The driver is Peter F. Buckley 1884-1920
Peter F. Buckley was born 17 Jun 1884 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co. Ohio. He was the son of Cornelius Buckley and Mary Haurahan. Pete Buckley married Alma K. Kohus, daughter of Louis Kohus and Julia T. Elbrey. They had 2 children, Dorothy and Pete Jr. Pete Buckley was a Cincinnati Fireman. He and three other firemen were killed and fourteen injured when the east wall of the Newton Tea and Spice Company collapsed on them while they were playing hose streams into the building during a fire. The wall collapsed without warning as a result of an explosion in the building. The firemen were working from the ramp to the Suspension Bridge when the wall fell on them. Pete lived long enough at General Hospital to see his wife and sister.
At the time Pete died he lived at 2617 Hackberry Street with his wife, two small children and mother-in-law Julia (Elbrey) Kohus. Pete Buckley died on 17 Jan 1920. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. Six years after Pete Buckley died, Alma married Clearance Dreyfus, Clearance had a son Bernard from his first marriage to Norma Couchmanin. The family moved the Atlanta, Georgia. and Alma's mother Julia (Elbrey) Kohus relocated with them. Some time after Julia died, Alma returned to Ohio where she died on 7 Sep 1981.