Oliver Henry Buck (1841 - 1914)

Born 19 Jun 1841 in Switzerland, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah Belle (Hammitt) Buck — married 16 Dec 1869 in DeWitt, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 1 May 1914 at age 72 in Funks Grove, McLean, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Oliver Henry Buck was born on the 19th of June 1841 in Switzerland County, Indiana.^[1] He was the second youngest son of Judson and Hannah Buck.^[2] He and his family lived in Posey Township in Indiana. By 1860, his family had moved to Waynesville, Illinois. During this time, Oliver had a standard education and hard working farm life that contemporary writing described as ‘invigorating sort of training which eventually makes the hardiest, most common-sense and useful American citizens’.

On the 16th of December 1869, Oliver married Hannah Belle Hammitt in Dewitt County, Illinois.^[3] The couple had five children together and remained married their entire lives.^[4]

Oliver remained in Waynesville until 1877^[5], where he purchased 90 acres of land in Funk’s Grove, Illinois. Though it started simple, Oliver’s perseverance, skill, and judgement created a profitable and locally renown dairy farm. Oliver’s talent at carpentry also vastly improved his estate to include many buildings.

Contemporaries of Oliver wrote he was a man of unimpeachable honesty and integrity. Politically, he was a lifelong Republican with a just yet charitable nature. They also described him as liberal in his religious opinions and a member of Christian Scientists. He was elected as an assessor and successfully served for twenty two years.^[6]

Oliver remained in Funk’s Grove for the remainder of his life.^[7] He eventually passed away on the 1st of May 1914 in his home after deteriorating health from multiple strokes.^[8]He is buried in the Mclean Cemetery.^[9]

Oliver Buck was well known and had many friends in both McLean and DeWitt county.

Sources

1. ↑ Bateman, Newton. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of McLean County. Chicago, IL. Munsell Publishing Company. 1908.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVH-SJN : 19 December 2020), Oliver Buck in household of Judson Buck, Posey Township, Switzerland, Indiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK92-FDK2 : 19 February 2021), Oliver H Buck and Hannah Hamett, 16 Dec 1869; citing De Witt, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,312,955.
4. ↑ Bateman, Newton. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of McLean County. Chicago, IL. Munsell Publishing Company. 1908.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67P-CCT : 28 May 2021), Oliver H Buck in entry for Judson Buck, 1870.
6. ↑ S. J. Clarke Publishing Company.The Biographical Record of Mclean County, Illinois Illustrated. Chicago, IL. 1899. P 706-707
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK6C-B9H : accessed 16 April 2022), Oliver H Buck, Funks Grove, McLean, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 105, sheet 4A, family 44, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 305; FHL microfilm 1,374,318.
8. ↑ The Pantagraph. “Oliver H. Buck dead”. May 8th 1914 p7.
9. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKK-NM83 : 16 December 2020), Oliver Henry Buck, ; Burial, McLean, McLean, Illinois, United States of America, McLean Cemetery; citing record ID 46378988, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.