Mrs. Cora Buck - one of the older long time residents of the Wimbledon Community - resides on a farm operated by her sons Maynard and Melvin. Mrs. Buck (Cora Fischer) was born at Olivia, Minnesota on June 29, 1888. She was the daughter of Christ and Christina Fischer and her father came from Germany.

Fred Buck was born in Macon City, Illinois on December 20, 1883. He moved with his parents to Thornton, Iowa and later to Olivia, Minnesota where he was married to Cora Fischer on October 7, 1909. After farming near Olivia, Minnesota for several years, Mr. and Mrs. Buck and twin sons Maynard and Melvin moved to North Dakota in October 1913. They farmed north of Wimbledon until 1936 when they moved to their present farm east of town. They have been members of the St. John's Methodist Church. Fred Buck passed away in March 1962.

Fred Buck's parents - Mr. and Mrs. Mike Buck - and three of his brothers and their families (Harden, Elmer, and Jesse) also lived in the Wimbledon vicinity for several years.

Fred and Cora Buck had five children - Maynard and Melvin at Wimbledon, Caroline (Mrs. Harvey Wolff) formerly of Wimbledon and now of Valley City, Kenneth, who married Evelyn Anderson of Valley City and now lives at Minot, North Dakota and Marian Baumann of Davenport, Iowa.

Maynard and Melvin Buck-twin sons of Fred and Cora Buck - were born at Olivia, Minnesota September 11, 1910. They came to North Dakota with their parents in October 1913 and lived on a farm north of Wimbledon. They attended grade school at Hemp School in Pierce Township and graduated from Wimbledon High School in 1929. They later moved to a farm one mile east of Wimbledon and have farmed here except for a time during World War II when Maynard worked in the Government Ammunitions Plant at Hastings, Nebraska and Melvin had four years of duty in the armed forces taking part in the Normandy Invasion and the Battle of the Bulge. They are members of the United Methodist Church of Wimbledon.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 39