Charles Henry Buck Charles Henry Buck, 3rd child of George Henry Buck and Martha Susannah Neisler, born 2 Feb. 1818 NC (probably Cabarrus Co.). George moved to TN abt 1824; helped build Mt. Gilead Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 1831 in the Shady Hill area of Henderson Co. TN; Elder. Charles appears on the 1830 and 1840 Censuses of Henderson Co. TN in George's household.

Charles married in Henderson Co., Lydia "Lidy" Lipe, d/o Henry Lipe and Margaret Reedling. Wereabouts of Charles in 1850 is unknown (probably TN orAR). Charles and Lidy's 1st four children were born in TN, possibly Henderson Co.; their 5th child, Mary Lavina "Melvina" was born 1 Mar. 1850 (the1860 Sebastian Co. Census shows she was born in AR, the 1870 Henderson Co., TN Census shows she was born in TN); the same is true of their 6th child, Sarah E.; the next four were born in AR.

In 1860, Charles and Lidy were living in Mountain Township, Sebastian Co., AR, which was annexed into Scott Co., in 1861. They were living near Lidy's sister, Catherine (Lipe) Ruddell (wife of Stephen Ruddell and next to her sister, Lavenia (Lipe) Martin (wife of John M. Martin); Stephen Ruddell and John Martin had received land patents in AR (no record of a patent for Charles Buck has been found). Charles' father-in-law, Henry Lipe died 8 Sep. 1858 (Hendeson Co. Cemtery records).

Henderson Co. County Clerk Minutes 1860-1866, shows several of Henry's heirs filed suit to sell 422.5 acres and a slave named Harriet to settle his estate; John Martin and wife Lavenia, Charlie Buck and wife Lydia, and Thomas Ruddell and wife Catherine were noted as non-residents of TN; the land was sold to John Lipe for $2000 and the slave to Reuben Lipe for $475. Charlie's brother-in-law, Stephen Ruddell, was killed in the Civil War.

A Charles Buck served as a private in Marshall's Battery of Arkansas Light Artillery, but it is unknown if this is the same Charles Buck. One family member states that his grandmother Alice Izoria (Buck) Hamm told her father that Charlie Buck had lost a leg in the Civil War. Charles and Lidy's daughter Alice Izora was born in 1866 in Red River Co., TX; they may have gone to visit Moses Lipe, thought to be the eldest child of Henry Lipe and Margaret. Henry Lipe is shown in the 1840 Henderson Co., TN Census living next to Reuben Ridley; in the 1850 Red Rive Co., TX Census, Moses Lipe is living next to Reuben Ridley; Moses is still in Red River Co., TX in 1860. Charles and family are shown in the 1870 and 1880 Henderson Co., TN Censuses.

Mt. Gilead Cumberland Presbertian membership list contains the annotation, "transferred to Maple Springs" (located in the western part of Henderson Co.); sons Reuben H. and John T. Buck are buried in the Maple Springs Cemetery. Charlie died 23 Apr. 1882, Lidy died 31 Dec. 1910; both are buried at Mt. Gilead Cemetery in Henderson Co., TN; Charlie's parents, George Henry Buck and Martha Susannah Neisler are also buried there. Source - Earl Fly, Corpus Christi, TX 78411 (512)851-1466, personal correspondence to Don Martin Thomas, dated 27 May 1995.

Found on the website of Don Martin Thomas - Rootsweb World Connect