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The Pictoral History of Fort Wayne, Indiana
by Bert Joseph Griswold
Also The Story of the Townships of Allen County
by Mrs. Samuel R. Taylor
pub. Robert O. Law Company, Chicago, 1917


    [99-100]



     FREDERICK C. BUUCK is to be consistently designated as one of the
     representative farmers of Allen county, and his well improved
     homestead, comprising sixty acres, is eligibly situated in Marion
     township. That he has proved himself loyally interested in community
     affairs and has gained secure place in popular esteem is indicated by
     the fact that he is serving as township trustee, to which office he
     was elected in 1914. MR. BUUCK was born in Adams county, Indiana,
     February 18, 1864, a son of ERNEST and SOPHIA (KLEINSCHMIDT) BUUCK,
     both of whom were born in Germany. ERNEST BUUCK was a lad of seven
     years when he accompanied his parents on their immigration to the
     United States and the family home was established in Adams county,
     Indiana, where he was reared to manhood under the conditions and
     influences of the pioneer days, assisted in the development of the
     home farm and profited by the advantages of the schools of the
     locality and period. He eventually instituted independent operations
     as a farmer and became one of the prosperous and honored exponents of
     agricultural industry in Adams county, where he continued to reside
     until his death, in 1911, his wife having preceded him to the life
     eternal by about two years, and both having been earnest members of
     the Lutheran church. MR. BUUCK was a Democrat in politics and was one
     of the loyal young men of Indiana who went forth in defense of the
     Union when the Civil war was precipitated on the nation. He enlisted
     as a private in Company D, Fifty-first Indiana Infantry, and with this
     gallant command continued in active service at the front until he was
     so severely wounded as to incapacitate him for further activity, with
     the result that he was accorded an honorable discharge, after having
     taken part in a number of severe conflicts. In later years he
     signalized his abiding interest in his old comrades by retaining
     affiliation with the Grand Army of the Republic. FREDERICK C. BUUCK,
     the immediate subject of this review, was the third in orler of birth
     in a family of eleven children; LOUISE resides in the city of
     Richmond, Indiana; Minnie is the widow of Gustav Rumphe and maintains
     her home in Fort Wayne; ERNST still remains in Adams county; MARTIN is
     deceased; WILLIAM is a prosperous farmer in Adams county; MARY, SOPHIA
     and ANNA are deceased; ELIZABETH is the wife of CHRISTIAN MAHRNOWALD,
     of Jefferson township, Allen county; and CHRISTIAN resides in Fort
     Wayne. FREDERICK C. BUUCK grew to adult age under the invigorating
     discipline of the home farm, continued to assist in its work and
     management until he was twenty-two years of age and in the meanwhile
     had not failed to profit by the advantages afforded in the public
     schools of his native county. Upon leaving the parental home he came
     to Fort Wayne, where he was employed three years in the shops of the
     Pennsylvania Railroad. The free and independent life of the farm,
     though demanding much of arduous toil, made insistent appeal to him
     and caused him soon to resume his alliance with agricultural industry.
     He purchased his present homestead of sixty acres, upon which he has
     made the best of improvements, including the erection of his
     commodious house and other good farm buildings, and he has so applied
     his mental and physical powers as to make of his farm industry a
     distinctive success, his attention having been given to diversified
     agriculture and to the raising of good live stock. MR. BUUCK is a
     stalwart in the local camp of the Democratic party, takes lively
     interest in all that concerns the well-being of his home township and
     county, and has given most effective service in the office of township
     trustee. Both he and his wife are earnest communicants of the German
     Lutheran church. On December 4, 1888, was solemnized the marriage of
     MR. BUUCK to MISS MARY DOEHRMANN, daughter of CONRAD and MINNIE
     (ZWICK) DOEHRMANN, of Adams county, and the two children of this
     union, MARTIN and FREDA, still remain at the parental home.


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