Ivy Buck was born at Nassau, Rensselaer county, New York, March 22, 1801, and went at an early age to Ellicottville, Cattaraugus county York, where he remained until 1837, when he moved to Albany, in this county and continued to reside there until his death which occurred a few years ago.

Mr. Buck married Miss Mary Pindar, a native of Scoharie, New York at Worcester, Otsego county, New York, June 6, 1827. She is also dead. The children of this marriage are Melinda, born at Franklinville, N. Y., Mar 1828; Stephen, born at Franklinville, N.Y. November 28, 1838, and Edwin H. born at Albany, Illinois, October 9, 1844. Melinda married Stephen B Slocumb, and resides in Newton, Whiteside county; Stephen married Mary Mitchell and resides at Clinton, Iowa, and Edwin H., married Ella M. Rexroad, resides at Fulton, Whiteside county.

Mr. Buck was a captain of a militia company, and held various town offices in Ellicottville, N. Y., and after moving to Albany was elected a Justice of the Peace and served in that capacity about eighteen years. He was a mason by trade, and put up a number of buildings in Albany. He also kept a store for several years and at one time owned the ferry across the Mississippi river, bctween Albany and Camanche, and ran a steam ferry boat. During his residence in Whiteside he took an active part in advancing the interests of the county.

Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County