OBIT:  BUCK, John; 1910; Carrolltown, Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 4 Feb 1910
Volume 44, Number 5


John Buck, Well Known Resident of North County, Dead
Ex-Sheriff and Prominent Man Follows Wife 'Cross River
Funeral on Tuesday

John Buck, an ex-Sheriff of Cambria County and a former member of the State 
Legislature, died at 10 o'clock Friday night at his residence in Carrolltown, in his 
eighty-seventh year.  Mr. Buck's death was due to pneumonia, which developed 
soon after the death of his wife, Mrs. Regina Sherry Buck on November 12, 1909.  
The funeral of Mr. Buck took place on Tuesday morning from St. Benedict's 
Roman Catholic Church with the Rev. Leopold Probst, O. S. B. in charge.  Interment 
was at Carrolltown.

The deceased was one of a family of eleven children, all of whom have passed 
away except Francis J. Buck of Carrolltown and William J. Buck of Allegheny 
Township.  He was a son of Joseph Buck, who settled on the John Zern farm in 
Carroll Township, where John Buck was born on December 13, 1823.  John Buck 
built the gristmills known as Buck's Mills and engaged in the milling business until 
1861, when he was elected sheriff, defeating James D. Hamilton.  Three years 
later he located at Carrolltown and engaged in the mercantile business.  He was 
a staunch Democrat but served as Postmaster of that place during the terms of 
the administration of President Grant because of the fact that there was not a 
Republican living in that vicinity.

In 1874 Mr. Buck was elected on the Democratic ticket as representative to the 
General Assembly.  Mr. Buck continued in the mercantile business until early in 
the '90s when he retired.  He was an active member of the Roman Catholic 
Church and a man having much influence in the community in which he resided 
for so many years.

John Buck and Miss Regina Sherry were united in marriage at Loretto by the 
Rev. Father Joseph Gallagher on June 5, 1849. The following children are living: 
Celestine A. Buck and Mrs. James H. Eck of Carrolltown; Dr. Michael J. Buck of 
Pittsburg; A. W. Buck of Ebensburg; S. H. Buck of Elyria, O.; Dr. J. P. Buck of 
Chicago; Edward Buck of Tonopah, Nev.; Mrs. James V. Scanlan of Ebensburg; 
Ambrose C. Buck of Reading; Vincent Jr. Buck of Hastings.  Besides theses he 
is survived by forty-nine grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren, 
together with two brothers mentioned above.