Sturkie Family 2018B - Person Sheet
Sturkie Family 2018B - Person Sheet
NameLUKER, Susan B. 
Birth3 Jun 1837, Choctaw, Alabama
Death12 Oct 1893, Texas
BurialLuker Cemetery, Comanche CO, TX
FatherLUKER, James Burette (1810-1862)
MotherEDWARDS, Elizabeth (ca1814-1852)
Spouses
Birth1836, Mississippi
Marriage1855, Alabama
Census notes for Susan B. LUKER
1870 Census, Choctaw County, AL
Family is listed as Buckley
1880 Census, Comanche County, TX
Susan is widowed and family is listed as Buckley
Family is listed as Buckley
1880 Census, Comanche County, TX
Susan is widowed and family is listed as Buckley
Census notes for James (Spouse 1)
1870 Census, Choctaw County, AL
Family is listed as Buckley
1880 Census, Comanche County, TX
Susan is widowed and family is listed as Buckley
Family is listed as Buckley
1880 Census, Comanche County, TX
Susan is widowed and family is listed as Buckley
Notes for James (Spouse 1)
“Jim Buckler was much opposed to fighting in the Confederate Army. For that matter, according to his Luker relatives, he was allergic to any kind of work. The story is told that he fastened a splint alongside his leg so that the recruiting officer for the Confederate Army would believe that he was crippled and unable to do military service.”
Jim Buckler never concerned himself too much about providing for is wife and children. He loved to wander. Sometimes he would be gone from home for months at a time. No one, not even Aunt Susie, knew where he was. It was during one of these wandering journeys that the Luker families fitted out their wagons and headed for Texas. Aunt Susie did not know where he was. Her brothers told her if she wanted to come with them to Texas they would help her all they could; provide for her family as well as they provided for their own. She accepted the invitation; loaded her wagon, hitched her oxen to it; and set forth with her six children to come to Texas. The husband was never heard from after they left.155
Jim Buckler never concerned himself too much about providing for is wife and children. He loved to wander. Sometimes he would be gone from home for months at a time. No one, not even Aunt Susie, knew where he was. It was during one of these wandering journeys that the Luker families fitted out their wagons and headed for Texas. Aunt Susie did not know where he was. Her brothers told her if she wanted to come with them to Texas they would help her all they could; provide for her family as well as they provided for their own. She accepted the invitation; loaded her wagon, hitched her oxen to it; and set forth with her six children to come to Texas. The husband was never heard from after they left.155