Brief Life History of Ira G.
When Ira G. Buck was born on 23 September 1871, in Otterbein, Bolivar Township, Benton, Indiana, United States, his father, Milton B Buck, was 33 and his mother, Hester Ann Foster, was 29. He married Harriet Avinell Shoup in 1890, in Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Shelby Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Round Grove Township, White, Indiana, United States in 1900. He died on 15 July 1905, in Monon, Monon Township, White, Indiana, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Montmorenci Cemetery, Shelby Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States.
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- Ira Buck, "United States Census, 1900"
- Ira H Buck, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ira Buck in entry for Alexander Cota, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1872
Historical Boundaries: 1872: Benton, Indiana, United States [Spreads across Benton and Tippecanoe counties]
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English buc(ke) ‘male goat’ (Old English bucca) or a ‘male deer’ (Old English bucc). The goat was popularly associated with lecherous behaviour and the deer with timidity and speed. The surname may also be a shortened form of longer occupational names, for example Roger le Bucmanger' ‘dealer in bucks or venison’, (Warwickshire 1221) or Walter Bucswayn perhaps ‘goatherd’ (Somerset 1327).
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent beech tree, such as Peter atte Buk (Suffolk 1327), from Middle English buk ‘beech’ (from Old English bōc).
German and Dutch (Limburg): from a personal name, a short form of Burkhard (see Burkhart ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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A Sudden Death On last Saturday morning Mr. Buck was trying to drive an unruly cow along the road and becoming very warm and excited he fell and when they reached him he had almost expired. Mrs. Buck …
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