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The following are excerpts from the book "The Buuck Family in America", by Gale C. Buuck and Marvin L. Buuck, 1986. "Dietrich was the oldest boy. He was two years old when his parents left Windheim for the wilderness of northeastern Indiana in 1836. He would have had no recollection of the trip on the boat or the cross-country trek to Indiana. His memories would begin with the hard work still in progress in clearing the land and raising the first crops. He would grow to manhood at Friedheim and by the age of 24 (1858) he married Marie Werfelmann. By that time the family had moved into the large frame farmhouse which still stands today. They would become the parents of 13 children."
"Dietrich was an enterprising man. He took advantage of the forests around him. He established a steam sawmill--1853-- on his property and for many years operated it along with farming the land. In 1881 he was appointed Postmaster by President Arthur and gave the Friedheim settlement a post office address. The old post office frame building is still on the farm today and is used by Tom Buuck (5th Gen. KFB) to store tools."
"At one time Dietrich also cut ice from the frozen creek in front of his property and stored it in the barn for use in the summertime. His main activity however, was cultivating the land which his father had left him. Over half the land was sold off eventually but that still left 120 acres which exist today. Thus it appears that he was a man of many talents and interests. He was drafted by the government in 1864 for service in the Union Army. At that time he and his spouse already had three children. He also had to take care of his parents with whom he lived. So it was that his younger brother Friedrich who had just turned 18 in April, volunteered in his stead. When it was time to turn over the farm to his oldest son Fritz Buuck (3rd Gen. KFB), he and his wife Marie moved into the old log cabin which adjoined the frame dwelling. It had been refurbished and was quite livable, being warmed by a large potbellied stove. He died in 1906 having attained the age of 71. His wife Marie would survive him by 26 years. She died in 1927."[1]
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel Allen County, Indiana Jan. 17, 1906
Diedrich Buuck, a pioneer resident of Adams county, died at his home in Friedheim at 1:30 Sunday morning at the age of 71 years, 9 months and 24 days. Death was due to advanced age and a complication of diseases from which he had been suffering for many months.
Mr. Buuck was a native of Germany, but came with his parents to America when but a babe, and the family settled upon the farm upon which Mr. Buuck spent the remainder of his long life. He is survived by the wife, eight sons and three daughters. The children are Fred, Otto, and Adolph, of Freidheim; Henry Buuck and Mrs. Sophie Jaebker, of Preble; Rev. August Buuck, of Van Wert county, Ohio; Mrs. Anna Boese, of Decatur; Mrs. Albert Huser, Albert and Chris Buuck of Fort Wayne; and Karl and Paul Buuck, who are attending Addison seminary, at Addison, Ill. There are twenty-six grandchildren, and other relatives, including two brothers, Louis Buuck of Freidheim, Fred Buuck of Kenosha, Wis., and two sisters, Mrs. Louise Werfelman, of Chicago and Mrs. Henry Woebeking, of Woodburn, this county.
Funeral services Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock from the residence and at 10:30 from the Lutheran church at Friedheim.
Decatur Democrat, Adams County, Indiana Thursday, Jan. 18, 1906
Another Adams county citizen who has outlived the allotted three score years and ten, has answered the final summons. Diederich Buuck, of Friedheim, died at 1:30 o'clock Sunday morning, aged seventy-one years, nine months and twenty-four days. He had been a sufferer from a complication of diseases for many months and his death was not expected by the family. When only two years old, Mr. Buuck came to this county with his parents from Germany, and located on the Preble township farm, where he has lived ever since. He was a splendid citizen and an earnest Christian. He is survived by eight sons and three daughters, who are: Fred, Otto and Adolph Buuck, of Friedheim; Henry Buuck and Mrs. William Jaebker of Preble; the Rev. August Buuck of Van Wert county, Ohio; Mrs. C. Boesse, of this city; Mrs. A. L. Huser of Fort Wayne; Karl Buuck and Paul, students at the Addison seminary. Twenty-six grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters also survive: Louis Buuck of Friedheim; Fred Buuck of Kenoha, Wisconsin and Mrs. Werfelman of Chicago. The funeral was held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at the home and a half hour later from the Lutheran church at Friedheim.
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