Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Buck, John February 1, 1827 - 
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Author: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", 1882

JOHN BUCK, coal and tile, Morris, was born in Cork, Ireland, February 1, 1827. 
When he was three years old, his parents moved to Canada, where he was raised 
and educated. He came to Illinois in 1849, and to Grundy County in 1850, where 
he purchased a tract of land of about nineteen acres in the northwest part of 
the city of Morris, on which he now lives, engaged in the manufacture of drain-
tile; he also operates a coal bank on the same site. He was married, December 
3, 1861, to Miss Isabella McMINN, of Pennsylvania. She was born November 20, 
1832, and died December 29, 1862. Our subject was again married, March 16, 
1865, to Miss Susanna HUTCHINS, of Morris. She was born in Canada September 
24, 1843. They have seven children, one of whom is the result of the first 
marriage, John T., born December 22, 1862. The children of the second marriage 
are George H., born January 6, 1866; Herbert E., born March 10, 1867; William 
F., born November 10, 1869; Richard R., born April 29, 1873; Mary E., born 
November 16, 1874; and Martha, born January 9, 1882. The family residence is 
on Lincoln street. Mr. and Mrs. BUCK are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church at Morris.

[Source: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 
Historical Publishers, Lake Side Building, 1882]

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