(17 Sept.1854-6 March 1929), celebrated American car man whose name is commemorated by the Buick car. Born in Arbroath, Scotland. He came to the U. S. with his parents as a 2-year-old. In an extremely troubled business career, Buick was an inventor, promoter, and manufacturer, ultimately so unsuccessful financially that it is remarkable that his name remains a household word. Buick was assuredly not a Glengarrian, but according to a story which Angus H. McDONELL secured from Peter Charlebois Buick tried unsuccessfully in a meeting with Hugh Munro to obtain a business partnership with the Alexandria carriage-manufacturing firm of Munro & McIntosh. The Cornwall Standard 14 March 1929 noted Buick’s death but did not mention this story. Buick’s private papers have not survived (information Dec. 1993) and there seems no way of proving or disproving a story which is unlikely but not preposterous, especially given the turbulent course of Buick’s career.

Angus H. McDonell, “Charlebois Was Last Link to Glengarry’s Pioneer Crafts,” Glengarry News 20 Feb. 1991, repr. Glengarry Life No. 31 (1992) * Bibliography of Glengarry 169