eighth Wisconsin. A wife survives him at the age of seventy-four years, also eight children, men and women, grown. Mrs. L. N. Costley, Ashland, Wis., Mrs. Fannie Dufrane, City Point, Wis.; Moses L. B., Phillips, Wis., Albert L. Bucknam, Turkey River, Iowa; Alden B. Bucknam, Solon, ME, and three whose post office address is this city, Mrs. Hiley Dufrane, C. M., and A. R. Bucknam. The funeral will be held at the house, Friday at two-o'clock P.M.
Mr Bucknam's death was the result of a stroke of paralysis, which came a week ago last Tuesday. He never rallied from the shock, but gradually grew worse, passing away as above stated. Mr. Bucknam was a sterling christian man of unimpeachable integrity, and his death will be mourned by a large circle of friends.***

From the 'Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion. (WIRoster) Published in 1886.' -- Residence: Waupaca, Wisconsin -- Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 07 August 1861; Enlisted in Company A, 8th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 07 August 1861; Discharged on 10 July 1862.

From the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Website (http://badger.state.wi.us/agencies/dva/museum/cwregts/8wisinf.html). ***The Eighth Wisconsin Infantry, known as the Eagle Regiment, was mustered into the service of the United States September 13, 1861, at Camp Randall, Madison, WI. It left the State on October 12th of the same year and proceeded to Pilot Knob, MO, where it was shortly thereafter assigned to duty with various expeditions and engaged in actions in Southeast Missouri prior to the siege of Island No. 10, March 15 to April 8, 1862. While campaigning the Eighth took part in the battle of Fredericktown, MO, October 21, 1861.

In late April of 1862, the Eighth was transferred to Corinth, MS, and participated in the various movements connected with the siege of Corinth and the battles of Farmington, MS, May 9, 1862, and Corinth October 3-4, 1862. In November of that year an army under General Grant was collected at Grand Junction, TN, to advance overland on Vicksburg, in what was known as the Central Mississippi Campaign. After the destruction of the store of supplies at Holly Springs, December 20, 1862, the plan of General Grant was somewhat changed, and operations were thereafter conducted from Memphis on the river. The Eighth reached Young's Point, LA, March 29, 1863, and was actively engaged until the surrender of Vicksburg July 4, 1863, participating in many of the battles prior to the siege. After the fall of Vicksburg it participated in several minor expeditions in northern Mississippi and Louisiana, and was a part of the forces accompanying the Meridian, MS, Campaign March 10-May 22, 1864, and the Red River, LA, Campaign March 10-May 22, 1864. In November of 1864 it was with the forces sent in pursuit of the Confederates under General Price through Arkansas and Missouri.

In the latter part of November was transferred to Nashville, TN, a part of the re-enforcement of the Union Army under General Thomas, and participated in the battle of Nashville December 15-16, 1864-and the pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River which followed. The Regiment took part in many minor expeditions until February, when it was transferred to New Orleans and attached to the forces which were making the campaign for the reduction of the Confederate defenses at Mobile. It participated in the siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 27-April 8, 1865, and in the assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9 and occupation of Mobile April 11. After the Mobile campaign, the Eighth remained in central Alabama during the summer until the 5th of September, when it was mustered out of the service and proceeded to Madison where it was disbanded. ***

The obituary and death certificate obtained courtesy of Paula Vaughan, Waupaca, WI.

• Married: 05 MAY 1833 in Solon, Somerset, Maine, USA ⁶
• Event: Intention 02 MAY 1833 in Anson, Somerset, Maine, USA

1. Olive F BUCKNAM b: ABT 1834 in Moose River, Somerset, Maine, USA
2. Edna E BUCKNAM b: ABT 1836 in Somerset Co., Maine, USA
3. Joseph Adrastus BUCKNAM b: ABT 1839 in Somerset Co., Maine, USA
4. Calvin Metcalf BUCKNAM b: 10 OCT 1841 in Somerset Co., Maine, USA
5. George Washington BUCKNAM b: 06 MAY 1844 in Somerset Co., Maine, USA
6. Alden E BUCKNAM b: 09 NOV 1847 in Moose River, Somerset, Maine, USA
7. Moses Leroy BUCKNAM b: 06 SEP 1851 in Somerset Co., Maine, USA

• Married: 19 NOV 1855 in Waupaca, Waupaca, Wisconsin, USA ⁷

1. Albert L BUCKNAM b: 03 SEP 1856 in Waupaca, Waupaca, Wisconsin, USA
2. Hiley M 'Willa' BUCKNAM b: 16 JUN 1858 in Waupaca, Waupaca, Wisconsin, USA
3. Adelaide Louise BUCKNAM b: 25 OCT 1861 in Waupaca, Waupaca, Wisconsin, USA
4. Fanny Augusta BUCKNAM b: 21 OCT 1863 in Waupaca, Waupaca, Wisconsin, USA
5. Adolph Robinson BUCKNAM b: 20 FEB 1864 in Waupaca, Waupaca, Wisconsin, USA

1. Title: Obituary
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   Source Medium: Book
   
2. Author: Ancestry.com
   Title: 1860 United States Federal Census
   Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;
   Repository:
   Name: www.ancestry.com
   
   Note:
   United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860
   Page: Database online. Waupacca, Waupaca, Wisconsin, post office Waupaca, roll M653_1433, page 875, image 182.
   Text: Record for Joses Bucknam
3. Title: Death Certificate, Waupaca Courthouse Deaths Volume 3 Page 243, Waupaca, Wisconsin
   Note:
   Source Medium: Book
   
4. Author: Ancestry.com
   Title: 1850 United States Federal Census
   Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;
   Repository:
   Name: www.ancestry.com
   
   Note:
   United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850
   Page: Database online. No 5 R 2 Canada Road, Somerset, Maine, roll M432_269, page 271, image 513.
   Text: Record for Moses Bucknam
5. Author: Ancestry.com
   Title: 1870 United States Federal Census
   Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;
   Repository:
   Name: www.ancestry.com
   
   Note:
   1870
   Page: Database online. New London, Waupaca, Wisconsin, post office New London, roll 1744, page 121, image 242.
   Text: Record for Moses Bucknam
6. Title: Solon, Maine VR's, State of Maine archives, Augusta, Maine
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   Source Medium: Book
   
7. Title: Waupaca County Deed Records
   Page: Vol 5 Pg 75