City Directories and History: “Henry Buck, a German grocer, built the two and one-half story wooden store and residence here in the early 1850s. Buck was an ardent horseman who raced horses on Wagener’s racetrack at The Grove (above present-day Hampton Park Terrace). He was a city alderman, 1883-87 and 1896-1901, and a commissioner of the Murray Boulevard project. He died in 1902 , and the family business was continued by his son, H.W.H. Buck, who was an alderman, 1904-19. H.W.H. Buck died in 1921. The business was continued by his son-in-law, W. Edmund Russ, to 1960.” (Charles R. Waring, Jr., CEP , Dec. 30, 1960) – CCPL
Other sources of interest: Charleston Tax Payers of Charleston, SC in 1860-61, and the Dwelling Houses of Charleston by Alice R.H. Smith – 1917. The HCF may also have additional data at: Past Perfect and further research can be uncovered at: Charleston 1861 Census Schedule
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