TWO DIFFERENT LOCAL TUCKER FAMILIES
There were two TUCKER families in the Perry Township, Allen Co., IN area and they seem to be completely unrelated unless they can be connected back in England.
The first Tuckers came as pioneers opening this area. This was Reason Tucker and his family and probably his father, William. Reason was a millwright and his daughter married James Vandolah who also was interested in building mills. So they came early to this area, about 1836. In Ohio they had built some mills together.
The second Tucker family members were descendants of Morris Tucker who was very early in the colonies in Massachusetts. They made several moves before moving to Kosciusko County, IN, and eventually some to Allen County and the Huntertown area.
Information on the Morris Tucker Descendants is from “Genealogy of the Morris Tucker Family”, compiled by Mirabel Tucker. Booklet loaned to the Huntertown Historical Society by Carol Tucker Jensen.
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ISAAC T. TUCKER FAMILY (of Reason Tucker family)
ISAAC T. TUCKER
Born in Virginia, Feb. 2, 1841
Died August 17, 1917, Eel River Township, Allen Co., IN
Married PHOEBE JACKSON January 10, 1882
Born September 22, 1853
Died November 21, 1923
Two sons: Two daughters:
:
JACOB CLYDE TUCKER ETHEL (TUCKER) RENNECKER
Born November 29, 1882 Born February 29, 1891
Died March 1, 1972 Died April 27, 1982
GROVER TUCKER EDITH (TUCKER) CALEY
Born 1885 Born August 14, 1891
Died 1896 Died January 31, 1974
Isaac’s brothers:
ELBRIDGE GERRY TUCKER
Born September 8, 1852
Died March 21, 1946
THOMAS TUCKER
JACOB TUCKER
GEORGE TUCKER
DANIEL TUCKER and one sister
MARY TUCKER, born 1833
George Tucker bought 80 acre farm from Gabriel Fair on Carroll Road on April 5, 1871.
Isaac Tucker purchased land from George on Carroll Road on July 11, 1881
Daughter, Edith (Tucker) Caley lived on the farm after parents passed away until her death on January 31, 1974.
Granddaughter LOIS (CALEY) BARRETT has lived on the same farm after her mother’s death.
Isaac Tucker fought in the Civil War, 1861 to April 9, 1865
Information from the local Tucker family, descendants of Isaac T. Tucker
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More information on the Tucker family of Allen Co., IN:
Isaac Tucker and his wife are buried in the Perry Township Cemetery near Huntertown.
Isaac’s father was THOMAS TUCKER and his mother was MARY SHOEMAKER.
Thomas, born September 4, 1810, Jefferson Co., VA, and died July 10, 1892
Mary, born May 10, 1814, in Shenandoah Co., VA, and died February 19, 1896
They were married October 10, 1833 in Greene County, Ohio
They are both buried in Perry Township Cemetery near Huntertown, IN
Thomas’s father was REASON TUCKER and his mother was FRANCES (maiden name unknown at this time.)
Reason was born about 1789 in Montgomery Co., MD
They were married about 1808
Do not know where they are buried or dates of their death
Reason Tucker was a millwright.
Their children were:
THOMAS TUCKER (Above)
REBECCA TUCKER, who married JAMES VANDOLAH
Rebecca born May 1, 1812 in Jefferson Co., VA
Died February 16, 1881, both Rebecca and James are buried at
Perry Township Cemetery near Huntertown, IN
Married 12, 1832 in Greene County, Ohio
JAMES W. TUCKER, who married EMELINE CAINE
James born October 20, 1815 in Jefferson Co., VA
Died August 8, 1884
James and Emeline are buried Perry Township Cemetery, near
Huntertown, IN
Married November 20, 1837 in Greene County, Ohio
JANE TUCKER, who married HENRY W. WOODS
Jane born about 1817, Montgomery Co., Ohio
Jane and Henry were married April 24, 1860 in Allen Co., IN
SAMUEL TUCKER, born 1822 in Montgomery Co., Ohio
JOHN TUCKER, born about 1823 in Greene Co., Ohio
Died August 12, 1892 in Perry Township, Allen Co., IN
Probable father of Reason Tucker was WILLIAM TUCKER. William purchased a burial lot in the Perry Township Cemetery and is listed as being buried there. At this time we can find no gravestone but an older inscription list says he was buried there. He was born July 2, 1761 and died September 30, 1846 according to the burial records. William was born in Frederick Co., MD.
William’s children probably are:
REASON, LUCY, TABITHA, SARAH, ELEVEN or LEVIN, and BENJAMIN
LUCY may also have come to Allen County. She married an AMBROSE JUMP or GUMP. We find Lucy in the 1850 census of Perry Township, Allen Co., IN. She has no husband listed at this time, but has a younger John Tucker living with her and her children. Cannot positively identify this John Tucker at this time, but Lucy has a nephew, son of Reason Tucker, who came to Indiana, and can find no further information about him unless he is the John found in Lucy Gump’s household. There is a variance of 10 years in his age. 1850 census says he was born about 1813. In various census reports she is listed as Lucy or Stacie with last names of Gump, and Jump.
Some of the above information is courtesy of John Rohde who is a Tucker descendant of the Tucker family from Maryland. Many thanks John for your generosity!
John can take this family back one more generation to WALTER TUCKER, born 1738, died 1828 in Adams County, Ohio.
Walter’s children:
WILLIAM S. TUCKER, we assume father of our Reason
REASON TUCKER
OSBORN TUCKER
MATTIE TUCKER
SAMUEL TUCKER
WALTER TUCKER, JR.
BENJAMIN TUCKER
NATHANIEL TUCKER
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Reason Tucker was a millwright and he and his son-in-law, James Vandolah, built several mills together. They built mills in Greene County, Ohio as well as Allen Co., IN.
DESCENDANTS OF REASON TUCKER
1. Reason Tucker, b: abt 1789, Montg. Co., MD d: before 1870
+ Frances _______ b: abt 1789 in MD d: before 1880, married about 1808
2. Thomas Tucker, b: Sept. 4, 1810 in Jefferson Co., Virginia
d: July 10, 1892 in Perry Twp., Allen Co., IN
+Mary Shoemaker, b: May 10, 1814 in Shen. Co., VA
d. Feb. 19, 1896, married Oct. 10, 1833 Greene Co., Ohio
3. Mary Tucker, b: 1834
3. George Tucker, b:1837 Greene Co., Ohio
3. Barbary Tucker, b:1838 Greene Co., Ohio
3. James Tucker, b: 1839 Greene Co., Ohio
3. Isaac T. Tucker, b: Feb. 1, 1841 Greene Co., Ohio
d: Aug. 17, 1917
+ Phoebe A. Jackson, b: Sept. 22, 1852/53
d: Nov. 21, 1923, married Jan. 10, 1882
4. Jacob Clyde Tucker, b:Nov. 29, 1882
d: March 1, 1972 in Kendallville, IN
4. Grover Tucker, b: 1885 d: 1896
4. Ethel Mary Tucker, b: Feb. 29, 1888
d: April 27, 1982
+ Priestmann Rennecker
4. Edith Tucker, b: Aug. 14, 1891
d: Jan. 31, 1974
+______ Caley
3. Jacob Tucker, b: 1842
3. Thomas Tucker, Jr., b: 1844
3. Daniel Tucker, b: 1845
3. Benjamin Tucker, b: 1849
3. Elbridge Gerry Tucker, b: Sept. 8, 1852
d: March 1, 1946
3. John Tucker, b: Sept. 14, 1860, d: March 6, 1964
2. Rebecca Tucker, b: May 1, 1812 Jefferson Co., VA (or June 1)
d: Feb. 16, 1881, married May 12, 1832 Greene Co., Ohio
+ James Vandolah, b: Jan. 22, 1807, Green Co., Ohio
d: Oct. 24, 1851 in Perry Twp., Allen Co., IN
James and Rebecca were married “at the bride’s home at
Washington Mills, Ohio, by Squire John James”
3. Benjamin H. Vandolah, b: April 14, 1834 in Sugar
Creek, Greene Co., Ohio d: Jan. 10, 1916 Allen
Co., IN married Dec. 1, 1865 in Allen Co., IN
+ Mary Harrod, b: 1844
Married Oct. 4, 1888 in Allen Co., IN
+ Catherine Aaron, b: Dec. 25, 1852 in Alsace
Lorraine, d: Dec. 13, 1923
4. Elizabeth Vandolah b: July 1, 1889
d: Jan. 10, 1991 m. Oct. 25, 1911
+ Charles Byron Stellhorn
b: Jan 27, 1888 d: Oct 31, 1959
4. Frances Amelia Vandolah
b: Sept 24, 1890 d: Jan. 29, 1987
married Dec. 21, 1911, Allen Co., IN
+ Harrison Currie Bailey
b: July 14, 1889 d: July 19, 1975
4. Infant Vandolah, b: Nov. 30, 1891
d: Nov. 30, 1891
4. John Byron Vandolah, b: Apr 29, 1894
d. June 7, 1902 or June 17
3. Thomas J. Vandolah, b: Aug 31, 1836 in Greene Co.
Ohio d: Sept 12, 1912 Perry Twp., Allen Co., IN
Married Aug. 17, 1871
+ Elizabeth Vandolah, b: 1842 d: Feb 8, 1932
Thomas and Elizabeth were cousins
Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph and Druscilla
3. Sarah Jane Vandolah, b: Apr 14, 1839
d: Aug. 27, 1890 Allen Co., IN
married Dec. 5, 1877 in Allen Co., IN, as 3rd wife
+ Alanson C. Griffin, b: June 29, 1836 in N. Y.
d: Jan. 19, 1936
3. Mary Ann Vandolah, b: Dec 25, 1840 d: Apr 19, 1880
in Milan Township, Allen Co., IN
married March 25, 1869 in Allen Co., IN
+ George W. Wilbur, b: 1840 d: Apr 29, 1915
4. Catherine Wilbur, b: Oct 1870 d: 1870
3. Frances Vandolah, b: Feb. 19, 1843 d: May 26, 1923
married Dec. 1, 1867 in Allen Co., IN
+ Mathias Fitch, b: Jan 16, 1843 d: Dec 10, 1923
4. Lucy Fitch, 1868–1868
4. Schuyler Fitch, 1869–1952
+ Leah Pepple, 1871– abt. 1934
4. John Byron Fitch, 1872–1947
+ Rosa Belle Hollopeter 1875-1953
4. Walter Van Twiller Fitch, 1874–1902
4. Florence Bessie Fitch, 1875–1942
+ Frederick Jacob Kell, 1872-1959
4. Nathaniel Fitch, 1877-1877
4. Grace Fitch, 1878-1879
4. Althea Creola Fitch, 1880-1930
4. Beatrice Victoria Fitch, 1884-1969
+Charles A. Leaycraft, 1864-1920
(More about the Fitch family under Fitch)
3. Phebe Vandolah, b: Apr 1, 1845 (or March)
d: July 31, 1877 married Jan. 16, 1872
+David Gump, b: 1847 d: Sept. 14, 1928
4. William H. Gump, b: Jan 14, 1873
d: May 14, 1945 married Jan 2, 1898
+ Etta Ober, 1873-1952
4. Emma A. Gump, b: Aug 1876 d: June
12, 1952 married May 12, 1932
+ Henry Yoder, 1872-1964
3. James Charles Vandolah, Jr., b: July 17, 1847
d: Nov. 28, 1927 in Allen Co., IN, unmarried
2. James W. Tucker, b: Oct 20, 1815 in Jefferson Co., VA
d: Aug. 8, 1884 in Perry Twp., Allen Co., IN
married Nov. 20, 1837 in Greene County, Ohio
+ Emeline Caine, b: July 18, 1822 d: Jan. 13, 1880, Allen Co.
3. Abner Tucker, b: Jan 1839 in Greene Co., Ohio
married Oct. 20, 1861, Allen Co., IN
+ Elizabeth Dailey, b: Oct 1844
4. Julie A. Tucker, b: Dec. 1862
4. Milia Tucker, b: about 1866
4. Mary S. Tucker, b: about 1869
4. William Tucker, b: about 1874
3. Thomas M. Tucker, b: 1841
3. Elvira Ann Tucker, b: June 19, 1849
married Nov. 3, 1869
+ John Anderson, b: Sept. 26, 1840
4. William J. Anderson, 1873-1904
+ Lydia E. Waters
4. Minnie Anderson, 1876-1894
+ Frank Brown
4. John B. Anderson, 1880-1881
4. Jesse Anderson, 1885-1968
Niles, Barrien Co., MI
3. Francis M. Tucker, b: Jan 1841 Greene Co., Ohio
married, July 2, 1868 in Allen Co., IN
+ Rhoda Harrod
3. Frances Emeline Tucker, b: about 1854, Allen Co.
married Nov. 24, 1883 in Allen Co., IN
+ James R. Howey
2. Jane Tucker, b: 1817 in Washington Twp., Montgomery Co., OH
married April 24, 1860 in Allen Co., IN
+ Henry W. Woods
2. Samuel Tucker, b: 1822 in Washington Twp., Montg. Co., OH
2. John Tucker, b: 1823 in Sugar Creek Twp., Greene Co., OH
d: August 12, 1892 in Perry Twp., Allen Co., IN
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TUCKER BURIALS AT PERRY TOWNSHIP CEMETERY, HUNTERTOWN, IN
OLD SECTION:
TUCKER, CLYDE 1882-1972
TUCKER EMALINE 1823, Greene Co., OH-Jan. 13, 1880 57 Y
Wife of James
TUCKER, GEORGE No dates, with Thomas, Mary, and John
TUCKER, GROVER 1885-1896
TUCKER, ISAAC T. 1841-1917
TUCKER, JAMES 1815 Jeff. Co., VA-Aug. 8, 1884 68Y 9M 19D
TUCKER, JOHN Sept. 14, 1860-March 6, 1864 Thomas & Mary
TUCKER, JOHN Aug. 12, 1892 65 Y
TUCKER, MARY May 10, 1814 Shenandoah Co., VA
Feb. 19, 1896 Wife of Thomas John
TUCKER, PHEBE A. JACKSON 1853-1923 Wife of Isaac
TUCKER, THOMAS Sept. 4, 1810, Jeff. Co., VA
July 10, 1892 Mary and John
TUCKER, WILLIAM July 2, 1761 Maryland-Sept. 30, 1846
85 Y 2 M 30 D (no tombstone to be found now)
TUCKER, CENSUS
1850 Census of Perry Township, Allen Co., IN #2719-2731
Thomas Tucker 40 M Farmer born VA
Mary Tucker 30 F born VA
George Tucker 13 M born Ohio
Barbary Tucker 12 F born Ohio
James Tucker 11 M born Ohio
Isaac Tucker 10 M born Ohio
Jacob Tucker 8 M born IN
Thomas Tucker 6 M born IN
Daniel Tucker 5 M born IN
Benjamin Tucker 1 M born IN
1850 Census of Perry Township, Allen Co., IN #2760-2772
James W. Tucker 35 M Millwright born VA
Emeline Tucker 25 F born Ohio
Abner Tucker 11 M born Ohio
Thomas M. Tucker 9 M born Ohio
Emeline 1 F born IN
Daniel Hans (Hand?) 25 M Laborer born Ohio
1850 Census of Perry Township, Allen Co., IN #2768-2780
Lucy Gump 49 F born VA
John Tucker 37 M Laborer born Ohio
Gustain Gump 14 M born Ohio
James Gump 12 M born Ohio
Margaret J. Gump 10 F born Ohio
Robert Gump 8 M born Ohio
1850 Census of Perry Township, Allen Co., IN #2773-2785
Reason Tucker 61 M Miller born MD
Frances Tucker 62 F born MD
Jane Tucker 33 F born Ohio
Samuel Tucker 28 Laborer born Ohio
James McCormick 25 M Laborer born Ohio
(Living next to James and Rebecca Vandolah… Rebecca Tucker)
1880 Census of Perry Township, Allen Co., IN 188 B
Thomas Tucker married male, 70 born VA Farmer
Father born VA, Mother born MD
Mary Tucker wife female, 67 born VA Keeps house
Both parents born VA
Elbridge Tucker son, single male, 28 born IN Farm Laborer
Both parents born VA
Phoebe Jackson other, single female, 22 born IN Servant
Both parents born Ohio
William Boerhart other, single male, 19 born IN Farm Laborer
Both parents born IN
1880 Census of Perry Township, Allen Co., IN 184 A
James Tucker married male, 66 born VA Millwright
Father born VA, Mother born MD
Emeline Tucker wife female, 57 born Ohio Keeps house
Father born SC, Mother born Ohio
Frances E. Tucker dau., single female, 25 born IN At home
1880 Census of Perry Township, Allen Co., IN 186 B (Rebecca Tucker)
Rebecca Vandolah widow female, 68 born VA Keeps house
Father born VA, Mother born VA
Benjamin Vandolah divorced male, 46 born Ohio Farmer
Father born Ohio, Mother born VA
James Vandolah son, single male, 32 born IN Farm laborer
Emma Gump gr. dau. female, 3 born IN
Father born Ohio, Mother born VA
Felicia Piqueno other female, 19 born In Servant
Both parents born France
1880 Census of Fairfield Township, DeKalb Co., IN 1 B
Abner Tucker married male, 40 born Ohio Laborer
Father born VA, Mother born Ohio
Elizabeth Tucker wife female, 34 born IN Keeps house
Both parents born Ohio
Julia Tucker daughter female, 17 born IN At home
Milia Tucker daughter female, 14 born IN At home
Mary S. Tucker daughter female, 11 born IN At home
William Tucker son male, 6 born IN At home
1880 Census of Perry Township, Allen Co., IN 186 A
Francis M. Tucker married male, 39 born Ohio Farmer
Father born VA, Mother born Ohio
Rhoda Tucker wife female, 38 born Ohio Keeps house
Both parents born Ohio
Annie Tucker gr. dau. female, 2 born Ohio
Both parents born Ohio
Note that Reason Tucker says he was born in MD in the 1850 census. And the children, Thomas, James, and Rebecca say he was born in VA in the 1880 census.
If Walter Tucker was his grandfather, we find Walter still in MD in the 1790 census.
By 1792 he was in Berkeley Co., VA. The first we find William in the tax lists is in 1793 in Berkeley Co., VA. Reason may have been born in MD, but seems to have spent most of his young life in Virginia. Then on to Greene Co., Ohio.
FAMILY NO. 2, THE MORRIS TUCKER FAMILY
TUCKER FAMILY, by Mirabel Tucker as printed in the Times-Union Newspaper of Warsaw, Indiana.
“Mirabel Tucker has written the following account of her family’s history from its Massachusetts beginnings through the family pioneers who settled in Kosciusko County.”
The Tucker Family is of Anglo-Saxon origin. The original name was probably “Torker” or “Tuker” This was an occupational name and was referred to as one “torked” or “tucked” in a wool weaving operation. The name later came to indicate a manufacturer.
MORRIS TUCKER, first of the line in America, was a Massachusetts Colony householder at Salisbury, Mass., as early as 1659.
When he was a young man, still unmarried, a property list shows that he had two cows, four yearlings, one horse, one swine, five sheep, three acres broke upland, three acres pasture, one head and two commonages.
Morris was married Oct. 14, 1661, to ELIZABETH STEVENS, born Nov. 2, 1639. They had one child, BENONI, born Oct. 16, 1662. Elizabeth died in childbirth. Morris, then married, ELIZABETH GILL, and they had eight children.
In June 1686, Benoni was united in marriage to ABENEZER NICHOLS. They were the parents of eight children. Their youngest child, EZRA, was born March 26, 1706, at Amesbury, Mass. He married BETHSHEBA SARGENT and she died in 1743. He then married LYDIA HOBBS, Jan. 24, 1745. By his two wives he had 18 children.
AMERICAN REVOLUTION: EZRA II born in 1738, married HEPSIBETH PRISSEY on May 3, 1759. He served in the American Revolution from Henniker, New Hampshire, enlisting March 15, 1776 for one year. The first enlistments were for 6 weeks; then the term was extended to 3 months. Then the government authorized the states to enlist men for one year.
Ezra II was commissioned a second lieutenant and served in Capt. Emery’s company, Col. Baldwin’s regiment, at the battle of White Plains. He was a man of considerable property, owning land in various parts of the town of Henniker. He was prominent in the organization of the new town and held many minor offices besides serving as selectman in 1770. From 1777 to 1782 he was one of the three members of the “war committee” to hire soldiers for the town.
JOHN TUCKER, son of Ezra II and Hepsibeth Prissey, was born in Kingston, N.H. on Jan. 10, 1760. He married ELIZABETH LUCAS March 1, 1792. They had seven children, and he was a farmer and a lieutenant in the State Militia.
JOHN TUCKER, JR., son of John and Elizabeth (Lucas) Tucker, was born Dec. 20, 1792. He was married May 6, 1821 to MARY WARD and served as a soldier from Henniker in the War of 1812. When he was 26 years old he had decided to walk 800 miles out west from Henniker to find some suitable land for farming. He came to Pleasant Valley, Richland County, Ohio, where the hills and rocks were enough to keep him from feeling homesick for New Hampshire. There he was joined by his brother, DAVID, in 1819. They cleared a small patch and planted potatoes and lived together until 1821 when John walked back to New Hampshire and married Mary Ward.
With a bride, a land deed signed by President Monroe, and a one-horse cart, he returned to his new home. John and Mary were the parents of six children. In 1846, John Tucker and his eldest son, HORACE, came to Kosciusko County to inspect the land. Satisfied with what he found, he bought 160 acres in Franklin Township and built a log cabin. John went back to Ohio, leaving Horace to clear away some woods and brush. This work completed, he walked the 200 miles back to his Ohio home. After selling his Ohio farm to his son, AURELIUS, John bought land in Kosciusko County, near Sevastapol, for his children, HORACE, ALBERT, REGULEUS and LIVONIA, and for Solomon Ernsberger, whom he had reared from infancy.
Among the outstanding farmer of Kosciuski County, HORACE and ALBERT TUCKER were no doubt the leading farmers and stock buyers of their day. They paid taxes on as much land as anyone in the county. Albert was the founder of Mentone, and the town of Sevastapol was surveyed and named by John Tucker. John and Mary are buied in the Palestine cemetery. Albert’s grave is in the Mentone Cemetery.
HORACE worked on his father’s farm in Ohio until 1848 when he married ELIZA JOHNSON. They were the parents of three children, ALBERT, ROSELLA and HOLLIS.
On his Kosciusko County land, Horace was the type of pioneer who was not merely a good manager, but was ready to put in the heaviest and most arduous toil himself. Many acres of the dense forest that covered his farm were cleared by the steady blows of his axe. He was also efficient in the skill and judgment he showed in managing the men who worked for him.
CORN AMONG THE STUMPS: The first spring he planted about 6 acres of corn among the stumps, breaking the ground with a stray yoke of oxen that had come to the barn for some-thing to eat. In 1871 Horace began erecting a brick house which is still standing. It is presently owned by the Ralstons, who are restoring it. The house is located on the old Indian Trail between Logansport and Warsaw, then called the Anglin Road and more recently known as the Beaver Dam Road. It was the first house of that construction in the township, and the first to be supplied with a hot air furnace. In addition to his own labor, Horace invested $4,000 in the house. He also put up the first windmill in the township and was the first to have a cookstove. Much of his money was made handling and marketing cattle. He was in that business for about half a century. When the railroads came, he was the first to ship a carload of livestock from Warsaw in 1856.
He attributed an accident as the cause that forced him into stock buying. While dynamiting stumps, a large piece struck him and broke his leg, making it necessary thereafter for him to walk with a cane. One of Horace’s cows had triplet calves on Feb. 4, 1868, and he immediately bought another cow to help feed them. When the three calves were sold as steers, they weighed more than 9,000 pounds. They were named Tom, Dick and Harry, and he showed them around the county until they were sold. No one could tell them apart, but Mrs. Eliza Tucker. After they were sold they were shown in 1876 at the Philadelphia Centennial. When Horace and Eliza when to the Centennial and saw them on exhibition there, they thought the steers recognized them. One of them had a mark on him that the others did not have, and that is how Eliza Tucker is said to have proved that they were the steers they had raised.
Money was not made easily in Horace Tucker’s day as it is today, but he was not lacking in great liberality in its use. He contributed generously to churches and many other worthy undertakings.
Horace began voting as a Whig and subsequently became an equally staunch Republican. Always an influence in county politics, Horace served as treasurer and trustee in his township. Besides his farm, Horace accumulated extensive tracts of land in Kosciusko and other counties. He always used livestock as a means of making his land profitable. In 1900 he sold from his farms, $8,000 worth of fat graded cattle, that being one of the largest single stock sales ever recorded in that county.
ALBERT TUCKER, the third son of John and Mary (Ward) Tucker, a younger brother of Horace, born in Richland County, Ohio, married MARY FRAME in 1858. They had one daughter, ALTA, and Mary died in 1860. In 1861 he married KATIE McNEAL, and they were the parents of six children. Katie died in 1889. Albert married again December 28, 1897 to MARY ODELL BAKER, who was born March 17, 1859.
Albert founded the town of Mentone, located halfway between Warsaw and Rochester. The town was laid out in May, 1812 by Amos Kist and Cahl Hughes. Albert built the first elevator there and made loans of money to people to finish their houses in the new town.
He donated the ground for the Mentone Cemetery and was influential in causing the Nickel Plate Railroad to come through Mentone. This caused other communities, such as Burket, Claypool, and Sidney to spring up in 1882 at the expense of Kinsey, Palestine, Dodgertown, Beaver Dam and Sevastapol, all of which had been lively trading places for a long time.
After buying the land which became the site of Mentone, he offered lots for sale at $75 to $100 per lot. This venture brought him considerable money. He named the town Mentone after a city in France. This younger brother of Horace Tucker became one of the ablest financiers in the state. He had received an unusually good education and his methods from earliest childhood were to make the most of his opportunities. He excelled in mathematics.
Educated at an old log schoolhouse during the winters, his summers were spent at hard work on his father’s farm. His last winter of schooling was passed in Richland County, Ohio, when he was 19 years old. When he was 20 years old, in January, 1850, he started out for himself. He and Abe Huston came on foot to Kosciusko County. On the way the trail became so bad the two men had to stop their journey. The contracted to clear 7 acres of land to 18-inch stumps in 7 days. By that time the trail had become frozen and they continued their journey. They found a home with Horace until they could get their bearings.
Upon his arrival here he had $20 in his pocket and the 160 acres in Franklin Township that his father had given him. This gave him a fine start, but it required a vast amount of time and labor. At first he took jobs clearing other people’s land. When he was not thus employed he worked on his won land. In this way he made his first clearing of the dense forest that covered his land. His object in working for others was to get money with which to stock his farm and pay his running expenses. Putting his money into land as fast as he made it, at one time he owned 2,700 acres worth about $60 an acre.
He began to raise stock of a better grade and to ship some when it was ready for market. At one time he was one of the heaviest dealers in Durham stock in the northern part of the state. His farming operations were also very large. At one time he had planted 400 acres in wheat which yielded him 10,000 bushels to sell. He also had as high as 300 acres of corn and grazed 425 head of fattening cattle on his own pasture.
Although money was not as easily made in his day as in the present generation, he was not lacking in generosity, contributing liberally of his means to churches and other worthy undertakings. He began voting as a Whig and subsequently became an equally staunch Republican. He served as treasurer and trustee of his township and was always an influence in county politics. Besides his farm, he accumulated extensive tracts of land in Kosciusko and other counties.
Albert Tucker built his house and barn on Road 19, south of ALBERT TUCKER, the third son of John and Mary (Ward) Tucker, a younger brother of Horace, born in Richland County, Ohio, married MARY FRAME in 1858. They had one daughter, ALTA, and Mary died in 1860. In 1861 he married KATIE McNEAL, and they were the parents of six children. Katie died in 1889. Albert married again December 28, 1897 to MARY ODELL BAKER, who was born March 17, 1859.
Albert founded the town of Mentone, located halfway between Warsaw and Rochester. The town was laid out in May, 1812 by Amos Kist and Cahl Hughes. Albert built the first elevator there and made loans of money to people to finish their houses in the new town.
He donated the ground for the Mentone Cemetery and was influential in causing the Nickel Plate Railroad to come through Mentone. This caused other communities, such as Burket, Claypool, and Sidney to spring up in 1882 at the expense of Kinsey, Palestine, Dodgertown, Beaver Dam and Sevastapol, all of which had been lively trading places for a long time.
After buying the land which became the site of Mentone, he offered lots for sale at $75 to $100 per lot. This venture brought him considerable money. He named the town Mentone after a city in France. This younger brother of Horace Tucker became one of the ablest financiers in the state. He had received an unusually good education and his methods from earliest childhood were to make the most of his opportunities. He excelled in mathematics.
Educated at an old log schoolhouse during the winters, his summers were spent at hard work on his father’s farm. His last winter of schooling was passed in Richland County, Ohio, when he was 19 years old. When he was 20 years old, in January, 1850, he started out for himself. He and Abe Huston came on foot to Kosciusko County. On the way the trail became so bad the two men had to stop their journey. The contracted to clear 7 acres of land to 18-inch stumps in 7 days. By that time the trail had become frozen and they continued their journey. They found a home with Horace until they could get their bearings.
Upon his arrival here he had $20 in his pocket and the 160 acres in Franklin Township that his father had given him. This gave him a fine start, but it required a vast amount of time and labor. At first he took jobs clearing other people’s land. When he was not thus employed he worked on his won land. In this way he made his first clearing of the dense forest that covered his land. His object in working for others was to get money with which to stock his farm and pay his running expenses. Putting his money into land as fast as he made it, at one time he owned 2,700 acres worth about $60 an acre.
He began to raise stock of a better grade and to ship some when it was ready for market. At one time he was one of the heaviest dealers in Durham stock in the northern part of the state. His farming operations were also very large. At one time he had planted 400 acres in wheat which yielded him 10,000 bushels to sell. He also had as high as 300 acres of corn and grazed 425 head of fattening cattle on his own pasture.
Although money was not as easily made in his day as in the present generation, he was not lacking in generosity, contributing liberally of his means to churches and other worthy undertakings. He began voting as a Whig and subsequently became an equally staunch Republican. He served as treasurer and trustee of his township and was always an influence in county politics. Besides his farm, he accumulated extensive tracts of land in Kosciusko and other counties.
Albert Tucker built his house and barn on Road 19, south of Mentone, and west of Sevastapol. His son, CHARLEY TUCKER, lived there, then his son, EDISON TUCKER. Now Edison’s son, CHARLES, lives there, farms and raises stock.
Mentone, and west of Sevastapol. His son, CHARLEY TUCKER, lived there, then his son, EDISON TUCKER. Now Edison’s son, CHARLES, lives there, farms and raises stock.
Many of the descendants of Horace and Albert Tucker reside in Kosciusko County. Two of Horace’s great-great-grandsons live in Warsaw. They are Warsaw Mayor H. DALE TUCKER, and MILES IGO, son of LENA TUCKER IGO, who is proprietor of C & I Manu-facturing Co.
A namesake and grandson of Albert Tucker, ALBERT TUCKER, the son of ORA TUCKER, also resides in Warsaw. Tucker descendants, and they are legion, are proud of the heritage left them by those sturdy ancestors whose hard work and determination conquered the wilderness and helped to make our country great. They continue to admonish the younger generations to remember those trials and sacrifices as they carry on the good name of Tucker.
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TUCKER TIMELINES, MORRIS down to Huntertown descendants
1659 MORRIS Tucker is first found in America, Massachusetts Colony
1661 Morris Tucker marries ELIZABETH STEVENS in Salisbury, MA
1662 Son, BENONI Tucker is born in Salisbury, MA
1662 Wife, Elizabeth dies at birth of son, Benoni
1663 Morris remarries to Elizabeth Gill and begins a new family of 8
all born in Salisbury, MA
1680 “Meres” was hired to be a schoolmaster in Salisbury, MA
1686 Benoni Tucker married ABENEZAR NICHOLS in Salisbury, MA
1690 Morris was made a “freeman”
1700 Morris and 4 sons remove to Tiverton, R.I., a part of MA Colony
1706 EZRA, son of Benoni and Abenezar was born in Amesbury, MA
1709 Morris found in Providence, R.I.
1711 Morris died in Providence, will written and proved Oct. 11, 1711
c. 1728 Ezra Tucker married BATHSHEBA SARGENT and had 8 children
1733/34 Benoni Tucker died
1738 EZRA, JR. was born in Amesbury, MA
1743 Bathsheba, wife of Ezra Sr., died
1743 Found living at Kingston
1745 Ezra Sr., marries Lydia Hobbs. They have 10 more children.
1759 Ezra, Jr. marries HEPSIBETH PRISSEY in Kingston
1760 JOHN, son of Ezra, Jr. and Hepsibeth is born.
1765 Ezra, Jr. fought in French and Indian War
1765 Ezra, Sr., found living at Concord
1765 Ezra, Jr. found living at Concord
1767 Ezra, Jr. moved to Henniker, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire
1771 Ezra, Sr., found in Salisbury, MA
1776 Served in the Revolutionary War
1783 John purchases land in Henniker, N.H.
1792 John Tucker marries ELIZABETH LUCAS
1792 JOHN TUCKER, JR. . is born
1801 Hepsibeth, wife of Ezra, Jr. died
1804 Ezra Jr., dies at Henniker, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire
1812 John Tucker, Jr., serves in the War of 1812 from Henniker
1818-19 John Tucker, Jr. walks 800 miles west, ends up in Richland Co., OH
1819 Brother, David, joins him and they start a farm
1821 John Tucker, Jr. walks back to Henniker to marry
1821 John Tucker, Jr. marries MARY WARD in Henniker, N.H.
1821 John and Mary start new home in Pleasant Valley, Richland Co., OH
1825 HORACE TUCKER, son of John, Jr. was born
1839 Elizabeth (Lucas) Tucker, wife of John Sr., dies in Henniker
1846 Horace and father, John, Jr. came to Kosciusko Co., IN to check land
1846 They purchased land in Section 20, Franklin Township
1846 Horace stayed to start the farm
1846 Father, John Jr. went back to Ohio for a short period of time
1853 Eventually bought land and moved to Kosciusko Co., himself
Also bought land there for other children
1847 John Tucker, Sr. died at Henniker
1848 Horace Tucker marries ELIZA JOHNSON in Ohio
They return to Kosciusko Co., IN to continue farm life there
1856 Horace was the first to ship a carload of livestock from Warsaw
1857 Son, HOLLIS TUCKER, was born
1871 Horace Tucker started building his brick home in IN
1876 Mary “Polly” died near Sevestapool, Kosciusco Co., IN
1876 John Jr. went to live with children in Ohio
c. 1877 Hollis Tucker married NETTIE ALEXANDER
1878 John Jr. died and was brought back to Indiana to be buried
1886 HORACE TUCKER, son of Hollis and Nettie was born in Akron
1910 Horace Tucker married FLUELLA BELLE DEATON from Claypool
1910 CONRAD WALTER TUCKER was born
1912 DOROTHY DARLING TUCKER was born
1915 HORACE CARSON “DIKE” TUCKER was born
1921 Tucker family moved to Huntertown, IN
1922 HOWARD GLENN TUCKER was born
1927 Horace Tucker was cashier in the Huntertown Bank when it was
robbed, twice!
1929 CAROL VIRGINIA TUCKER was born
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DESCENDANTS OF MORRIS TUCKER IN ALLEN COUNTY
1. Morris Tucker, married Oct. 14, 1661
+Elizabeth Stevens, b. Nov. 2, 1639 d: Oct. 16, 1662
2. Benoni Tucker, b: Oct 16, 1662, in Salisbury, MA
d. Jan. 5, 1733/34 married June 1686
+ Abenezar Nichols, b: Aug. 3, 1664, in Salisbury, MA
3. Ebenezer Tucker, b: March 31, 1687
+ Elizabeth Pritchett
3. Benjamin Tucker, b: Jan. 12, 1688/89
+ Alice Davis
3. Nathaniel Tucker, b: Nov. 12, 1692
+ Phebe Chase
+ Sarah Stevens
3. Elizabeth Tucker, b: March 24, 1694/95
married about Nov. 24, 1716
+ Ebenezer Abbott
3. Mary Tucker, b: May 4, 1697
married March 28, 1718 in Amesbury
+ Jospeh Chandler
3. Frances Tucker, b: Jan. 26, 1699/00
+ Unknown Prickett
3. Kattren Tucker, married Feb. 24, 1725/26
+Jonathan Severance of Kingston, N.H.
3. Ezra Tucker, b: March 27, 1706 in Amesbury, MA
d: in Salisbury, MA
+ Bathsheba Sargent, b: Oct 10, 1709 d: 1743
4. Elizabeth Tucker, b: about 1729
4. Hannah Tucker, b: about 1730
4. Mary Tucker, b: about 1732
4. Katherine Tucker, b: about 1734
4. Mehitabel Tucker, b: Oct. 23, 1736
4. Ezra Tucker, b: about 1738
( Ezra’s line continues under Ezra’s Descendants pages)
4. Sarah Tucker, b: May 11, 1741
4. Benone Tucker, b: June 14, 1743
+ Lydia Hobbs, married Jan. 24, 1744/45 N.H.
4. Bathsheba Tucker, b: March 15, 1746
4. Lydia Tucker, b: Jan. 11, 1748/49
4. Ebenezer Tucker, b: March 16, 1752
4. Mirian Tucker, b: April 11, 1754
4. Mehitabel Tucker, b: May 6, 1756
4. Jacob Tucker, b: April 6, 1759
4. Nathaniel Tucker
4. Nathan Tucker, born Oct. 18, 1764
4. Joseph Tucker
4. Unknown Tucker
2nd wife of Morris Tucker:
+ Elizabeth Gill, married 1663, b: Jan 8, 1645/46 in Salisbury, MA
2. John Tucker, b: Aug. 16, 1664
2. Mary Tucker, b: May 31, 1666
2. James Tucker, b: Dec. 28, 1667
2. Sarah Tucker, b: May 10, 1670
2. Joseph Tucker, b: Feb. 20, 1671/72
2. Jabez Tucker, b: Feb. 5, 1674/75
2. Elizabeth Tucker, b: April 7, 1677
2. Morris Tucker, b: Sept. 6, 1678
3rd wife of Morris Tucker
+ Grace Woolley Lippincott, b: April 1666 married after 1689
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DESCENDANTS OF EZRA TUCKER
4. Ezra Tucker, b. about 1738 in Amesbury, MA d: Oct. 26, 1804 in Henniker, N.H.
married May 3, 1759 in Kingston, N.H.
+ Hepsibeth Prissey, b: about 1740 in Amesbury, MA d: Sept. 23, 1801 in
Henniker, Merrimack Co., N.H.
5. John Tucker, b: Jan 10, 1760 in Kingston, N.H. d: Apr 3, 1847
in Henniker, Merrimack Co., N.H., married March 1, 1792
+ Elizabeth Lucas, b: Jan. 14, 1767 d: Jan. 30, 1839
6. John Tucker, Jr., b: Dec. 20, 1792
married May 6, 1821
+ Mary Ward, March 15, 1800 in Henniker
7. Horace Tucker, b: Nov 8, 1825
d: Sept. 12, 1907
married Jan. 18, 1848
+ Eliza Johnson, d: Nov 11, 1904
(See further descendant of Horace Tucker, below)
7. Aureluis Tucker, b: Feb. 13, 1828
7. Albert Tucker, b: Feb. 21, 1831
7. Serenn Tucker b: Feb. 11, 1833
7. Regulus Tucker b: July 9, 1835
7. Livonia Tucker, b: April 23, 1841
6. Daniel Tucker, b: July 13, 1794
6. Ezra Tucker, b: June 2, 1796 d: July 13, 1829
6. David Tucker, b: June 15, 1798
6. Cyrus Tucker, b: Sept 30, 1802 d: Apr 25, 1874
6. Thirza Tucker, b: June 3, 1800 d: Oct 28, 1804
6. Eliza Tucker, b: Feb. 16, 1805
+ Samuel Gordon
5. Mercy Tucker, b: March 1, 1763 d: May 10, 1837 in Strattford, VT
+ Samuel Eastman, b: Dec. 30, 1756 d: Jan. 5, 1829 in
Stafford, VT
5. Ezra Tucker, b: Feb. 14, 1765 d: July 13, 1827 in Henniker
married April 25, 1804
+Hannah Hardy, b: about 1780 d: Nov. 14, 1873 at age 93
6. Mahala Tucker, b: August 26, 1810
6. Sephronia Tucker, b: Feb. 3, 1812
6. David Tucker, b: Aug. 2, 1814
6. William Tucker, b: Dec. 4, 1817
6. Susan Tucker, b: Feb. 2, 1820
5. Betsy Tucker, b: Dec. 9, 1767 d: Aug. 26, 1852 in Sutton, N.H.
+ David Chadwick, b: 1766 d: May 1838 in Sutton, N.H.
5. Sargent Tucker, b: Feb. 16, 1769 d: July 26, 1844 in Vermont
+ Sarah Tubbs, b: in Tunbridge, Vermont
5. Hannah Tucker, b: Jan. 19, 1771 d: Oct. 18, 1866 in Plymouth
+ Moses Prissey
5. Sarah Tucker, b: Nov. 27, 1772 d: in Hillsboro, N.H.
+ Levi How
+ Timothy Dane, 2nd husband, married 1814
5. Jonathan Tucker, b: Feb. 26, 1775
+ Martha Morrison
6. Son Tucker, b: in Henniker, N.H.
5. Phebe Tucker, b: Jan. 24, 1777 d: in Strafford, VT
+ Thomas Clogston, 1768-1847
5. Thomas Tucker, b: Jan. 4, 1781 d: April 1, 1853 in Henniker
married April 29, 1804
+ Charlotte Green, b: Jan. 3, 1782 d: Sept. 12, 1838
5. Ruth Tucker, b: April 9, 1783 d: Dec. 27, 1860 in Vershire, VT
married Sept. 3, 1813 in Strafford, VT
+ Gilman West, 1772-1852
5. David Tucker, d: July 5, 1787 in Henniker
5. Martha Patty Tucker, b: Dec. 2, 1786 d: Jan 11, 1866 in Goshen
married June 24, 1804
+ John Perrington, 1779-1862
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DESCENDANTS OF HORACE TUCKER
7. Horace Tucker, b: Nov. 8, 1825 d: Sept. 12, 1907
married Jan. 18, 1848
+ Eliza Johnson, d: Nov. 11, 1904
8. Hollis C. Tucker, b: Feb. 14, 1857 d: Jan. 15, 1928
+ Nettie Alexander, b: Nov. 27, 1857 d: Feb. 8, 1921
9. Horace Matthew Tucker, b: Jan. 15, 1886 in Akron
d. 1962, married March 12, 1910
+ Fluella Belle Deaton, b: June 16, 1890 near
Claypool, IN, d: Aug. 1, 1983
10. Howard Glenn Tucker
10. Horace Carson “Dike” Tucker
10. Carol Virginia Tucker
10. Conrad Walter Tucker
10. Dorothy Darling Tucker
9. Orren Tucker, b: Jan. 30, 1878, d: Sept. 4, 1944
married Feb. 5, 1898
+ Daisy Meredith, b: Sept 9, 1878
d: June 29, 1955
10. Nettie Tucker
10. Willodean Tucker
10. Juanita Faye Tucker
9. Marion Tucker, b: Sept. 10, 1880 d: Feb. 26, 1935
9. Charles Tucker, b: Aug. 24, 1882
9. Merlie Tucker, b: May 15, 1888
9. Erma Tucker, b: Dec. 12, 1891
8. Rosella Tucker, b: Dec. 15, 1853, married May 7, 1871
+John Tinkey, b: Oct. 21, 1842
9. Laura Myrtie Tinkey, b: Oct. 5, 1873 d: May 17,1935
9. Artie Tinkey, b: May 5, 1877 d: April 4, 1964
9. Alta Tinkey
9. Horace Grover Tinkey, b: Nov. 18, 1884
8. Albert L. Tucker, b: Sept. 19, 1849 in Franklin Twp., d: Jan 11,
1939, married March 4, 1869
+ Elizabeth Bechtelheimer, b: April 17, 1852 d: March 1888
9. Elmore Tucker, d: Feb. 11, 1938 unmarried
9. Effie Tucker, b: June 7, 1875, married Oct. 30, 1892
+ Leonard Summe, b: Jan. 29, 1866
10. Delta Roxie Summe
10. Albert Lloyd Summe
10. Alta Malinda Summe
10. Ralph Maynerd Summe
9. Ida Tucker, b: Nov. 20, 1876
9. Ivan Tucker, b: Nov. 11, 1878 in Franklin Twp.,
Kosciusko Co., IN, d: March 29, 1974
Married Dec. 23, 1901
+ Alta Summe, b: Dec. 21, 1884 d: Aug 2, 1902
2nd wife of Ivan Tucker, married April 2, 1905
+ Cecil McFarland
10. Mirabel Tucker
10. Alton Lee Tucker
10. Harvey Dale Tucker
9. Roy Tucker, b: 1880
9. John Tucker, b: Sept. 25, 1883
9. Millie Tucker, b: June 25, 1885
9. Frank Tucker, b: May 20, 1887
9. Infant Tucker
2nd wife of Albert L. Tucker
+ Emmie Mabbie, married after 1888
9. Unie Tucker, b: May 5, 1891
9. Son Tucker, died in infancy
3rd wife of Albert L. Tucker
+ Lulu Tipton, married after 1892 d: Sept. 10, 1956
9. Dearl Tucker
9. Rexford Tucker
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