Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Buck, Edward 
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Author: History of Grundy County IL 1914

Buck, Edward - was, for many years, one of the leading agriculturalists of 
Grundy County.  He was born in County Cork, Ireland, January 1, 1830, a son of 
John and Catherine (Roach) Buck.  In May, 1830, these parents came to America, 
and, locating at Brockville, Canada, the father embarked in a butchering 
business.  This he continued until June, 1850, when he came to Morris, Ill., 
and continued butchering until his death, November 20, 1857.  His widow 
survived him until 1878, when she passed away, eighty years of age.

Edward Buck was educated in the common schools of his locality, and was taught 
useful, thrifty habits of living.  A week after his arrival in Morris, in 
1850, he engaged himself to work for farmers and kept at it until he earned 
enough money to buy a team of horses.  He then took contracts from the 
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad for timber, for use on their engines, 
for those were the days when engines were fired with wood.  Later, he worked 
land on shares for George Collins, continuing thus until 1861.  In that year, 
he bought eighty acres of unimproved prairie land in Nettle Creek Township, 
and began developing it.  Later, he added forty acres, but sold this farm in 
1875, and bought a quarter section in the same township.  Although it was 
improved, he kept on developing it, and carried on general farming until 
1895.  In that year he bought a handsome residence at Morris, on North Liberty 
street, where he now lives retired.

On October 7, 1857, Mr. Buck was married to Jane Mason, born in Ontario, 
Canada, April 27, 1835, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Fenton) Mason, 
natives of Ireland.  She died October 15, 1900, and is buried in Evergreen 
Cemetery, Morris, Ill.  The children of Mr. and Mrs. Buck were:  Lydia, 
deceased, wife of W. V. Jacobs of Monroe County, Mo.; Anna, who died at the 
age of four years; Hattie and Carrie, both of whom died in infancy; Charles, 
on his father's farm; Nellie, wife of Halber Walker of Wauponsee Township; 
Sarah, wife of J. W. Tackabery of Canada; and Edna and John, who remain with 
their father.  There are fourteen grandchildren in the family.  Mr. Buck is a 
Presbyterian in religious faith.  In politics he is a Republican.  A quiet, 
unassuming man, he has made many friends and retained them and holds the 
confidence and respect of his community.  He was school director for twenty-
five years and road commissioner for many years.

pages 776-777

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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