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Kit Carson County Pioneers:

Fred W. Buck, 9 South 51 West


In 1870 Allegan, Michigan, Daniel "Buch" is 26, Harriett A. Buch 24, Wm. A. Buch 4, Delight E. Buch 2, Lillian Buch 9/12, M. H. Bumphrey 23, and Rowena S. Bumphrey 19.

"Harriet Amelia Richmond b. 10 Jan 1846 in England d. 31 Oct 1875 in Charlotte, Michigan."

Lizzie I. Summers, 19, born in Ohio married David S. Buck on 20 Apr 1876 in Charlotte, Eaton County, Michigan.

In 1880 Eaton County, Michigan, David C. Buck is 36, Eliza J. Buck 24 Wife, Mary Buck 3 Daughter, Delight E. Buck 13 Daughter, and David Buck 1 Son.

In 1920 Pueblo, Colorado, David S. Buck is 76, Eliza Jane Buck 63 Wife, Ed Hyatt 26 Roomer, and Walter Mealman 41 Roomer.


Rev. David Buck BIRTH 1844 DEATH 29 May 1923 BURIAL Roselawn Cemetery Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado, PLOT 12 313 4 MEMORIAL ID 111506247.

HATTIE'S PARENTS

In 1880 Grand Rapids, Michigan, George Parmlee is 25, Clara Parmlee 20 Wife, and Hattie Parmlee 2 Daughter.

Polaski G. Parmelee Married, 34, born in Michigan, died 26 Sep 1889, in Thornapple, Barry, Michigan, Father: Erastus K. Parmelee, Mother: Caroline H. Parmelee.

Hattie's mother remarried, and in 1900 Barry County, Fremont Joles is 32, Clara D. Joles 40 Wife, Fred H. Joles 7 Son, Frank Parmalee 15 Step Son, Lucy White 59 Servant, and Earney White 19 Boarder.

Fremont and Clara also moved to Kit Carson County.

FRED AND HATTIE
Fred W. Buck, 21, born in Michigan, married Hattie Parmalee on 13 Oct 1894 in Parmales, Eaton County, Michigan, Residence Place: Charlotte. His parents were D. S. Buck and Pattie Richmond.
Her parents were Gea Parmalee and Clara Reynolds.

Kaataerine Buck Birth Date 19 May 1900 Birthplace Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan Father's Name Fred W. Buck Father's Birthplace Michigan Mother's Name Hattie Buck Mother's Birthplace Michigan.

In 1900 Grand Rapids, Michigan, Fred W. Buck is a physician, born March 1873, Hattie Buck August 1879, Wife, Lawrence Buck August 1895, Son, and Nellie Buck May 1900, Daughter.

In 1910 Flagler, Fred W. Burk is farming, 37, Harriet A. Burk 32 Wife, Lawrence F. Burk 14 Son, and Nellie L. Burk 10 Daughter. Fred claimed a tract in section 18, 9 South, 51W in 1913.


April 1914
July 1914 Julesburg, Colorado "Dr. Fred W. Buck, of Flagler, Colorado, was on our streets Wednesduy, mingling with old friends and making new ones. Dr. Buck is out for the nomination for Congressman of the 2d District on the Republican Ticket."

The convention in Littleton in August 1914 gave Charles B. Timberlake of Sterling 124 votes, Amos W. McCreery of Greeley 123, Rice W. Means of Aurora 71 votes, and Dr. Fred. W. Buck of Flagler 55 votes.

Frederick Wellington Buck registered for WWI in Pueblo, born March 13, 1873. He was living at the Congress Hotel, an aircraft manufacturer. His nearest relative was David S. Buck of 45 Block W, Pueblo.

April 1916 "An aerial torpedo, which he claims will carry death on wings io an enemy’s trenches or battleships and revolutionize modern warfare, has been invented by Dr. F. W. Buck, candidate for Congress two years ago from the Second District."






February 1917 "Headquarters for the first great transcontinental aircraft line in this country will be located in Colorado's capital, if the plans of the Buck Air-craft and Munitions company, incorporated last Saturday, are successful, says a Denver paper. Aeroplanes built of steel and equipped for carrying both passengers and freight, to operate from coast to coast, are planned by the promoters of the concern, which is capitalized for $3,000,000. Three men from Lincoln, Neb., Frederick W. Buck, David D. Buck and John O. Powell, are the incorporators.
According to Frederick W. Buck, it was decided to locate a big factory for turning out steelbuilt aeroplanes in Colorado in order to benefit by being near the big steel works in Pueblo. The plan includes the erection of a munitions factory as well as of a factory for turning out air machines. It is Buck's idea that the United States must eventually establish an aircraft line and an inland munitions factory as a part of the preparedness campaign. He has interested other men in his plan to establish the aircraft line and inland factory before the government is ready to undertake the project and then turn over the concern to Uncle Sam when the time is ripe. A realization of the scheme would revolutionize present traffic conditions and bring a realization of the prediction that aircraft will some day take the place of or at least compete actively with railroads and steamships in the commercial world."


February 1917 Hugo, Colorado

February 1918 Pueblo, Colorado


HISTORY OF COLORAO

Dr. Frederick W. Buck is well known as a physician and is coming prominently to the front as an inventor, being now at the head of the Buck Aircraft & Munitions Company, in which connection he has brought forth an aircraft that it is believed will largely revolutionize flying and torpedo use in aviation. Dr. Buck was born in Allegan county, Michigan, on the 13th of March, 1873, a son of David S. and H. A. (Richmond) Buck. The mother died when he was but three years of age. He was educated in the public schools but when a youth of fourteen years left home and when but sixteen years of age taught in the rural schools of his native state. He afterward went upon the road as a commercial traveler and for three years he was engaged in government work on the Mississippi river. While employed in these different capacities he saved the money which enabled him to take up the study of medicine, the profession which he felt that he wished to enter. He first graduated from the Physio-medical College of Chicago in 1898 and then secured his degree of M. E. from the National College of Electrotherapeutics and afterward became a student in the Central Medical College at St. Joseph, Missouri, in which he completed his studies in 1902. He first located for practice at Grand Rapids, Michigan, and afterward became connected with a private sanitarium at Aberdeen, South Dakota. In 1905 he removed to Flagler, Colorado, where he purchased a ranch and in addition to practicing his profession he has pursued his investigations and experiments, resulting in notable inventions. He has organized the Buck Aircraft & Munitions Company, which was incorporated for three million dollars on the 27th of January, 1917, for the purpose of manufacturing and selling aircraft, aeroplanes, torpedoes and explosive carriers and for the further purpose of maintaining an aerial passenger, mail and express service and an aviation school. The company are manufacturing at Pueblo, Colorado. The officers are: Dr. F. W. Buck. president; D. D. Buck, vice president; and John G. Powell, of Denver, secretary and treasurer. These constitute the board of directors together with A. C. Troutman, of Palisade. Nebraska, and F. E. Gibson, of Kokomo, Colorado. For five years Dr. Buck has been working upon the invention and evolution of the Buck aerial torpedo, which he has succeeded in bringing to its present state of perfection and efficiency. This (the aerial torpedo) is one American invention that Germany was not able to purchase. After turning down their first two offers of one and five million dollars, in June, 1916, - ten months before we entered the war, her agents raised the bid to ten million dollars and received the truly American reply: "The Kaiser hasn't money enough in his kingdom to buy it." One of the devices which he has introduced is the stabilizer, so essential to the automatic control of the plane, as well as the device for the automatic detachment of the torpedo carrying the explosive. In regard to the former, Santos Dumont, who only saw patent drawings of the torpedo and an explanation of the stabilizer, said: "It's funny as long as I have been flying that I never thought of your principle of stabilization. I guess it's because it was too simple for me to see it." The editor of the Aerial Age said: "We certainly believe you are bound to succeed," while Lee Wallace, aeronautical engineer and designer, said: "On account of your reduction in weight, head resistance and skin friction, you should get from ten to twenty-five miles per hour greater speed with same motor than other machines of the same design." The inventor of the gyroscope, Elmer A. Sperry, expressed himself in these words: "There is no question about being able to direct an aerial torpedo or airplane without a pilot. The only thing you have done is to beat us to it with your patents." All aviators and aeronautical engineers agree 'that the aircraft set forth by Dr. Buck will reduce weight, head resistance and skin friction, and eliminate sideslip and skidding. In 1894, Dr. Buck was united in marriage to Miss Hattie Parmalee, of Parmalee, Michigan, and to them have been born a son and a daughter, Lawrence and Nellie. In 1912 Dr. Buck was a candidate for the legislature and in 1914 was a candidate before the primaries for congress and was beaten by only ninety-six votes. He has always given his political allegiance to the republican party, of which he is a stanch champion. Fraternally he is a Mason, an Odd Fellow and an Elk, but more than that he is a scientist and Inventor who is prompted by the most patriotic purposes in endeavoring to perfect and build his aircraft, realizing how important this is at the present hour of crisis in the nation's history.

".....The production of steel or metallic airplanes has been effected and is superior to the wood and canvass airplanes for the same reason that the steel steam ships and steel coaches and freight'cars arc superior to the wooden ones. The Buck Aircraft company will not use any wood in the construction of its airplanes, as do all other manufacturers. Nothing but the finest steel will be used, thus saving vast quantities of timber that can be utilized in other ways with not so much wastage. About 200 board feet of wood is used, in the actual construction of the average airplane. To obtain this material it is ordinarily necessary to work over about 1500 feet of select lumber, which often represents all that can be used for airplanes of 15,000 board feet of standing timber. This would cause the cutting of 1,500,000,000 standing timber to build 100,000 airplanes out of wood. This one item alone should immediately make the Buck Aircraft stock extremely popular, because of the quick construction of steel planes over wood and also their cheapness. From any viewpoint the steel planes must be sooner or later adopted because of many things in their favor. Dr. F. W. Buck, a physician, was sitting in the grandstand at Grand Island, Neb., about five years ago to witness an exhibition flight of Robert G. Fowler, one of the pioneer flyers of the United States and noticed the way in which the bird man manipulated his control levers to stabalize his airplane.
The idea occurred to him that if he could get the machine to do this itself he could hang a torpedo underneath it and time it so that it could be sent over enemy lines without the least danger to anyone except the enemy. He thought no more about it for several days but the "bug” as it were, had been firmly planted. In a few days he betook himself with his ideas to Enterprise ranch, at Flagler, Colo., where he knew he could obtain secrecy and started to work. For the better part of five years he worked on his ideas until at last he perfected, after spending the accumulations of his vigorous life, the desired stabalizer and torpedo devices. His one great drawback was the tact that every plane had to be alike and essentially the planes were built to make one flight apiece to cut down the cost of production for it naturally would be destroyed when tin torpedo exploded. Here he found that he would have to have some kind of material to construct planes which would not warp or fluctuate with the changing conditions of the weather. He turned to steel and perfected the steel plane. Tests were made and the quality and strength of the steel plane was proved. The results of his work and untiring efforts is that the old slogan of "together we stand and divided we fall,” is again verified. The brains of the east and the brains of the west have met and perfected that chariot of the air which will prove that the greatest drcams of the fictionist and dreamers, is not fiction and drcams, but realities. Who can say when the war will end and who can say what it will bring but ultimate victory to the American arms which has never yet ; fallen. But when the war has ended" and the angels of peace reign supreme over a world made safe for demo- . cracy the eagles will have a rival in . the air in the steel super airplanes j which will carry all conceivable articles of commerce from point to point as well as the millions of people who will go via air line. It is highly gratifying that the Buck Aircraft company is rapidly , getting in shape for actual business."

March 1918 Pueblo, Colorado "Dr. F. W. Buck is in Lincoln, Nebraska, for a few days."

May 1918 Pueblo

January 1919 Pueblo

1919 Aircraft Investigations


FRED AFTER HARRIET

Fred W. Buck married Marguerite Joan Aimone on February 15, 1919 in Denver.

In 1920 Denver, "F. A." Buck is a physician, 47, born in Michigan, with Magaret J. 24, born in Italy, naturalized.

In 1930, Fred W. is an educational physician, 57, living on First Street in Washington, D.C. , with Margaret J. 33, born in Italy.

They're on 2nd Street in Washington in 1940, Frederick a physician in private practice, Margaret a dress designer. They have to lodgers, Denson C. McDow 30, a draftsman from Alabama, and Joyce A. Arnold 23 Lodger, born in Wisconsin, a government worker, married but no spouse.

BIRTH 1873 DEATH 1941 BURIAL Flagler Cemetery Flagler, Kit Carson County, Colorado, MEMORIAL ID 13491676.

Marguerite Joan Aimone Buck BIRTH 17 Jul 1893 DEATH 1 Dec 1992 BURIAL Mount Olivet Cemetery Wheat Ridge, Colorado, PLOT 16-6-15-6 MEMORIAL ID 73551723.

HARRIET AFTER FRED

Harriett A. Buck married Herman W. Edmonds on February 17, 1919 in Jefferson County, Colorado.

In 1920 Denver, Herman Edmonds is a cook, 45, Hattie Edmonds 42 Wife.

In 1921 Denver, Herman is a trucker, no mention of a spouse, living at 1056 Acoma Street.

October 1920 Pueblo "Dr. F. W. Buck of the once famous Buck Air-Craft Company of Pueblo, was a Pueblo visitor Friday. The doctor states that the prospects for the Buck company are very brilliant as they have secured a factory in Indiana, and will in a short time be manufacturing air ships. The doctor was here to attend the trial of A. P. Gray vs. the Buck company."

July 1923 Arapahoe County, Colorado "All of Block 25, Denver University Addition Third Filing, to which property the parties of interest are: Carl H. Witt, H. G. Stewart, Fred W. Buck. R. J. Moran, and Mrs. H. A. Dudley. This property was taxed for the year 1918 under the unknown list."

In 1940 Sonoma, California, Fred A. Hall is 48, Harriet A. Hall 62 Wife, and James J. Purman 71 Lodger.

San Francisco, " In this city, August 27, 1950, Harriett A. Hall, dearly beloved wife of rreu a. nan, loving mother of Lawrence Buck and Mrs. Nellie L. Bufford and sister of Maxine Morten, Minnie Parrolt and Fred Joels; a native of Michigan. Friends are Invited to attend the funeral services Thursday at 11 a. m. from the Chapel of the United Undertakers, 1096 South Van Ness Avenue at 22nd Street. Interment, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park. "

Harriett Parmalee Hall BIRTH 12 Aug 1877 Michigan, DEATH 27 Aug 1950 Alameda County, California, BURIAL Cypress Lawn Memorial Park Colma, San Mateo County, California, PLOT Garden / Section: SPRUCE Lot: LOT 150 MEMORIAL ID 87829456.

NELLIE

Nellie is single in 1920 San Francisco, living alone.

Nellie L. Buck married Willard H. Andrews on 17 Jul 1920 in Denver, Colorado.



In 1940 Sacramento, California, Nellie Andrews is 39, divorced, a bookkeeper, Gordon A. Andrews 17 Son, Joan Rustomier 28 Lodger, John P. McGuire 68 Lodger, and Clarence K. McKenzie 41 Lodger.

Nellie Buck Bufford BIRTH 12 May 1901 Michigan, DEATH 22 Dec 1952 San Francisco County, California, BURIAL Cypress Lawn Memorial Park Colma, San Mateo County, California, PLOT Garden / Section: SPRUCE Lot: LOT 150 MEMORIAL ID 87574538.

Willard Harold 'Andy' Andrews BIRTH 22 Oct 1898 DEATH 27 Feb 1989, BURIAL Santa Fe National Cemetery Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, PLOT 8 0 168 MEMORIAL ID 17552442.

Gordon James Andrews BIRTH 13 May 1922 DEATH 21 Dec 1974 BURIAL Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County, California, PLOT Section R, Site 5562 MILITARY COL, US AIR FORCE MEMORIAL ID 289333

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