Background
Buck, Richard Sutton was born on November 21, 1864 in Georgetown, Kentucky, United States. Son of Richard Sutton and Juliana Scott (Randolph) Buck.
Buck, Richard Sutton was born on November 21, 1864 in Georgetown, Kentucky, United States. Son of Richard Sutton and Juliana Scott (Randolph) Buck.
Student of University of Mississippi, 1883. Civil Engineer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1887.
Served with engineer and quartermaster corps, United States Army, 1887-1890. Manager Carney Phosphate Company, Florida, 1890-1892. Bridge design, New York City, 1893-1895.
In charge construction Niagara Falls and Clifton Architecture Bridge and Niagara Railway Architecture Bridge, across Niagara River, 1895-1898.
Chief engineer Lewiston and Queenstown Bridge, 1898-1899, Manhattan and Queensboro bridges, 1899-1902, Dominion Bridge of Canada, 1902-1904. Construction engineering in charge construction Manhattan and Queensboro bridges, 1904-1907.
Member Sanderson & Porter, New York City, 1907-1912. Again chief engineer Dominion Bridge Company, 1912-1914.
Engineer of way and structures New York Rys.
Company, 1914-1917. Major 11th Engineers, United States Army, with American Expeditionary Forces in France, 1917-1918. Valuation engineer and consultant parctice since 1919.
Served as adviser to legal counsel Brooklyn City Railroad, in suit involving $13,000,000.
With others reported on projected bridge 9 miles long across San Francisco Bay.
Served with engineer and quartermaster corps, United States Army, 1887-1890. Member Sanderson & Porter, New York City, 1907-1912. Member American Society of Civil Engineers, Society Military Engineers, Engineering Institute of Canada Awarded Rowland prize, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1899.
Clubs: Brooklyn Engineers (past president).
Married Laura Beverly Miller, June 30, 1890 (died March 1, 1934). Married second, Judith Marshall Fishburn, January 25, 1936 (died July 16, 1942). Children: Richard Sutton, Horace Miller.