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- Mary "A." Rumsey was 10 years old in the 1850 census of Cass Tp, Fulton Co, Ill, and 20 (with no middle initial) in the 1860 census of Lee Tp, Fulton Co. (BG reported the middle initial A. again in 1860, but there was none on the microfilm. See below for S. and L. initials.)
Family tradition said the Buck family came from Crawford Co, Pa. In the 1830 census of Sadsbury Tp, Crawford Co, were Peter and Daniel Buck, listed 11 lines apart on the same page. Daniel was in his 20s and had only 1 boy under 5, and no wife. Peter was in his 30s and had 2 boys under 5, who could have been his sons Henry and Daniel.
The family of Peter Buck was in Fulton Co, Ill, in 1840, he and his wife 30-39. The 1850 census listed him in Cass Tp at age 50, with a wife Gabil aged 38. The eldest of his children at home were Henry 24 and Daniel 20, a gap of 5 years, then 4 children in close succession ending with Lidia aged 11. Birthplaces show they came to Illinois from Pennsylvania between 1836 and 1838.
In 1860, in Prairie City Tp, McDonough Co, Peter Buck was 60, his wife this time was Polly aged 40, Henry was now "30" and Daniel "28". Next was Lidia 20, followed only by John aged 9. Thus it appears that Peter had a first wife who was mother of Henry and Daniel, that Gabil was a second wife, and Polly a third or probably the same as Gabil. (The town of Bushnell was formed from Prairie City in 1865.)
(A "Mr.Buck" is listed in 1864 as having dug the grave in Lee Tp, Fulton Co, Ill, for Jane Sexton, mother-in-law of Robert G. Rumsey. Which Mr.Buck?)
Henry and Mary Buck were in Bushnell in 1870. Henry was a farmer with $2000 in real estate and $700 in personal property. He was 44, Mary was 30, and with them were Daniel 7, Dolly 4, Lewis 2, and Rose aged 6 months, born in January. Daniel Buck (#60-17) was next door. (A 19th century map [after 1865] shows D.Buck, H.Buck, and Peter Buck Est occupying the NW 1/4 of Section 26, NE of the village of Bushnell.) In the 1872 probate of her mother, and in that of her father in 1874, Mary "S." (as copied by BG) Buck of Bushnell was included among the heirs. (In her marriage record and in the 1880 census her middle
initial was L.) (Polly Buck was 68 in the 1880 census of Bushnell, living with her married son (i.e. step-son) Joseph 44. He had been 14 in 1850, when Peter's wife was called Gabil.
In 1880 Henry Buck was a farmer in Barnes Co, Dakota Territory, in Town 139 Range 56. (Barnes Co was formed from Cass Co 1875. Tower City is on the county line between them.) He was 54, his wife Mary L. was 40, and their children were Dolly 14, John L. 12, Rosa M. 10, Allie 8, and Lillie M. 2 years old. A Henry Buck died in Bushnell, Ill, in December 1887. AMF reported from "Newspaper Abstracts from Mcdonough Co IL Vol.3 pg 108: Thursday December 8, 1887 Henry Buck died at his home in Bushnell last Monday ae 63 y." (italics mine). This would place his death on 5 Dec, and his birth as 1824. In another McDonough Co Historical Society book he found: "Henry Buck died and was buried in the Bushnell Cemetery, date 1 Dec 1887." It would seem that he and Mary had separated, since he was in SD in 1880, and his daughter was married there in 1889. But the deceased had a home in Bushnell in 1887. Henry and Mary Buck are thought to have been Catholics.
An article on the death of Henry Buck was found by Jolene in the Bushnell Record of Friday, Dec 2, 1887, placinjg his death as 28 Nov. ae ca 60:
Henry Buck died suddenly last Monday Night sometime. He was at
Jonathon Haven's place, west of this city a short distance. Monday he
showed no symptoms of sickness and said nor did nothing to indicate
that he felt worse than usual. He ate his supper and retired as
usual, but did not come down to breakfast on Tuesday morning. When
someone went to see what was the matter he was found lying on his side
apparently sleeping naturally, but it was his last, long sleep. He
was dead. He was left just as he died and coroner Hinman summoned.
The coroner impaneled a jury, whose verdict was that Mr. Buck came to
his death from natural causes to them unknown. No post mortem
examination was made, and it is supposed he died from heart disease,
although he had not before been known to be affected by such a
malady. Mr. Buck was probably nearly 60 years of age, and lived in
and about Bushnell for years. He was esteemed as an honest, upright
man, but his life had been marred by the hand of misfortune. He
leaves two brothers, Joseph and John, and two sisters, Mrs. Eli Brown
and one living in Chicago.
AMF noted that the 2 brothers were half brothers, from Peter Buck's 2nd marriage, and Mrs. Eli Brown was a half sister. The sister in Chicago was Hester Buck Weller.
Widow Mary L. Buck was in the 1900 census of Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co, IA, living on E. State St. She was 60 and had borne 7 children, 5 of whom were living. With her were her son William H. 19, born in SD, and a 63-year-old roomer.
The marriage license of Mary to Shoemaker was dated 14 Jan 1904, followed by the marriage certificate of 17 Jan, which was witnessed by Dollie Quine and Lewis Buck, two of Mary's children living in Platte where the marriage took place.
When Robert Gordon7 Rumsey died in Nebraska in 1907, his sister Mary Buck of Platte SD came to the funeral, the only member of Robert's family who had contact with them since he left Illinois.
Following her marriage to Franklin Shoemaker, "Mary and Franklin farmed in the Portland area near [SE of] Mason City IA and they lived in Academy SD according to Ruth Buck Smith. I have a postcard from Ethel Blanche Frie to her grandma, Mrs. Rev. Frank Shoemaker, Academy, S. Dak. It was mailed from Kalamazoo on Nov. 3, 1909. Academy is northwest of Platte SD." (Family information had formerly placed the Shoemaker marriage in Tower City. See her obituary below. - JR) In the 1910 census of Platte Tp, Charles Mix Co, SD, Franklin Shoemaker was 77, Mary L. was 70, and they had been married 7 years. The number of her children was not shown.
Mrs. Franklin Shoemaker passed away at the home of her son, Lewis
Buck, on 13 October 1919. Mary Rumsey was born 27 March 1840 at
Toledo, Ohio. She was united in marriage to Henry Buck 4 October 1861.
They had seven children - three boys, four girls. After the death
of her husband in 1878 [sic], Mrs.Buck moved to Tower City, [Cass Co],
North Dakota. Then moved to Mason City, Iowa, later moving to Platte,
South Dakota, where she met and married Franklin Shoemaker on 18
January 1903. They made their home there until her death.
She leaves to morn her aged husband. Three daughters: Dollie Quine,
Platte SD, Mrs. Myrtle Frie, Kalamazoo MI, Mrs. Rose Brady, Shell Lake
WI. Her sons: William Buck, Eldora IA, Lewis Buck, Platte SD.
(obit originally from Edna Buck Wojclechowski, thru Ruth Virginia
Buck Smith, who sent a hand written copy to AMF.)
From a 1921 Platte, ND, paper, MRH copied the following obituary for Franklin:
Franklin Shumaker passed away at the home of his daugher, Mrs.
George Hockey of Douglas county, Tuesday afternoon [23 Sep - MRH].
Funeral services were held Thursday from the Christian church of
Platte, at 2pm. Burial was at Platte Cemetery.
Franklin Shumaker was born in Geneva, Ohio, Jan. 18, 1832. When 12
years of age his mother died and he was raised in the home of a
minister. He moved with them to Illinois and when about 20 years of
age he became a minister of the Church of Christ and preached during
the whole of his active manhood. Soon after entering the ministry he
married and became the father of 7 children. One son John died at the
age of 21 and one in infancy, the remaining five are still living.
Thirty-two years ago he moved with his family to SD and made his
home in Olivet [Hutchinson Co], SD and later Scotland [Bon Homme Co],
SD. His [2nd] wife died January 12, 1895. 22 years ago he came to
Charles Mix County with his daughter, Mrs. G.P.Harben, and made his
home with her for years.
In January 1904 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary Buck. They
lived on a farm west of Platte for a number of years. 2 years ago
Mrs. Shumaker died, since that time Mr. Shumaker has made his home
with his children.
He leaves 17 grandchildren and five great grandchildren and the
following sons and daughters. Charles Shumaker, Olivet, SD, Mrs. G.P.
Harben, Moore Haven, Fla., Milton Shumaker, Alexander, SD, Mrs. Sadie
Doescher, Tampa, Fla., Mrs. Geo. Hockey, Platte, SD.
MRH noted there were some discrepancies in the above. She also said that Franklin Shoemaker was in the 1870 census of Peoria Co, Ill. In 1880, in Orion Twp, Fulton Co, Ill, Franklin was 49, Lorena 42, and with them were Lillian, Sadie, Milton and Amanda. He was a farmer. [She gave the 1870 census as reference for the two older boys, John and Charles ages 9 and 7, who must have been living elsewhere in 1880.] In 1900, in the Village of Belden, Cedar County, Neb, Franklin was 55, a minister, had 6 children, 4 living. [This data was usually given only for wives, but his had died]. Only Amanda was with him at age 27. [2]
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