submitted by Kris Merrill
A big thank you to my distant cousins, who have helped with
collecting
this information.
Hiram Merriman Buck
David Fleury
James Stevenson
Judy DeMille
HUSBAND: ISRAEL DEHASS BUCK (Shoemaker
& Burgess of Montoursville, 1878)
Born: 15 August 1819 Union Co. Pa. Found on his Enlisted papers. (My 4 times great -grandfather)
Served in the Civil War Co. H 50th
Reg.
NY Vol. Engineers by Capt. Arthur M. Jackson
Died: 12 Sept. 1899 in
Montoursville,
Lycoming, PA. of Paralysis
Buried: in the Edgewood Cemetery,
Montoursville,
PA
(AKA
Sandy Hill)
Lot #145 with wives and child Emma
1st WIFE: MARGARET COWDEN
Born: 7 Oct 1815. PA.(State
& Maiden
name found on her son's John, death cert.)
Died:
23 Nov 1857
Montoursville, Lycoming, PA
Buried: Edgewood
Cemetery
CHILDREN
(Information of children's
name's
of Israel and 1st wife found from
Theodore's Deed
to Israel)
SARAH JANE BUCK
Born: August 28, 1840.
Muncy, Lycoming, Pa.
Died:
10 Jan 1872
, Lycoming, PA
1st
Husband Married 2 June 1859 in Milton PA. To
James
C.
Halsey
(My
3 times great grandfather)
Born: 1832.
Died: 5 Jan.1863 of Typhoid
fever
at Falmouth, Virgina while a private in the army.
Private in Co. "E" Commanded by
Issiah
B. Davis in the 131st regiment of the PA. volunteers in the war of 1861.
Children-
(After the death of their parents- adopted by a Mr. Andrew H.
Roat.
Information found on adoption papers)
1- James Franklin HALLSEY
(Artist, painter)
He changed his last name, added an
"L"
when he moved West.
Born:
15 Sept.
1859 Milton Pa.(Birth Date on grave stone in American Fork Cem. Utah)
Died:
13 Aug.1919
American Fork, Utah. (My 2 times
great
-grandfather) Married Alice Flora Conder
2- Elizabeth HALSEY
Born: 15 April 1862
PA.
Married
Jonas Fox of Milton, Lycoming, PA.
2nd Husband of Sarah Jane Buck
James
S.
Elliott married August 21, 1866
Born: 1840 Williamsport, Lycoming,
PA.
Died: April 1873
Buried: Washington Blvd. Cemetery,
Williamsport,
Lycoming, PA.
Children
1- Harry Born: 1868, PA.
Married
Estella of Phillipsburg, PA
2- Annie Born: Jan 1870
Williamsport,
Lycoming, PA. Married Bert Hogle of Detroit, Michigan
2- THEODORE
WALTER BUCK (Lumber business)
Born: May 27, 1842 in Muncy,
Lycoming,
Pa.
Died:
May 12,
1881 in Montoursville, Lycoming, PA.Home of his Father-in-law
from consumption
Buried: Edgewood Cemetery
(no marker, but said this is his
resting
place in his sketch of life-obit)
Moved to Canada in 1870 Married
abt.
1870 to
Mary
Catherine
Plotts
Born: Sept 23, 1844 (adopted by
John
Hoffman)
Died: April 6, 1884
A church was erected at Waubaushene
in
Theo's memory by William Earl and Arthur Murray. Dodge. W.E. spoke at
his
funeral. (Theo's boss)
Theodore built at his own expense a
soldiers
monument at
the Edgewood Cemetery.
Children
1-Harry Stanley
Born: May 18, 1871 Ontario, Canada
Died: Feb. 20, 1895 of consumption.
Buried: Cataraqui,
Kingston,Ontario,
Canada
2-Margaret Elizabeth (Maggie) born Oct 8, 1876 Ontario, Canada
Died:
21 Oct.
1957
Buried: Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Married William (Billie)
Fleury
Born:13
Feb1865
Died:
22 May 1946
3- Katie Blanche
Born: Jan 8, 1878
Died: Aug 8 1878
4- Theodore Cowden (T.C.)
Born: Mar 3, 1879
Died: June 26, 1879
3- MARY
ELLEN BUCK
Born: Nov 11,1843.Muncy, Lycoming,
PA.
Died: 9 July 1928 of Kidney
Infection
Buried: Harmony Cemetery, Milton,
Northumberland,
PA.
Married abt. 1862
Hugh Morrow Stevenson (Black smith)
Born: 4 Oct 1826
Died: 6 Feb 1911
Buried: Harmony Cemetery, Milton
Northumberland,
PA.
Children
BORN
DIED
1- William D. Dec.28,
1863 PA.
July
10, 1945
2-Thomas M.
Dec
20, 1865 PA.
Nov
29, 1910
3- Oscar H.
Sept 1, 1867 PA
Feb 8,1951
4- Edward B. April 22,
1870 PA
July 16, 1949
5-Clara May
Mar 14, 1872 PA
Aug 9, 1972
6- John Good Mar
14, 1874
PA
June 17,
1964
7- Mary Emma April 3, 1879
PA
May 13, 1970
Married abt. 1909 Oscar Camp
Or Kamp B- abt. 1882
4- JOHN
WILLARD BUCK (shipped lumber & a clerk).
Born: Feb 6, 1845 in Muncy, Lycoming, PA.
Died: Nov. 3, 1922 in Baltimore Md.
Buried:in Williamsport Nov 6, 1922
by
undertaker Joseph B. Cook (Information from Pension) shipped
lumber & a Clerk.
Married Sarah Barbara Thomas
Born: Aug
8, 1844,
Medina , Ohio.
Died: Mar 13, 1928 in New York.
Date of
marriage
Jan. 6, 1865. by Reverend A.M. Creighton,
Montoursville, PA.
Children (Birth dates are from the
memory
of father, guessing) Lived in Willliamsport until 1890 or1891.then
moved
to Baltimore, Md. where they lived till John W. death.
Children
1- Charles Edward March 15 1865 PA Died Mar 29 1922
2- Catherine
(Katie)April 8 1868 PA Died August 17 1879
3- Hiram Merriman
August 12, 1870 PA Wife Mary W. lived in NewYork
Hiram Buck (Their son) wrote a
letter
stating his parents never divorced (From records they must of been
seperated,
they had different addresses)
5- JAMES
HARRISON BUCK (Sheriff of Williamsport & involved in Lumber
business)
Born: December 6, 1846 Muncy,
Lycoming,
Pa.
Died: 10 Jan 1902
Married
Harriet (Hattie) Louisa
Hewitt
md. Jan 1, 1872 Went to Canada.
Born: Aug 30 1852 Alba-Bradford
Co.,
PA.
Died:12
April1881 Cause of death Perpetual
Convulsions
Children
BORN
DIED
1-Tracy Theodore Nov 24, 1873
April 12, 1856
2- Mamie
Aug
20, 1875
Sept 12, 1939
3-Maud Ethel
July 10, 1877
after 1959
4- Harriet Louise March 10,
1879
Ontario Canada. Oct 13 1956
2nd Wife- Melvina Sykes
Children
Stanley Buck Born: ? Died: July 24 1954
3rd Wife- Rose
James H. tried to get the pension
checks
of James C. Halsey and claimed Elizabeth was illlegete.That only James
Franklin
was Legite. He was called “A Man of bad Character”and caused problems
with
this.
Deputy Sheriff of Lycoming Co.
Moved
to Waubaushene, Ontario with Theodore his brother in 1870.to run The
Georgian
Bay Lumber Co. for Anson Dodge. Anson is one of the sons of William
Earl
Dodge, of N.Y.C. who built Dodge Mills in Williamsport, Lycoming, Pa.
Largest
saw mill in Williamsport at the time.
6-WALTER EDWARD (Edwin) BUCK
Born: Jan 31,1849 Montoursville,
Lycoming,
PA.
Died: Jun 15,1916
Married on June 22 1879 in
Waubaushene,
Ontario. Canada
Hattie Evangelini Anderson
Born: 1860 at King, Ontario, Canada
Children
1-James A. Buck born abt. 1887
7--CLARA MALISSA (Carrie or
Corie)
BUCK
Born:
Feb 28 1851
Montoursville, Lycoming, PA.
Died: Dec 3, 1894
Married
Elijah Bennett
Mitchell
Born: between 1846-1850
Died: Sept. 27, 1897 in Harrisburg,
Dauphin
Co. PA
Children
1- Virginia (Jenny) M.
Mitchell
Born abt. 1868-1869
Married William D. Haines
March
1, 1888
2- Herbert L. Mitchell Born
abt.
1871 in Sunbury, Pa.
Died
Jan 9, 1894
in Montville, Lancaster PA. Buried in Mummas or Mummias Cemetery on Jan
13
1894.
3- William Mitchell Born
about
1872
4- Edith L. Mitchell Born
abt.
1874
8-MARGARET CORNELIA BUCK
Born: Dec 9, 1854 Montoursville,
Lycoming
PA.
Died: 7 May 1936
Married
J.
Frank Tyler from Harrisburg, PA.
Child
1-Percy L.Tyler
Born:
April 16,
1876
Died: after 1959
9-EMMA ELIZABETH BUCK
Born: 24 Dec 1856. Montoursville,
Lycoming
PA.
Died: 28 Jan
1858
Montoursville , Lycoming ,PA.
Buried: Edgewood Cemetery,
Montoursville,
Lycoming, PA.
2 nd WIFE of ISRAEL DEHASS BUCK:
MARGARET
ISABELLA (no maiden name) MARSHALL
Born: 3 Aug 1826 from Watson,
Northumberland,
PA.
Died: 22 Oct 1897 Montoursville,
Lycoming
PA. Of Gangrene of the foot.
1-MARRIED Mr. Marshall abt.
1850
Children
with deceased or divorced Mr. MARSHALL
(Information from 1860
Montoursville,
Lycoming Census lines 212, 213,214)
1. MAGGIE MARSHALL born
1853
A Nurse
who lived in Philadelphia (I think was an old maid,
still
single at time of Israels death. She was age 46 When she claimed
Israel’s
estate)
2. LEWIS MARSHALL born
1857 in
PA.
2-MARRIED ISRAEL DEHASS BUCK July
24,1860 by J. L. Rank Esq.,
Children
with ISRAEL BUCK all from Montoursville
(Information from 1880
Montoursville,
Pa. Census)
1-WATSON I. BUCK
Born: abt 1861 in Montoursville,
Lycoming,
PA.
2- ANNE B. or ANNA BUCK
Born:abt 1862 in Montoursville,
Lycoming,
PA
Married a Mr. McKale