Son of Horace and Betsey (Burgess) Buck
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1857: David H. Buck to Wetmore Hall Buck
Posted on March 22, 2014 by Griff
How David Buck might have looked
How D. Buck might have looked
This letter was written by 21 year-old David H. Buck (1836-1910), the son of Horace Buck (1791-1863) and Betsey Burgess (1794-1861). David wrote the letter to his older brother, Whitmer Hall Buck (1825-1900) who was married to Mary Alvina Joslin (1829-1898) in 1849.
David was married to Henrietta C. Miller (1842-1899) about 1862 in Boonville, Oneida County and farmed in the county the rest of his life. It appears his dreams to live in the West or leave his bones to "whiten on western soil" never materialized.
We learn from this letter that Buck was an early surveyor in Mitchell County, Iowa, and that he performed a survey for a town to be called Villanova which doesn't even appear in a listing of Mitchell County "ghost towns." This leads me to believe that Villanova never existed except on paper or that it was created under another name such as Bailey, McIntire, or Riceville.
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source: https://sparedshared5.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/1857-david-h-buck-to-wetmore-hall-buck/
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1857: David H. Buck to Wetmore Hall Buck
Posted on March 22, 2014 by Griff
How David Buck might have looked
How D. Buck might have looked
This letter was written by 21 year-old David H. Buck (1836-1910), the son of Horace Buck (1791-1863) and Betsey Burgess (1794-1861). David wrote the letter to his older brother, Whitmer Hall Buck (1825-1900) who was married to Mary Alvina Joslin (1829-1898) in 1849.
David was married to Henrietta C. Miller (1842-1899) about 1862 in Boonville, Oneida County and farmed in the county the rest of his life. It appears his dreams to live in the West or leave his bones to "whiten on western soil" never materialized.
We learn from this letter that Buck was an early surveyor in Mitchell County, Iowa, and that he performed a survey for a town to be called Villanova which doesn't even appear in a listing of Mitchell County "ghost towns." This leads me to believe that Villanova never existed except on paper or that it was created under another name such as Bailey, McIntire, or Riceville.
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source: https://sparedshared5.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/1857-david-h-buck-to-wetmore-hall-buck/
Son of Horace and Betsey (Burgess) Buck
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1857: David H. Buck to Wetmore Hall Buck
Posted on March 22, 2014 by Griff
How David Buck might have looked
How D. Buck might have looked
This letter was written by 21 year-old David H. Buck (1836-1910), the son of Horace Buck (1791-1863) and Betsey Burgess (1794-1861). David wrote the letter to his older brother, Whitmer Hall Buck (1825-1900) who was married to Mary Alvina Joslin (1829-1898) in 1849.
David was married to Henrietta C. Miller (1842-1899) about 1862 in Boonville, Oneida County and farmed in the county the rest of his life. It appears his dreams to live in the West or leave his bones to "whiten on western soil" never materialized.
We learn from this letter that Buck was an early surveyor in Mitchell County, Iowa, and that he performed a survey for a town to be called Villanova which doesn't even appear in a listing of Mitchell County "ghost towns." This leads me to believe that Villanova never existed except on paper or that it was created under another name such as Bailey, McIntire, or Riceville.
____________
source: https://sparedshared5.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/1857-david-h-buck-to-wetmore-hall-buck/
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1857: David H. Buck to Wetmore Hall Buck
Posted on March 22, 2014 by Griff
How David Buck might have looked
How D. Buck might have looked
This letter was written by 21 year-old David H. Buck (1836-1910), the son of Horace Buck (1791-1863) and Betsey Burgess (1794-1861). David wrote the letter to his older brother, Whitmer Hall Buck (1825-1900) who was married to Mary Alvina Joslin (1829-1898) in 1849.
David was married to Henrietta C. Miller (1842-1899) about 1862 in Boonville, Oneida County and farmed in the county the rest of his life. It appears his dreams to live in the West or leave his bones to "whiten on western soil" never materialized.
We learn from this letter that Buck was an early surveyor in Mitchell County, Iowa, and that he performed a survey for a town to be called Villanova which doesn't even appear in a listing of Mitchell County "ghost towns." This leads me to believe that Villanova never existed except on paper or that it was created under another name such as Bailey, McIntire, or Riceville.
____________
source: https://sparedshared5.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/1857-david-h-buck-to-wetmore-hall-buck/
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