Honor little Alice Buckley's Memory with a Marker

Help fund a grave marker for a forgotten 4 year old girl.

Alice Chamberlain Buckley was the second-borne daughter to Lewis Edward and Ellie Durnall Buckley in Concordville, Pennsylvania. She lived a terribly abbreviated life from 1887 - 1891.

Alice suffered severe burns to her body after accidentally knocking over a pot of scalding coffee in the kitchen of her home. She never recovered from her injuries, and died weeks later in her home on 22 November 1891 when she was only 4 years and 3 months old.

Friends and relatives held her funeral in her family home, and she was buried up the street at St. John’s Episcopal Church.

Alice’s family moved from the area 10 years after her death. Her family members are buried in California, Michigan, and central Pennsylvania. She is the only member of her family buried at St. John’s.

Alice’s grave does not have a marker. A small pink flag marks her grave, which is listed on the St. John’s cemetery map under her father’s name (L.E. Buckley). She is not listed in any census, as she was born after the 1880 census and the 1890 census was largely destroyed by fire. There is almost no record of her short life except for a few newspaper articles about her injury and death.

We are looking to fund a small grave marker for little Alice to finally commentate her existence.

We received a quote for an 18”x12” granite marker to be engraved with the following:

Alice Chamberlain Buckley

Beloved Daughter

1887-1891

The marker itself was quoted at $880 with a cemetery foundation fee of $325, bringing our goal amount to $1,205. We will be purchasing this marker through Cullis Memorials.

I am a local history researcher, and came across this story while researching my home’s history and the history of our village.