Humphrey Buck, s/o James and Penelope Newman Buck taken from book by Camellus Wilson Buck "Humphrey, the fourth son and grandfather of the writer, was born in Pitt County, NC, April 10, 1793. His father died when he was young and his mother upon her marriage to Rev. Blount, apprenticed him to a baker in Washington, NC by the name of James Quinn, with whom he remained until his maturity. He early became a minister in the Medthodist Episcopal church and was a preacher of the gospel for about fifty years. He was married to Nancy Monroe Perry on March 10, 1825. She was a member of the illustrous Perry family of South Carolina, being a first cousin of Gov. B. F. Perry of that state and was born in Greenville District April 4, 1802. To them was born a large family of children and the eldest being a son they christened him James Quinn after the baker with whom he had served an apprenticeship. This son the father of the writer was born in the little town of Carthage, Ala. July 11, 1826 and departed this life at his home in Leake County, Mississippi March 23, 1909". Notes of Paul Harrison HUMPHREY7 BUCK (JAMES6, ISAAC5, THOMAS4, BENJAMIN3, ISAAC2, WILLIAM1) was born 10 Apr 1793 in Pitt County, NC, and died 05 Sep 1867 in Choctaw County, Mississippi. He married NANCY ANN MONROE PERRY 10 Mar 1825, daughter of NATHANIEL PERRY and SUSANNAH HOOPER. She was born Abt. 1802. Children: MARY JANE8 BUCK, b. 11 Jul 1826, Cathage, Alabama. JAMES QUINN BUCK, b. 11 Jul 1826, Carthage, Alabama; d. Aft. 1863. SUSAN PENELOPE BUCK, b. 22 Aug 1830; d. Abt. 1855, Mississippi. JOHN WESLEY BUCK, b. 24 May 1832, Thomasville, Georgia; d. 03 Aug 1898, Choctaw County, Mississippi. NATHANIEL PERRY BUCK, b. 15 Oct 1834; d. Abt. 1857. HUMPHREY CORNELIUS BUCK, b. 26 Feb 1837, Mississippi. THEODORIC CLARK BUCK, b. 12 Nov 1839. HENRY HUNTER BUCK, b. Aft. 1840.