This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VYG.2ACIB/1567.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I found this at Rootsweb on you family Bill: You will want to get George Pearley Buck WWI Draft record. You will want to get William Marshall Buck's Civil War Record and ask for all the information. You might get some great family letters or other information in the military file. You will want to get William Marshall Buck's homestead papers of Roswell, Miner County, SD that will have family information. You need the exact location of the land to send for the original filed papers. To get that I would send a few dollars to: Miner County Courthouse Howard, SD 57349 Phone: 605 772-4612 Ask for all a Grantee Grantor list of the Buck's from 1873 to 1900. Also offer to pay any more money if need for photocopies. When you get the list you can look over all the Buck's and get the papers for William M. Buck or any thing that has et al which means several people listed and can be a death and children listed or bible records, etc. You can pay the courthouse for copies or you can sometimes get the films from the LDS Genealogy library in your area. They can help you order the film and most of the libraries you can make copies from the film machine for a small fee. That is two ways to get a copy of the land records. You want when he bought it and when he sold it or if it went into probate. Land records are on of the best ways of proving a genealogy line. From the land records will be the description of the land. It is not easy to do but rewarding if you get some great information. It took me over a year to get the homestead file. It will have great information on the family and possibly his parents will be mentioned or cousin if he and Contact: Lindy Dawson posted her line July 2006 her e-mail is lindydawson@mail.com Also contact if you can Anne Nelson at ambrose1889@yahoo.com post on Rootsweb 2005 a George Buck bn 1915 died 21 Aug 1955 Braidwood, Will, Illinois parents George P. Buck bn 1888 & Mary Gavican bn 10 Feb 1892, Will County, Illinois. For Possible wife of your George P. Buck and a son of his. Good Luck, Carol Name: William M BUCK Given Name: William M Surname: BUCK Sex: M Birth: 1839 in Dalton, Coos County, New Hampshire Death: 7 Jun 1891 in Howard, Miner County, South Dakota Burial: 9 Jun 1891 Graceland Cemetery, Howard, Miner County, South Dakota 1 Occupation: Farmer _ Note: Is his middle name Marshall like his son Gilman Marshall Buck? 1840 Census for Bethlehem, Grafton, New Hampshire has Lewis Buck as head of a household with 1 boy under 5 and 1 female 20-30 and another 40-50. Could the male under 5 be William? Is this the William Buck, aged 11, living with Joseph and Mary Comstock on their farm in Clarksville, Coos County, New Hampshire in 1850 Census? In 1860 William is living with Israel and Liddia Wing on their farm in Vernon, Blue Earth, Minnesota. He migrated with his father to Minnesota and served in Civil War. His Prisoner of War records certify Private Buck of the Minnesota 3rd Regiment was captured in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on 13 July 1862 Age 23. He was paroled on 15 July 1862 at Warren County, Tennessee. He reenlisted in the Minnesota Volunteers, United States Army in Vernon, Blue Earth County, Minnesota on 31 Dec 1863 age 25 for 3 years. He is described as having Blue eyes, Brown Hair, Light complexion and 5 feet 8 inches tall. He gave his place as birth as New York, (County unreadable). In 1870 William and his father Lewis Buck were farming in Vernon, Blue Earth County, Minnesota. In 1880 William and his wife, Margaret are living in Vernon, Blue Earth County, Minnesota with his father in law, Thomas Phillips, staying with them and sons Alfred and Clarence. They are in the next household to his cousin Charles Gilman Lewis and his family. Homesteaded in Roswell, Miner County, South Dakota by 1882. He and Charles Lewis both had claims of 320 Acres. Miner County Democrat June 13, 1891 Page 5. Col 3 Death of William Buck Geo. H Stevens Post GAR. Was again called upon on Tuesday June 9th to pay the last sad rites of burial. To the body of Wm. Buck, of Roswell twp, who died on Sunday morning at 1:o’clock? This makes the second member of the Post to answer the last final summons, and thus. One by one the veterans of the war are leaving us. He enlisted in Co. H., 3rd Minn., Inft., in 1861, and served until the end of the with the exception of a short time that he put in behind the rebel stockades. He was born in New Hampshire, and from there emigrated in Minnesota where he was married. In 1880 he cam to Dakota and filed a claim, where he has resided to the day of his death. He leaves a widow and five children to mourn his loss. William is buried at Graceland Cemetery, Howard South Dakota. He was 53. William is buried in grave #7 Lot# 47. Father: Lewis BUCK b: 25 Dec 1807 in Dalton, Coos County, New Hampshire Mother: Almira MARSHALL b: Abt Oct 1810 in Lyme, Grafton County, New Hampshire Marriage 1 Margaret Ann PHILLIPS b: 30 Sep 1855 in Madison County, Ohio Married: 4 Jul 1874 in Vernon Center, Blue Earth County, Minnesota Change Date: 4 Jul 2005 Children Alfred E BUCK b: Apr 1875 in Vernon, Blue Earth County, Minnesota Eugene Clarence BUCK b: 27 Apr 1880 in Vernon, Blue Earth County, Minnesota Thomas Lewis BUCK b: 24 Mar 1882 in Miner County, South Dakota Gilman Marshall BUCK b: 23 Sep 1884 in Roswell, Miner County, South Dakota George Pearley BUCK b: 5 May 1888 in Roswell, Miner County, South Dakota Name: Margaret Ann PHILLIPS Given Name: Margaret Ann Surname: PHILLIPS Sex: F Birth: 30 Sep 1855 in Madison County, Ohio 1 Death: 29 Jul 1933 in Roswell, Miner County, South Dakota 2 Burial: 1 Aug 1933 Graceland Cemetery, Howard, Miner County, South Dakota _ Note: The daughter of Thomas Phillips, born about 1800 in Ohio. In 1860 Margt. Phillips aged 7 was living in Harrison Township, Montgomery County, Ohio with Thomas and Margt. McConnell from Ireland. Thomas was a day laborer born abt 1800. In June 1870 Census for Vernon, Blue Earth County, Minnesota Civilian and Ellen Lewis were living with children Charles, Er(w)in, Adela, Eva and Andrew and Margaret Phillips, aged 14 born in Ohio. Ellen is the Aunt of Margaret's future husband, William Buck. Margaret and William Buck and their sons Alfred and Clarence were living in Vernon, Blue Earth County, Minnesota in 1880. Margaret's widowed father Thomas Phillips was with them. Margaret and William Buck were Homesteading in South Dakota by 1882. Civil War Invalid Pension application No. 1007685 - 6 April 1891, filed South Dakota Widow's Pension Application No. 518885 - 3 July 1891, Certificate 381936 Margaret Buck, filed South Dakota. Minor's pension application 19 Dec? 1895, Certificate 455616 - Margaret Lugg Gdn. The widowed Margaret married Arthur D Lugg on 2 June 1895 and moved with sons Gilman and George to Mitchell, Mitchell County, Iowa. In 1900 in Mitchell, Mitchell County, Iowa Arthur Lugg born April 1837 in England, who arrived in US in 1854, was farming with Margaret and his children from a previous marriage, Charles E Lugg, Oliver R Lugg, John E Lugg and Ella G Lugg and Margaret's sons Gilman M and George P. Buck who were attending school. In 1910 a widowed Margaret A. Lugg, aged 54 born in Iowa, was living alone on her "Own Income" in Main Street, Mitchell Township, Mitchell County, Iowa. She was the mother of 5 living children. In 1920 the twice Widowed Margaret A. Lugg aged 65, was a boardinghouse keeper in Roswell, Miner County, South Dakota. OBITUARY The Miner County Pioneer August 4, 1933 Front page, Col. 2 Margaret Ann Phillips, was born in Madison County, Ohio, Sept. 30, 1855. She spent her early childhood in that vicinity which at that time was a frontier. At the age of fourteen she moved to Vernon Center, Minn. On July 4, 1874, she was married to Wm. Buck. In 1881 they moved to South Dakota ad homesteaded on a claim south of Roswell. They went thru the trying periods of the early pioneer days. The early sod shanty, the droughts and the blizzard of 1882, are a few of the things they had to contend with. But through all these hardships they lived to build a happy home. To this union five sons were born, Alfred, Eugene, Thomas, Gilman and George. Her husband William preceded her in death, dying June 8, 1891. A few years later she moved to Mitchell, Iowa. On June 2, 1895 she married A. B. Lugg, who died Nov. 17, 1909. She returned to South Dakota and made herself a home at Roswell where she spent the last years of her life in peace and contentment. An ardent church worker and devoted friend to the sick and the needy, she never tired in doing kind deeds where and whenever necessary. With a great abundance of unselfishness, which many of us find in the wanting, with a well pleased smile when things are going uneven, with a great love for higher education, because she disliked ignorance and never in doubt she worked onward until she knew she had conquered. So then in remembrance of a great woman, whose happiness was to make others happy, we cherish a fond memory when we thing of Margaret, mother, grandmother and great grandmother of her own little tribe whom she guided until they were safely on their way and then laid down her work and passed to eternal rest. She died at her home in Roswell, July 29, 1933, at the age of seventy-seven years, 9 months, and twenty-nine days. Those who are left to mourn her death are Alfred Buck and family, Portland, Ore.; Dr. Eugene Buck and family, Howard, S.D.; Thomas Buck and family, Roswell, S. D.; Gilman Buck and family, Denver, Col.; and Geo. Buck and family, Winterburn, Can. The funeral was held at Roswell South Dakota, August 1st, conducted by Rev. Stevenson of the Roswell M. E. church, under the direction of the Tuttle Funeral service of Howard. A Tribute to Mrs. Margaret Lugg By “Mollie” “The Great America Desert.” Who would come? To make of barren waste, a sheltered home? Not he who puts his hand into the plow Turns back, and without trying, breaks his vow. But others come with backbone firm and stout, The like of whom depression could not put to rout, Among them one, whom here we like to mention, She showered, with might and main, her good intention. We heard her never whimper nor to whine, She had the “Sparton” spirit in her spine, She blazed the trail, ‘tis ours to follow near Her footprints in the sands of time most clear. And now she stands with face turned heavenward, Some day she’ll take her flight like migrant bird, Let it be said by those who honor would- “Our Grand Old Woman”—yea, she did whatever she could. The fire, which once was burning Bright, Flickered with fading shadows and Went out, But in a distant atmosphere, there came a new and stronger Light, Shining with great grandeur on a Heavenly route. Father: Thomas PHILLIPS b: in Ohio Sources: Abbrev: 1900 US Census Title: 1900 US Census Author: Federal Census Abbrev: South Dakota Death Index 1905 - 1955 Title: South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955 Name: George Pearley BUCK Given Name: George Pearley Surname: BUCK Sex: M Birth: 5 May 1888 in Roswell, Miner County, South Dakota 1 Death: 7 Sep 1966 in probably Alberta, Canada 2 Note: In 1900 in Mitchell, Mitchell County, Iowa Arthur Lugg born April 1837 in England, who arrived in US in 1854, was farming with Margaret and his children from a previous marriage, Charlie E Lugg, Oliver R Lugg, John E Lugg and Ella G Lugg and Margaret's sons Gilman M and George P. Buck who were attending school. On his World War I Draft Registration Card in June 1917 George was a self-employed farmer in Roswell, Miner County, South Dakota, married with 3 children. He is described as of medium height and build with Grey Eyes, dark hair and not bald. He has weak eyes and Rheumatism. George went by railroad to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada after 1917. Father: William M BUCK b: 1839 in Dalton, Coos County, New Hampshire Mother: Margaret Ann PHILLIPS b: 30 Sep 1855 in Madison County, Ohio Sources: Abbrev: 1900 US Census Title: 1900 US Census Author: Federal Census Lindy Dawson at lindydawson@mail.com July 2006 Rootsweb.com