San Joaquin County Biographies
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CHARLES H. BUCK
An exceptionally progressive and successful vineyardist, the owner of the fine ranch a little east of Youngstown on the Acampo-Lockeford road, Charles H. Buck was born at Viroqua, in Vernon County, Wis., on December 4, 1858, the son of Ingalls K. and Sarah E. (Councelman) Buck. His father was born near Seneca Falls, in Cayuga County, N.Y. He went out to Wisconsin in the early frontier days, and there established himself as a hardware merchant and tinsmith. When ten years old, Charles Buck removed with his father to Hardin County, Iowa; and there, under the helpful direction of his father, he learned the tinsmith's trade. He had one brother and one sister: Frank Herbert, residing at Merced; and Lillian B., Mrs. H.A. Fairbanks, of Acampo.
Charles H. Buck attended the common schools of his neighborhood, and he also had academy training in Iowa. He accompanied his father to Vacaville on February 26, 1884, where Mr. Buck acquired twenty acres of land and engaged in fruit culture, growing peaches, apricots, plums and grapes; but in 1889 he sold out and came to San Joaquin County. That same year he purchased eighty acres on the Acampo-Lockeford road, in the Christian Colony. Later he sold this place to his brother-in-law, H.A. Fairbanks, who still resides there. He then purchased a half-interest in the eighty-acre ranch, where Charles H. Buck has lived since 1907. Ingalls Buck died aged eighty-one, while Mrs. Buck attained the age of eighty-two, both passing away at the home of the daughter, Mrs. H.A. Fairbanks. Charles Buck's partner is Joe Friedberger. On their eighty-acre ranch they have seven acres in alfalfa and eleven acres in peaches, while the balance is in vineyard. They have two large pumping plants, with motors of fifteen horsepower. Mr. Buck is a man of business affairs, and has been president of the Acampo Fruit Growers. He served as clerk, for three terms, of the Brunswick district school board.
At Acampo, on September 20, 1891, Mr. Buck was married to Miss Samantha C. Eddlemon, a native of Lodi and the daughter of George W. and Ruth Eddlemon, who had six children: Adolph, Ambus, Daniel, Luvina, now Mrs. J.W. Wakefield, of Acampo, Ruth, and Samantha (Mrs. Buck). Mrs. Buck attended the grammar schools of Lodi. Her father and mother lived to be eighty and seventy-six years old, respectively, passing away within a few days of each other in 1919—on June 2 and June 9. Mr. and Mrs. Buck are the parents of three children: George Ingalls, residing in Lodi; C. Herbert, of Youngstown; and Edith, now Mrs. Frank Miller, also of Youngstown. Mr. Buck is a Mason, a member of Lodge No. 256, at Lodi. In politics he is a Republican.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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