The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-27
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Born ,H Lancaster county Nov
YORK. on ApHl ia 1889. hv moved
with his parents to batavia. lll.
when boy. aud aftcrvard attended
several terms In private seminary
LAT Warren. M Sc next migrated 10
WISCONSIN settling iu Sheho1 gan
county when young BUCK had at
ltainrd his majority ne entered Law
renee university at Appleton, grad
luatiur in 1853. The following year
he spent in a law school at Albany,
lN. y. ana soon after be settled In
Winona. MINI
When Lincoln issued the call for
volunteers he vas mustered into ser
vice at Fort Smelling as first lieu
tenant of the Seventh Minnesota in
1852 His first service vas under
General Sibley. VINO conducted the
expedition against the Indians, who
were committing depredations on the
frontier.
The regiment crossed what is now
North Dakota and reached Fort Alb
ercrombie the day after it had been
attacked. and assisted in bringing
lin the bodies Of those who had fallen
Among these was that OF Edward
Wright 4 schoolmate, whose parents
had FLED TO the fort for protection.
He passed the winter on the plains
and returned with Sibley's eXpedi-
o ton to st. Paul. after which his
= regiment was ordered to St Louis
To- doing garrison duty that winter.
b Following service in Missouri
o where he assisted in routing General
Price. he went to Paducah Ky.
then embarking for MEMPHIS ana
d participating in several raids, also
t taking part in the battle of Nash
! vile He was at Mobile when the
4 war came to a close, having served
g three years and one day. He re-
turned to Winona, and shortly after
ward was appointd probate judge to
0 fill an unexpired term, being also
r elected later to serve four years.
! Coming to the northwest he was
t appointed by President Hayes in
j 1873 as United States attorney for
D Idaho He found that great depre-
dations had been committed by the
timber thieves, and he prosecuted
Young. The former case was set
tied out of court by Gould paying
SIS 600 into the Indian fund,
Judge Buck was appointed asso-
ciate judge of the supreme court of
Idaho in 1881. He was assigned to
! the four northern counties and took
up his residence at Lewiston. In this
service he had some interesting ex-
periences He first held court at
Pierce City, the old seat OF Shoshone
, county This was changed to Eagle,
and the Judge w0s taken up the river
in canoe to hold the first session
in the new court.
The discovery OF the mines in
northern Idaho shifted the scene aud
Judge Buck established court at
Murray where United States Sena-
tor Hepburn, w. H. Claggett, Fred
, Ganahl Patrick Henry Winston,
, Frank Allen Major Wood, Judge
Mayhem and others were engaged in
the practice of law. These were the
days when the court room was often
filled with miners and when Teddy"
, Guthrie, former prize fighter and
, sheriff, stood by the Judge and main