Ozro Martell "Mart" Buckner ¹

   Cause of his death was a stroke.⁵

  Noted events in his life were:

• Alt. Spelling/AKA. ³ According to his signed draft card registration in 1917, his middle name was "Martin."

• Census, 1900, Lenox, Taylor County, Iowa. ⁶ Ozro Buckner, born January 1888, age 12, born in Iowa, father born in Iowa, mother born in Iowa

• World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, June 5, 1917, Taylor County, Iowa. ³ Serial Number: 1212, No.: 24; Name: Ozro Martin Buckner; age: 29 years; address: Gravity, Iowa; date of birth: January 24, 1888; natural born; where born: Lenox; Iowa; nation of birth: USA; present trade: rural mail carrier; employed by: US Government; employed at: Gravity, Iowa; has a relative dependent upon him; nearest living relative: wife and two children; marital status: married; race: Caucasian; claims exemption from the draft: Civil Service Employee; height: medium, build: medium, eye color: brown, hair color: brown, precinct: 24, city or county: Taylor County, Iowa; date of registration: June 5, 1917

• Census, 1930, Gravity, Taylor County, Iowa. ² Line #: 23; dwelling #: 12; family #: 12: Oslo (sic) M. Buckner, head of household, owned his own home, lived on a farm male, white, age 42, married, age when first married 23, did not attend school during the previous year, could read and write, born in Iowa, father born in Iowa, mother born in Iowa, state code 65, could speak English, occupation mail carrier, industry rural route, occupation code 8876, wage earner, at work at time of census, not a veteran number of farm in schedule 1

Laurine Buckner, wife-H, female, white, age 39, married, age when first married 22, did not attend school during the previous year, could read and write, born in Iowa, father born in Indiana, mother born in Iowa, state code 65, could speak English, no occupation

Richard Buckner, son, male, white, age 17, single, attended school during the previous year, could read and write, born in Iowa, father born in Iowa, mother born in Iowa, state code 65, could speak English, no occupation

Ralph Buckner, son, male, white, age 15, single, attended school during the previous year, could read and write, born in Iowa, father born in Iowa, mother born in Iowa, state code 65, could speak English, no occupation

• Death Announcement, 1964. ⁵ (Two abstracts from Taylor county Iowa newspapers:)

Ozro Martell Buckner, age 76, died Humboldt; interred at Gravity (Taylor County). Article date 5 March, 1964.

Ozro Martell Buckner, died of a stroke; interred at Gravity. Article date 27 February 1964

Mart married Laurine "Susan" Walker, daughter of William Pearsey Walker and Mary Anderson, in June 1911.^{1 2} (Laurine "Susan" Walker was born on April 9, 1890 in Washington, Washington County, Iowa,⁷ died on July 15, 1986 in Hemet, Riverside County, California ¹ and was buried in the Washington Cemetery, Gravity, Taylor County, Iowa ^{4 8}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Research. Per the 1930 census for Laurine, their wedding would have been in 1912. Per Ozro's information that year, it would have been in 1911. Per researcher Greta Tuominen, it was in June.

• Residence, 1913, Washington, Washington County, Iowa. ¹

• Residence, after 1930, Lenox, Taylor County, Iowa. ¹ Exact date moved to Lenox unknown.