E. J. Buck, M. D. From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 900 - 901.

PLATTEVILLE

E. J. BUCK, M. D., Platteville; is a native of Franklin Co., Mass.; was born in the town of Heath in 1828. When 6 years of age his father, Erastus Buck, removed to Livingston Co., N. Y., where he is still living at the age of 84. Dr. Buck was educated in Livingston Co., and graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, in the spring of 1854. He at once commenced the practice of his profession at Towlesville, Steuben Co., N. Y., where he remained till the fall of 1856, when he came to Wisconsin and practiced in Westfield, Marquette Co., till the war broke out in 1861. He was a member of the Wisconsin Legislature in the winter of 1860-61, and attended the extra session in June of 1861. In the spring of 1861, he assisted in raising a company of sharpshooters, and enlisted as a private; was appointed 1st Lieutenant but resigned, and the following fall was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the 18th W. V. I. Soon after the battle of Shiloh, in which he was engaged, he was promoted to the position of Surgeon, in which capacity he served till the close of the war, and after the first year was one of the "board of operators" of his command. In August, 1868, he came to Platteville, and has practiced in that city since. He was married in 1866, at Beaver Dam, Wis., to Sarah E. Trask, a native of Maine, and has five children, all at home.

 


This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.