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Henry C. Buck, M. D., is a Montgomery County Tennessean, born near Clarksville, June 9, 1848; the youngest member of a family of three children born to the marriage of Samuel D. Buck and Martha A. Buck. The family may be traced back to one of the early Virginia settlers. The father of our subject was born and reared in that State and immigrated to Kentucky early in life. He married in Montgomery County, Tenn., and then settled in Christian County, Ky., where he lived until 1859 and then moved to Fulton County, Ky., where he died during the late war. The mother was born in Virginia and died in Christian County, Ky., when still quite young. Our subject was reared on a farm, and received his preparatory education in the common schools of the county. He became a disciple of Aesculapius, studying under Dr. Henry C. Catlett, of Hickman, Ky., and afterward attended lectures in the Medical University of Louisville, Ky. He has followed the practice of his profession for fifteen years and is a skillful and successful physician. He is a Democrat and a member of the R. T. of T. September 27, 1876, he married Bettie C. Steele, daughter of John C. Steele, a book-keeper of Cairo, Ill. Doctor and Mrs. Buck have three children: Daisy Willie, Henry C. and Mary Annice. Mrs. Buck was born in Hickman, Ky., April 10, 1859. She is a member of the Christian Church and the Doctor of the Missionary Baptist Church.