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of Oregon Twp, Lapeer County, MI |
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Willlim I. Buck was born in Middlesex County, Ontario, in 1840, and has been engaged in lumbering in various places in Michigan. In 1867 he purchased a farm in Oakland County, near Pontiac, where he resided four years, when he exchanged it for 200 acres on section 8, in the township of Oregon, to which he has since added 100 acres, making in the aggregate 300 acres, which he has improved and built upon. He has large lumbering interests on sections 19, 20, 21, 24 and 28, to which he has built a railroad three miles in length, which forms a spur of the Chicago & Grand Trunk. Mr. Buck has held the office of commissioner of highways for the township of Oregon. He was married in 1862 to Miss Caroline E. Thomas, of Mayfield, Lapeer County. They have three children, one son and two daughters. [HRP, pp. 163-4]
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[HRP] History of Lapeer County, Michigan : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers (1884) by H. R. Page |
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This page was last revised 5 Feb 2023 by William Haloupek.
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