Edward Milldollar Buckingham
“Edward Milldollar Buckingham”. n.d, WashU & Slavery, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/washu-slavery/item/59530
- Name
- Edward Milldollar Buckingham
- Alternate Name
- Edward Miledoller
- Edward Milldollar
- Edward Milledolas
- Description
- Edward Buckingham was born in 1814 to Gideon Buckingham and Maria Crowley. He married Emma Marlow in 1845. Buckingham appears as a landowner on what is now Tyson property in 1862 and 1870. His daughter, Isabel (Belle) Buckingham Simpson, inherited land from her father.
- Bio
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Edward Buckingham was born in 1814 to Gideon Buckingham and Maria Crowley. He married Emma Marlow in 1845, and their daughter Isabel (Belle) Buckingham Simpson was born in 1851. The Buckinghams had three additional daughters, Emma Buckingham Westerfield, Carrie Buckingham, and Grace Buckingham. Belle was one of two women in the history of the Tyson Valley to inherit land, likely due to a lack of sons in the family.
Edward died in 1885. Both Belle and Edward are listed on plat maps as Tyson landowners from 1862 through 1930. This makes them unique as one of the few settler families not bought out by the David Ranken estate, allowing them to continuously own property at Tyson for much longer than many other landowners. - Birth Date
- 1814
- Death Date
- 1885
- Sex
- Male
- Child of
- Gideon Buckingham and Maria Crowley
- Spouse of
- Emma Marlow
- Parent of
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Isabel (Belle) Buckingham Simpson
- Emma Buckingham Westerfield
- Carrie Buckingham
- Grace Buckingham
- Grandparent of
- William Simeon Simpson, Jr., Lila Simpson Frazer, Edgar Ralph Simpson, Virginia Simpson Rayburn, Grace Mildred Simpson
- Enslaver
- No records of relation to enslavement yet identified
- Dates of Tyson Land Ownership
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1862
Value Annotations
- 1870
- Bibliographic Citation
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Resources
Belle Buckingham Simpson. (1 July 2024). Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148407193/belle_simpson.
Everett Buckingham (1858-1925): Grave Location in Omaha, NE | Rhedesium. (n.d.). Retrieved June 25, 2024, from https://rhedesium.com/everett_buckingham-3T4m7R.
Mike. (2023, August 20). 1893: Iron Men Of Lafayette Square - Christopher And Simpson. Lafayette Square Archives. https://lafayettesquarearchives.com/1893-iron-men-of-lafayette-square-christopher-and-simpson/.
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Simpson, 286 U.S. 346 (1932).
St. Louis Integrated Database of Enslavement | Washington University in St. Louis. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://sites.wustl.edu/enslavementstl/search/.
William S. Simpson House (1878). (2019, August 9). St. Louis History and Architecture. https://www.stlhistoryandarchitecture.com/lafayette-square/oezhczdcg9wth5pfh7c0nyv411f056.
Linked resources
“Edward Milldollar Buckingham”. n.d, WashU & Slavery, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/washu-slavery/item/59530