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Also see [ Railway Officials in America 1906
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Rays
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Buck Township lies next west of Paris, all prairie, with an area of 28,160 acres (44 sections), every bit now
well drained land and of excellent quality. In this town are many of the finest farms in the county. The Terre
Haute & Peoria division of the Vandalia Railway runs through the town. One station, Mays, is centrally situated
in Buck and another (Redmon) is on the western boundary of the town, thus furnishing easy markets for the agricultural
productions the rich lands afford. There was no stream within this town and no timber land, consequently it was
settled later than other parts of the county. The town was named for President Buchanan, who was familiarly called
“Buck” in the campaign of 1856. Culbertson, Davis, Devers, Breeden. Cash, Bucklers, Burnham, Stewart, Jump, Rudy,
Boyle, Mays, Kerns and Doughertys were the early settlers.
TOWN OFFICERS.—Thomas J. Brewer, Supervisor; S. M. Barr, Town Clerk; W. A. Newcomer, Assessor; Bernie Younger,
Collector; Douglas Milburn, W. T. Younger, Justices of the Peace; Isaac Leach, L. A. Henn, Constables; William
Henn, F. F. Waller, J. A. Fischer, Commissioners of Highways.
FROM:
Encyclopedia of Illinois
and the History of Edgar County
Edited by: H. Van Sellar.
Munsell Publishing Company
Chicago 1905
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