Robert Buchanan Ivers
(1840-1918)

Buck, as they called him, was born February 18, 1840 at Jacktown, Ohio and died December 7, 1918. Buck was 5' 9" tall and was a farmer who also worked in the flour mills of Adams County, Ohio, as well as Kansas. He serverd in the Union army and had three front teeth knocked out during a battle at Headyville, Tenn. He was struck in the hip by a small cannon ball and thereafter walked with a limp, as the ball was not removed.