From the November 5, 2020, Waco (Texas) Tribune-Herald "War of 1812 medallions placed in Waco cemetery."
A War of 1812 "Real Daughter" medallion was placed on the grave of Emma Buck Harrison and War of 1812 veteran medallion placed on the grave of William Calmes Buck.
The Jordan Bass Chapter of the United States Daughters of 1812 recently placed medallions of the First Street Cemetery at these graves. Emma was his daughter.
Buck was born August 23, 1790, in Shenandoah County, Virginia, and served in the War of 1812 as a lieutenant in the 2nd Regiment Virginia Militia. Before entering the service, he became an ordained Baptist minister. After the war, he preached in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.
He first married Maria Lewright in Jefferson City, Virginia who died in childbirth with her fourth child. Later, Buck married Isabella Miriam Field of Woodford County, Kentucky, with whom he had 11 children. Isabella died in Nashville, Tennessee in 1852 at the age of 42.
After the Civil War, he moved to Texas where he lived the rest of his life.
--Brock-Perry
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