California Biographies Mendocino and Lake Counties, California Transcribed by Peggy Hooper This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm Source: History of Mendocino and Lake Counties, California With Biographical Sketches History by Aurelius O. Carpenter And Percy H. Millberry Illustrated, Complete In One Volume Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1914 CHARLES MARTIN BUCKNELL.� The northern coast country oi California has been the home of Mr. Bucknell throughout his entire life. From his birth, which occurred October 23, 1867, the family lived in Lake county until the fall of 1879, when removal was made to Mendocino county. His schooling had commenced in his native county and was continued in Round valley, but his educational opportunities were meager, and the in- formation he now possesses is the result of self-culture and observation rather than attendance at school. Comforts were few in his childhood home. The most diligent labor was necessary in order to provide for the family the necessities of existence ; there was no thought concerning the luxuries. With willing hands and cheerful heart he took up his share of the burden and aided his stepfather in the maintenance of the family, continuing to thus assist until the time of his marriage to Miss Linnie Potter, a native of Round valley and member of an honored pioneer family. Steady work for a number of years on ranches and the utmost economy in every expenditure put Mr. Bucknell in a position where it was possible for him to invest in land. The purchase of one hundred and fifty-nine acres in 1893 made him one of the land-owners in Round valley, where he farmed for some time with the usual share of reverses and successes. Renting the farm to a tenant in 1902, he became an employe on the Dave Johnson ranch, where he remained for seven years. On selling the home farm at that time he invested the proceeds in a livery business at Covelo, where at present he owns the only livery and stage stables in the entire valley. Besides the usual livery trade he hauls freight for stores in Covelo and owns a passenger stage and fast freight line between Covelo and Dos Rios, a distance of fourteen miles. As a business man he is energetic and efficient, keeping a close over- sight of every detail connected with the stable and the stage line and manag- ing affairs so as to secure a profit without making an undue charge for services in his line. In politics he votes the Republican ticket. Fraternally lie is connected with Covelo Camp No. 635, Woodmen of the World, while in religion he is an earnest member of the Baptist Church.