Catharinus P. Buckingham

Birth Date

1808-03-14

Death Date

1888-08-30

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Ohio, manufacturer and soldier. Springfield, Ohio native. Son of Ebenezer Buckingham and Catherine Putnam Buckingham. Married to Marina Buckingham. Attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio in 1822. Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1829. Served in the U.S. Army as second lieutenant from 1829 to 1832. Taught mathematics and natural philosophy at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio from 1833 to 1835. Manufactured machinery at the Kokosing Iron Works in Mount Vernon, Ohio from 1849 to 1861. Served as commissary general for the state of Ohio to July 1, 1861. Served as adjutant general for the state of Ohio from July 1, 1861 to April 1862. Served in the Union Army as brigadier general at the War Department in Washington, D.C. from April 1862 to February 1863.

The Biographical Cyclopedia and Portrait Gallery with an Historical Sketch of the State of Ohio (Western Biographical Publishing Company, 1887), 855-857. Find A Grave, "Catharinus Putnam Buckingham (1808-1888)," Memorial #5893523, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5893523# (accessed December 31, 2018).

Civil War Governors of Kentucky is always evolving. Help us improve the edition by suggesting a correction or addition to this record.

Suggest a correction