Church members and farmers from Orleans County, New York. According to his obituary, “about the year 1853 [C. P. Buckland] received the S. D. Adventist doctrines through reading.” In the early years the Bucklands hosted monthly district meetings and tent meetings on their farm. “Many a time they entertained and provided for as many as fifty under his roof.” Ellen White's only mention of the Bucklands was in connection with a tent meeting held by the Whites on the Bucklands’ farm in 1859. 1EGWLM 799.3
See: Obituary: “Curtis P. Buckland,” Review, Feb. 3, 1891, p. 79; obituary: “Eliza Buckland,” Review, Nov. 26, 1889, p. 750; Philip L. Cobb, A History of the Cobb Family (Cleveland: Cobb, 1907), p. 184; Ellen G. White, Ms 7, 1859 (entries for Aug. 18-22); J. W. [James White], “Eastern Tour,” Review, Sept. 1, 1859, p. 116. 1EGWLM 799.4