James Stewart Buck (b. June 24, 1835, d. October 13, 1870)
Reformed Presbyterian Cemetery, New Galilee, Pennsylvania
James Stewart Buck was born June 24, 1835 in Richland County, Ohio, and died October 13, 1870 in Scott Township, Lawrence Co., Pennsylvania. He married Matilda Jane Davis on 1859 in Little Beaver Reformed Presbyterian Church, Darlington Twp., Beaver County, Pennsylvania, daughter of John Davis and Agnes Calderwood.
Notes for James Stewart Buck: James Buck was found in the 1870 census records of Beaver Falls, Beaver County, Pennsylvania dated June 15, 1870. He was age 34, a minister.
While on his way to the Synod Rev. James Buck fell ill, but made his way to the home of his father-in-law John Davis. There he lingered for a few months and died of consumption on October 13, 1870. This was the home of Great Great Grandfather John Davis, who was living at that time just east of Eastbrook, Pennsylvania. At the time of his death Rev. James Buck was preaching at the Neshannock Reformed Presbyterian Church in Neshannock Township, Lawrence County, PA. He was 38 years old. (According to an obituary from the Lawrence Guardian newspaper, New Castle, PA)
"He was an able, studious and conscientious preacher of the gospel; a humble, unassuming Christian, and from a rich experience declared the truth to dying men. He was most diligent and prayerful in his work, kind and attentive to all the members of his congregation, cheerful and hopeful in every trial. In appearance he was tall, slender, bent and emaciated with disease. He often spoke with great difficulty, leaning upon a pulpit or sitting upon a chair, and his discourses were highly evangelical and deeply impressive. Among his publications are numberous letters to the Mission Board, and a posthumous tract, "Position of the Reformed Presbyterian Church," 1871, pp 16." [History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America, by W. Melancthon Glasgow, Baltimore, 1888, p. 450]
More About James Stewart Buck: Burial: October 1870, Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Darlington Twp., Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.
More About James Stewart Buck and Matilda Jane Davis: Marriage: 1859, Little Beaver Reformed Presbyterian Church, Darlington Twp., Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
Children of James Stewart Buck and Matilda Jane Davis are:
+Robert M. Buck, b. April 1862, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, d. date unknown, Kansas.
+Edwin H. Buck, b. April 1864, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, d. date unknown.
James Stewart Buck (b. June 24, 1835, d. October 13, 1870)
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