Letitia Amelia Buck (1803 – 1885)

Letitia Amelia Buck was the eleventh child of Thomas Buck V and Anne Richardson.  She was born on April 7, 1803 and died on June 15, 1885 in Riverton, Virginia at the age of 82. She was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, Virginia.

Letitia Amelia Buck and John Mauzy Blakemore were married on July 31, 1820. John Mauzy Blakemore, the son of George Blakemore and Elizabeth Mauzy, was born on June 4, 1798. He died on July 29, 1853 of an apoplexy at the age of 55 and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, Virginia.

John Mauzy Blakemore was said to be of "distinguished bearing" and "so meticulous in his attire that he was known as ‘Gentleman John'".

Letitia Amelia Buck and John Mauzy Blakemore purchased "Bel Air" in 1837 from her father, Thomas Buck V for $5000.  Later they sold Bel Air to William Mason Buck.  As explained by their son, Thomas Fayette Blakemore, his father had “in a thoughtless moment” endorsed some loans by a friend and had to liquidate much of his property when those loans were called.

After selling Bel Air and other properties, Letitia Amelia Buck and John Mauzy Blakemore moved to Tennessee.   In 1842, Letitia Amelia Buck and John Mauzy Blakemore lived in "Homewood", New Providence, Tennessee.  Homewood was a farm and John Mauzy Blakemore was not well suited to be a farmer.  His son, Thomas Fayette Blakemore, was called upon to manage the farm “a task which I heartily disliked”.   Homewood was sold or traded, apparently at a loss, about 1846.    Letitia Amelia Buck and John Mauzy Blakemore then returned to Front Royal and built a house called “Retreat”.  In the 1850 census, Letitia Amelia Buck Blakemore and John Mauzy Blakemore are living in Warren County, Virginia.  According to his son, Thomas, John Mauzy Blakemore died in 1853 of an apoplexy.

In the 1860 census, Letitia Amelia Buck Blakemore is shown as a “Retired Lady” living on the farm of J. R. Richards and having a personal estate of $2800.  J. R. Richards was the son-in-law of Letitia Amelia Buck Blakemore being the second husband of her daughter Elizabeth Blakemore.  J. R. Richards is shown as having real estate or $26500 and personal estate of $19030.  Most people in the census have no entry under real estate or personal estate.

John Mauzy Blakemore and Letitia Amelia Buck had five children:

• Thomas Fayette Blakemore, born 1822; married Susan Payne Bayly, 1848; died 1896
• Elizabeth Mauzy Blakemore, born 1825; married Richard B. Bayly, 1841; married James Russell Richards, 1851; died 1891
• William Richardson Blakemore was born and died in 1832
• Marcus Newton Blakemore, born 1835; married Angela Warner, 1866
• Richard Mauzy Blakemore, born 1843; married Lily Bowen, 1892; died 1924

Isaac Newton Buck (1801 – 1877)

Expectations must have been very high for Isaac Newton Buck!  Sir Isaac Newton, the renowned English scientist, died in 1727.  Isaac Newton Buck is assumed to have been named after him.

Interestingly, there was also a Rev. Isaac Newton Buck, Sr. (1800-1873) who lived and preached in Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee.  He also had a mercantile store and a freight line.  He founded Buck College.  His connection, if any, to the Buck Family of Virginia is unknown.

Isaac Newton Buck was the tenth child of Thomas Buck V and Anne Richardson.   He was born on March 22, 1801 and died on Jan. 23, 1877 at the age of 75. He was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, Virginia.   His tombstone has a Confederate States Army Marker.

Isaac Newton Buck graduated from the University of Pennsylvania as a medical doctor in 1822.  He then practiced medicine at Front Royal from 1822 to 1845 when his health became impaired and he moved to his farm, "Mountain View", nearby.

Dr. Isaac Newton Buck was a Methodist and a subscriber to the 1833 building fund for the Front Royal Methodist Church.   He was a member of the Virginia state legislature and was active in county affairs.

Dr. Buck was also said to be a good musician, carpenter and whittler.  He carried small blocks of wood while making his medical rounds and whittled gifts for children.  He was popular and his home on Chester Street had visitors almost daily; many stayed the night.

Isaac Newton Buck and Susan Taylor were married on Jun. 12, 1827.  Susan Taylor was born in 1810. She died in 1836 at the age of 26 and is buried at Walnut Hill, Frederick County, Virginia.

Isaac Newton Buck and Susan Taylor had five children:

• Catherine Elizabeth Buck, born 1832; married Marcus H. Blakemore, 1852; died 1909.
• Marcus Taylor Buck, born 1827; married Elizabeth Cramer, 1856; died 1862.
• Mary Cornelia Buck, born 1830; married Solomon G. Cunningham, 1854; died 1918.
• Ann Buck was born in 1834 and died in 1835.
• Susan Rebecca Buck was born in 1836 and died in 1880.

After the death of his first wife, Susan, Isaac Newton Buck married Janet Urquhart Lovell on November 21, 1839. Janet Urquhart Lovell was born on Jun. 10, 1815 to Charles Urquhart Lovell and Mary Evans Long.  She died on May 2, 1893 at the age of 77 and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, Virginia.  She was called "Jane".  H. N. Buck has her surname as Lovell in his Buck Family Tree, but only Urquhart is used on her tombstone.  William Mason Buck had her name as Janet U. Lovell.

Isaac Newton Buck and Janet Urquhart Lovell had five children:

• Thomas William Buck, born 1845; married Catherine Augusta Buck, 1875; died 1877.
• Charles Newton Buck, born 1842; married Annie Susan Deatherage, 1883; died 1925.
• Nannie Lovell Buck, born 1848; married Charles Anderton Brown, 1871; died 1934.
• Robert Lovell Buck, born 1851; married Katie Elizabeth Massie, 1877; died 1882.
• James Cunningham Buck, born 1854; married Nannie Miriam Wight, 1883; died 1936.