Edwin E. Buck Biography


	This biography appears on page 1567 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	EDWIN E. BUCK, a prominent and successful business man of 
Hartford, Minnehaha county, is a native of the old Empire state of the 
Union, having been born on the homestead farm, in St. Lawrence county, 
New York, on the 29th of July, 1866, and being a son of Epaphroditus and 
Phoebe (Russ) Buck, both of whom are still living and each of whom is 
ninety years of age at the time of this writing, the father having 
always followed the vocation of farming and having lived a significantly 
long and useful life. The subject passed his boyhood days on the home 
farm and early began to aid in its cultivation. while his educational 
discipline was somewhat limited, being confined to a few years' 
attendance in the public schools. He initiated his independent career 
when a lad of but twelve years, coming west to Wisconsin at that age, in 
1878, and there being engaged in work on various farms until 1888, when 
he came to what is now the state of South Dakota and prepared to gain 
the fullest measure of success possible by the application of the forces 
at his command. He took up a homestead claim near Hartford, duly 
perfecting his title to the property and there engaging in farming about 
six years, at the expiration of which he took up his residence in 
Hartford and entered the employ of the J. W. Tuttle Lumber Company, with 
which he was connected until 1892, when he engaged in the real-estate 
business, associating himself with I. C. Kingsbury, under the firm name 
of Buck & Kingsbury. He continued operations in this line for a period 
of three years and thereafter was variously engaged until 1900, when he 
became a member of the present firm of Buck, Evans & Company, dealers in 
hardware, farming implements and machinery, furniture, etc., the owners 
taking rank among the leading business houses of the town and 
controlling a large and representative trade. Mr. Buck has "hewed close 
to the line" and has made every effort count, being known as one of the 
progressive and public-spirited citizens of Hartford. In politics he was 
formerly aligned with the Republican party, but the Kansas City platform 
of the Democracy met with his approval and in 1898 he gave his support 
to William J. Bryan for the presidency, as did he also in the campaign 
of 1900. Fraternally he is identified with the local lodge of the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 

	On the 25th of March, 1883, Mr. Buck was united in marriage to 
Miss Millie Thrall, who was born and reared in Wisconsin, and they have 
two children, Grace and Retta E.