He was born either in Lafayette Co., MO or on a wagon train coming to Texas (family tradition). After arriving in the Lone Star State, the family lived for a while in Fiskville and ran a wagon transport business between Austin and Houston. Later, they lived in Washington Co., TX where the older boys attended Baylor, and then after the Civil War (in which three sons fought and one died) moved to Milam Co., Texas. From the time he was little, he was called Buck or Pooty Buck. Some family members said he ate too many beans. Others, probably the politer and more easily offended members of the family, surmised that when he was little, his brother (probably John) had trouble saying "Pretty Buck" and so it came out the other way.
The Stocktons and Perrys were Baptists and it is said that Buck and Augusta Stockton met at a camp meeting during the summer before they married. Major Penn was a local evangelist and held baptizing sessions down at Salado springs. Buck married Augusta Mable Stockton on 16 Dec 1880 in Bell Co., TX. In an old letter, their daughter Edna Felton wrote that Major Penn loved Augusta's biscuits and would come to their wagon and eat them while sitting on the wagon tongue. That letter also stated that Augusta was a soprano in the Baptist choir. That must have been a memory from when Edna was quite small, since she was only 7 when her mother died. While living in San Gabriel, the family probably attended church there and that's how they got to know the Feltons. But they traveled all over to visit and attend church, and went to church with the Stocktons sometimes and sometimes with the Perrys in Rockdale. Emily Stockton Carothers (Augusta's sister) lived somewhere in the vicinity. She was with the family when Augusta died and she took the four surviving children to live with the Stocktons.
Buck continued to farm in San Gabriel and eventually, his children came to join him. Edna moved in when she was 12 to take care of her father. At least two of her brothers joined her by 1900. The boys moved on, but Edna and her husband Walter Felton continued to live with Buck until he died in 1921.
The Stocktons and Perrys were Baptists and it is said that Buck and Augusta Stockton met at a camp meeting during the summer before they married. Major Penn was a local evangelist and held baptizing sessions down at Salado springs. Buck married Augusta Mable Stockton on 16 Dec 1880 in Bell Co., TX. In an old letter, their daughter Edna Felton wrote that Major Penn loved Augusta's biscuits and would come to their wagon and eat them while sitting on the wagon tongue. That letter also stated that Augusta was a soprano in the Baptist choir. That must have been a memory from when Edna was quite small, since she was only 7 when her mother died. While living in San Gabriel, the family probably attended church there and that's how they got to know the Feltons. But they traveled all over to visit and attend church, and went to church with the Stocktons sometimes and sometimes with the Perrys in Rockdale. Emily Stockton Carothers (Augusta's sister) lived somewhere in the vicinity. She was with the family when Augusta died and she took the four surviving children to live with the Stocktons.
Buck continued to farm in San Gabriel and eventually, his children came to join him. Edna moved in when she was 12 to take care of her father. At least two of her brothers joined her by 1900. The boys moved on, but Edna and her husband Walter Felton continued to live with Buck until he died in 1921.
He was born either in Lafayette Co., MO or on a wagon train coming to Texas (family tradition). After arriving in the Lone Star State, the family lived for a while in Fiskville and ran a wagon transport business between Austin and Houston. Later, they lived in Washington Co., TX where the older boys attended Baylor, and then after the Civil War (in which three sons fought and one died) moved to Milam Co., Texas. From the time he was little, he was called Buck or Pooty Buck. Some family members said he ate too many beans. Others, probably the politer and more easily offended members of the family, surmised that when he was little, his brother (probably John) had trouble saying "Pretty Buck" and so it came out the other way.
The Stocktons and Perrys were Baptists and it is said that Buck and Augusta Stockton met at a camp meeting during the summer before they married. Major Penn was a local evangelist and held baptizing sessions down at Salado springs. Buck married Augusta Mable Stockton on 16 Dec 1880 in Bell Co., TX. In an old letter, their daughter Edna Felton wrote that Major Penn loved Augusta's biscuits and would come to their wagon and eat them while sitting on the wagon tongue. That letter also stated that Augusta was a soprano in the Baptist choir. That must have been a memory from when Edna was quite small, since she was only 7 when her mother died. While living in San Gabriel, the family probably attended church there and that's how they got to know the Feltons. But they traveled all over to visit and attend church, and went to church with the Stocktons sometimes and sometimes with the Perrys in Rockdale. Emily Stockton Carothers (Augusta's sister) lived somewhere in the vicinity. She was with the family when Augusta died and she took the four surviving children to live with the Stocktons.
Buck continued to farm in San Gabriel and eventually, his children came to join him. Edna moved in when she was 12 to take care of her father. At least two of her brothers joined her by 1900. The boys moved on, but Edna and her husband Walter Felton continued to live with Buck until he died in 1921.
The Stocktons and Perrys were Baptists and it is said that Buck and Augusta Stockton met at a camp meeting during the summer before they married. Major Penn was a local evangelist and held baptizing sessions down at Salado springs. Buck married Augusta Mable Stockton on 16 Dec 1880 in Bell Co., TX. In an old letter, their daughter Edna Felton wrote that Major Penn loved Augusta's biscuits and would come to their wagon and eat them while sitting on the wagon tongue. That letter also stated that Augusta was a soprano in the Baptist choir. That must have been a memory from when Edna was quite small, since she was only 7 when her mother died. While living in San Gabriel, the family probably attended church there and that's how they got to know the Feltons. But they traveled all over to visit and attend church, and went to church with the Stocktons sometimes and sometimes with the Perrys in Rockdale. Emily Stockton Carothers (Augusta's sister) lived somewhere in the vicinity. She was with the family when Augusta died and she took the four surviving children to live with the Stocktons.
Buck continued to farm in San Gabriel and eventually, his children came to join him. Edna moved in when she was 12 to take care of her father. At least two of her brothers joined her by 1900. The boys moved on, but Edna and her husband Walter Felton continued to live with Buck until he died in 1921.
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