William Calmes Buck: References

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More information and details on William Calmes Buck can be found in the following references:

1. Buck, David E., Jr.,“A Talk on Southern Baptist History”, Davidson College, 1977. 
2. Buck, William Calmes, "A Brief Statement for the Satisfaction of My Children", transcribed by Dorothy Nan McLean, Kerrville, Texas, n.p.
3. Buck, William Calmes, Bible of William Calmes Buck (copied from the original by his granddaughter Emma Virginia Buck, Stephenville, Texas, May 10, 1969.) (n.p.).
4. Buck, William Calmes, "The Slavery Question", Harney, Hughes & Hughes, Louisville, Kentucky, 1847.     
5. Buck, William Pettus, “The Buck Family – Virginia”, Buck Publishing Company, Birmingham, Alabama, 1986.
6. Harlow, Luke Edward, “From Border South to Solid South:  Religion, Race, and the Making of Confederate Kentucky, 1830-1880”, Dissertation, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 2009, Cambridge University Press, 2014.  
7. Pendleton, James C., “Letters to Rev. Wm. C. Buck in Review of His Articles on Slavery”, Louisville, Kentucky, 1949.  
8. Spencer, J. H., A History of Kentucky Baptists, 1886, reprinted 1984, Vol 2, pp 171-177.          
9. Yager, Arthur, “Sketch of the life of WIlliam Calmes Buck”, C. T. Dearing Printing Company.

William Calmes Buck: Acrostic

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William Calmes Buck was known for his ability to compose an acrostic.  An acrostic is a form of writing in which the first letter of each line spells out a message when read vertically.  Here is an example, written in his own hand for his future mother-in-law, Mrs. Miriam Buck Field.

The vertical message of the acrostic is “Thomas M Field” reading down from the first line and then reading up from the last line.  Wm. C. Buck has cleverly interchanged “I” and “j” in order to use “Jesus” as a first word in the upwardly read portion of the message.  His acrostic is also a poem.

Isabella Miriam Buck Field and her husband Willis Field had a son named Thomas born in 1816 but who died in 1823.  In 1825, they had another son whom they also named Thomas but gave him the middle name of McClanahan.  Thomas M. Field married Susan Mary Higbee in 1850.  He was a farmer and raised horses in Kentucky where he served in the State Legislature.  He died in 1908.

William Calmes Buck married the daughter of Willis Field and Isabella Miriam Buck, Isabella Miriam Field, on June 30, 1829.

William Calmes Buck: Precepts for My Son

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In late November of 1856, Wm. C. Buck gave his son Charles Willis Buck his "Precepts for My Son".  Charles Willis Buck's twenty-first birthday was September 26, 1856 and I've always wondered if the Precepts was perhaps a birthday gift.  I don't have the original but typed the Precepts in a sort of script, added the photo of Wm. C. Buck and also added his signature from another document.