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

Buck, Richard R. - As new capital is being brought into Morris through the 
encouragement to industrial concerns given by the Morris Industrial 
Association, the demand for building brick and tile has grown steadily, but as 
yet only one man is engaged in meeting it in this locality, he being Richard 
R. Buck.  He was born at Morris, April 29, 1873, a son of John and Susan 
(Hutchings) Buck, natives of Ireland and Canada, respectively.  John Buck came 
with his father, also John Buck, to Morris in childhood, while the mother came 
in childhood with her mother to Morris.  Mrs. Buck was a daughter of George 
and Sarah (Peacock) Hutchings, natives of England, but the former was killed 
in Canada by a falling tree so his widow and daughter were forced to make the 
trip here by themselves.

Richard R. Buck now resides on the family homestead of thirty acres, that his 
paternal grandfather secured, in the northwestern part of Morris Township.  
Both the grandparents died on this farm, and it descended to their son, John.  
The latter established a brick yard, later adding the manufacture of drainage 
tile to the business, and spent the remainder of his life producing these two 
lines of building material.  His death occurred in December, 1906, but his 
widow survives and makes her home at No. 603 Liberty street, Morris, having 
her two daughters, Mary (Mrs. B. R. Goold, a widow) and Martha with her.  The 
other children were:  George, of Audubon, Ia.; Herbert, of Lake Charles, La.; 
William, of Morris; and Richard R.  Prior to his marriage with the mother of 
Richard R. Buck, John Buck had been married to a Miss McMahon, and they had 
one son, Thomas, now of Morris.

When he was twenty-one years old, Richard R. Buck who had been reared at 
Morris, where he was given a public school training, went to Lake Charles, 
La., where he engaged in manufacturing building brick.  After three years of 
successful operation, he sold his business and began rice farming, carrying it 
on for eight years.  In July, 1905, however, he returned to Morris and bought 
a half interest in the tile and brick business which his father had founded, 
his partner being his brother William, and they continued together until 1910, 
when Mr. Buck purchased William's interest, and since then has continued alone.

On January 2, 1898, Mr. Buck was married to Emma Siling, born at Greensburg, 
Ind., a daughter of Francis and Helen (Wilkinson) Siling, natives of Ohio and 
Indiana, respectively.  The ceremony took place at Lake Charles, La., where 
Mr. Siling died in September, 1903, and where his widow and two other 
daughters still reside.  Mr. and Mrs. Buck have had two children:  John 
Francis and Dorothy Belle.  Since 1906, Mr. Buck has been a steward in the 
Morris Methodist Church of which he has long been a faithful member.  His 
views with regard to the liquor question make him a Prohibitionist, and he is 
willing to uphold his principles upon any and all occasions.  He is a man of 
strong convictions as to right and wrong and exerts a powerful influence for 
good among his associates.

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

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