Walter Buck (abt. 1776 - abt. 1858)

Biography

Walter Buck was born to Jonathan and Irena Buck in 1776 in Connecticut. His family moved to Monkton, Addison Co, Vermont; Elizabethtown, Essex Co, New York; Chautauqua Co, New York; Lorain Co, Ohio, and St. Joseph Co, Indiana where he died about 1858. He m1. Mary unknown b. between 1775 and 1784 and m2. Chloe Flora unknown b. about 1784/85. Chloe is listed on an 1810 land deed and on the 1860 census with son Henry Horace Buck after Walter died. In the History of St. Joseph County, Indiana it mentions the Buck Settlement in Madison Township (Woodland) and the Buck brothers (Jonathan, Truman, Edward, and Henry).

Children: 1)Alvin Buck b. 13 July 1798 New York; d.13 November 1870 Genesee County, Michigan(mother Mary on death certificate) 2)Noah Buck b. between 1800 and 1802 Essex County, New York; d. about 1837 Lorain County, Ohio 3)Eunice Buck b. about 1804 Essex County, New York 4)Walter Buck b. 27 April 1807 Essex County, New York; d. 11 February 1892 Crawford County, Michigan 5)Jonathan Buck b. 1809 Essex County, New York; d. August 1849 St. Joseph County, Indiana 6)Sally Buck b. about 1810 Essex County, New York 7)Truman O. Buck b. 3 December 1812 Essex County, New York; d. 10 March 1902 Dallas County, Iowa 8)Abigail Buck b. about 1816 New York, m.Merritt Hunt 1832 Lorain County, Ohio 9)Edward Buck b. 1821 New York; d. after 1870 prob. St. Joseph County, Indiana 10)Henry Horace Buck b. 1823 New York; d. 29 September 1884 St. Joseph County, Indiana 11)Roxanna Buck b. 23 April 1826 Ohio; d. 9 January 1896 Gosper County Nebraska

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHV7-45Q : 12 April 2016), Walter Buck, Madison, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States; citing family 571, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Source Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 June 2018), memorial page for Walter Buck (1776–1858),Find A Grave: Memorial #137150505, ; Maintained by h2buck (contributor 48407044) Unknown.