Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

ALBERT BUCK, merchant; Chandlerville; was born in this 
county, June 10, 1840; son of Jasper and Sophia Buck; he, 
born Dec. 17, 1792, and died March 1, 1841; she, born April 
26, 1797, and died Dec. 27, 1866. They were the parents of 
thirteen children, seven of who are now living: Thomas C., 
born July 4, 1815, died Dec. 5, 1875; Charleton, born June 
28, 1817, died Aug. 6, 1856; Sarah (Conrad) Reinning, born 
July 31, 1819, living in Arenzville Precinct; Martha, widow 
of Michael Buxton, born Aug. 29, 1821; Margaret, May 7, 
1824, died Oct. 8, 1831; Elizabeth and James, twins, born 
Nov. 14, 1827; James died in infancy, and Elizabeth married 
Richard L. Davis; James H. born Jan. 30, 1830, died May 6, 
1857; John H. born March 27, 1832; Stephen D., born July 
14, 1834; Jasper J., born Oct. 15, 1836; Mary, wife of 
Mathew Bowyer, born July 20, 1838, died April 2, 1880; and 
Albert, the subject of this sketch. Jasper, with two 
brothers, John and Stephen, came from Bertie County, N.C., 
between the years 1825 and 1830, and settling in what is 
now known as Arenzville Precinct. Jasper was a man highly 
respected in his day, and filled the position of Justice of 
the Peace. Albert, being the youngest, remained on the farm 
with is mother, until the breaking out of the late war, 
when he, in August, 1862, volunteered in Company K, 101st 
Infantry, serving until the close of the war, at which 
time, 1865, he began farming on the home place. June 9, 
1868, he was married to Miss Sarah Naomi Stanley, by whom 
he has had two children: Sarah Ellen, born April 3, 1869; 
and Chas. Oliver, born April 29, 1870. He continued farming 
until February, 1872, when he met with an accident that 
disabled him from farm duty; when he moved to Arenzville in 
1873, and opened a grocery store. He was elected Justice of 
the Peace. In the fall of 1875 he sold out his business in 
Arenzville, and moved to Chandlerville, where he has since 
continued in business.

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