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William Calmes Buck <ref name="term_28235" />
<p> a [[Baptist]] minister, was born in what is now [[Warren]] County, Virginia, August 23, 1790. He was ordained in 1812, served as a lieutenant in the United States army during the war of that year lived in Union County, Kentucky, a number of years, having the pastoral charge of several churches, and moved to [[Louisville]] in 1836, where he became pastor of the First Church While living there he was, for most of the time, editor of the Baptist [[Banner]] and Western Pioneer. For three years (1851-54) he was secretary of the Bible Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, and pastoi in Columbus, Mississippi, for three years (1854-57). After preaching for a short time in one or two other places he removed to Marion, Alabama, and after being engaged for a year or two in editorial work, he labored as a missionary in the [[Confederate]] army. In 1866 he removed to Texas, and died at Waco, May 18, 1872. Among his published writings are ''The Baptist Hymn-Book, The [[Philosophy]] Of Religion,'' and The Science of Life. See Cathcart, Baptist Encyclop. pages 156, 157. (J.C.S.) </p>

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<ref name="term_28235"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/buck,+william+calmes William Calmes Buck from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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