Reuben Houston Tucker, 18451916 (aged 70 years)

Name
Reuben Houston /Tucker/
Birth
Alias
Houston Tucker
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Military service
Private, Co D 18 Tenn Cav Confederate States Army
between 1863 and 1865
Marriage
Citation details: 91
Text:

C. H. Lafferty, J. P.

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Source: Headstone
Text:

"Dau. of R. H. & S. B. Tucker"

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Source: Headstone
Text:

"Age 4 Ms 2 Ds" "Dau. of R. H. & S. B. Tucker"

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Citation details: page 91
Text:

J. M. Sparkman, M. G.

Census
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Citation details: page 91
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W. R. Brasher, J. P.

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Citation details: page 91
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J. H. Barber, J. P.

Census
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Citation details: page 91
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W. R. Brasher, J. P.

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Citation details: page 91
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M. L. Tucker, J. P.

Death
May 5, 1916 (aged 70 years)
Source: Headstone
Burial
Family with parents
father
1828
Birth: about 1828 35 33 Tennessee
mother
himself
18451916
Birth: November 15, 1845 17 16 Decatur Co. TN
Death: May 5, 1916Decatur Co. TN
3 years
younger brother
1848
Birth: about 1848 20 19 Tennessee
19 months
younger brother
18491928
Birth: July 9, 1849 21 20 Tennessee
Death: April 4, 1928
3 years
younger sister
1851
Birth: about 1851 23 22 Tennessee
4 years
younger brother
1854
Birth: about 1854 26 25 Tennessee
3 years
younger sister
1856
Birth: about 1856 28 27 Tennessee
3 years
younger sister
1858
Birth: about 1858 30 29 Tennessee
3 years
younger brother
1860
Birth: 1860 32 31 Tennessee
Family with Sarah Bathsheba Lancaster
himself
18451916
Birth: November 15, 1845 17 16 Decatur Co. TN
Death: May 5, 1916Decatur Co. TN
wife
18541925
Birth: August 18, 1854 47 35 Decatur Co. TN
Death: July 17, 1925Decatur Co. TN
Marriage MarriageFebruary 1, 1872Decatur Co. TN
10 months
son
18721949
Birth: December 11, 1872 27 18 Tennessee
Death: 1949
20 months
son
18741921
Birth: July 30, 1874 28 19 Decatur Co. TN
Death: May 8, 1921Dyer Co. TN
22 months
daughter
18761953
Birth: May 20, 1876 30 21 Tennessee
Death: 1953
2 years
daughter
18781892
Birth: July 16, 1878 32 23 Tennessee
Death: June 15, 1892
20 months
son
18801966
Birth: March 9, 1880 34 25 Decatur Co. TN
Death: 1966Decatur Co. TN
3 years
son
18821952
Birth: September 20, 1882 36 28 Decatur Co. TN
Death: 1952
3 years
son
18861974
Birth: January 29, 1886 40 31 Decatur Co. TN
Death: 1974Decatur Co. TN
4 years
son
18891966
Birth: September 8, 1889 43 35 Decatur Co. TN
Death: June 13, 1966
5 years
daughter
18941894
Birth: March 1894 48 39
Death: September 1, 1894
3 years
daughter
18971897
Birth: February 1897 51 42
Death: June 13, 1897
22 months
daughter
18981984
Birth: December 2, 1898 53 44 Decatur Co. TN
Death: 1984Henderson Co. TN
Marriage
Citation details: 91
Text:

C. H. Lafferty, J. P.

Death
Source: Headstone
Shared note

History of Scotts Hill:

TUCKER, Reuben Houston. C.S.A. Co. D 19th Cav. Entering the Confederate army after his father Alex's fatal wound at Shiloh, Reuben served throughout the remainder of the war. His experiences during the war and after, would fill a book according to his daughter, Mrs. Taylor. Even after the war he was almost captured by bushwhackers more than once He hid several times in the deep woods around Dunbar and told of sleeping on rainy nights inside a big hollow chestnut log. Reuben's mother (Alex's wife) was the former Nancy Orlena Graham. Reuben married Sarah Bathsheba Lancaster, daughter of Col. David Lancaster, on Feb. 1, 1872. Their children and years of birth were: William David, 1872; John M. 1874; Mary Azalee, 1876; Rosie Anna, 1878; James Warren, 1880; Dorsey 8., 1882; Gabriel Newton, 1886; George W., 1889; Vera, 1895; Alpha, 1897; and Beatrice, 1898, the last now being Mrs. A.H. Taylor, living in Lexington.

Reuben H. Tucker, born November 15, 1845. Enlisted in the service May 7th. Discharged in November 1864. Battles in which he participated: Parkers Cross Roads. Other events: battle wound - bullet in shoulder. He passed away in June 1917.