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THOMAS L. BUCK, farmer; P. O. Le Roy; born in Switzerland Co., Ind., Oct. 23, 1831; he emigrated, with his parents, to Illinois and located in Randolph’s Grove in 1833; his father opened a hotel in Le Roy in 1837, which he kept eight years, after which the subject of this sketch remained with his father and engaged in farming until marriage, when he located upon Section 6, Town 21, and followed farming until the fall of 1874, when he removed to Le Roy, that he might have better privileges of churches and schools; he now owns 160 acres of land his home farm, 80 acres in De Witt Co., 35 acres within the city limits of Le Roy, where he resides, upon all of which he has good buildings, and also several hundred acres of timber and pasture. He is now one of the Aldermen of Le Roy, which office he has held for three years His marriage with Mary J. McConnell was celebrated March 16, 1859; she was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, June 16, 1829; they have two children by this union — Rose E., born Jan. 25, 1860, and Orral M., born Aug. 23, 1862.