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Birth	:	22 Feb 1879 Shelby County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	28 Dec 1953 Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana, USA
Burial	:	New Palestine Cemetery, New Palestine, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.7117004, -85.8917007
Plot	:	Fritts First Addition South
Description	:	THOMAS TUCKER DIES IN HOSPITAL - LONG ILLNESS FATAL TO NEW PALESTINE RESIDENT - Thomas Marion Tucker, 74, farmer and lifelong resident of the New Palestine community, died Monday at the Greenfield Hospital following a long illness. His home was south fo New Palestine. The son of Andrew J and Margaret E Moore Tucker, he was born in Shelby County on February 22, 1879. He was a member of the Sugar Creek Christian Church. Mr Tucker is survived by his widow, Cora Tucker; three children, Mrs John Brown, Mrs Edward Kleiman and Floyd Tucker, all of... Read More	THOMAS TUCKER DIES IN HOSPITAL - LONG ILLNESS FATAL TO NEW PALESTINE RESIDENT - Thomas Marion Tucker, 74, farmer and lifelong resident of the New Palestine community, died Monday at the Greenfield Hospital following a long illness. His home was south fo New Palestine. The son of Andrew J and Margaret E Moore Tucker, he was born in Shelby County on February 22, 1879. He was a member of the Sugar Creek Christian Church. Mr Tucker is survived by his widow, Cora Tucker; three children, Mrs John Brown, Mrs Edward Kleiman and Floyd Tucker, all of Greenfield, R R 4, and one sister, Mrs Mary Russell of Fountaintown. A son, Marion, died in infancy. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:30 PM in the Carrollton Methodist Church. Interment will be in the New Palestine Cemetery. Friends may call at the Hendryx and Fields Mortuaries New Palestine Chapel until 11 AM Thursday and at the church for an hour preceding the last rites. Thomas Marion received his elementary education in the common school at Carrollton. His first teacher was Miss Vanie Gates. As was the custom in those days, farm boys only went to school in the winter months. Aside from his interests of general farming, he raised hogs and purebred Hereford cattle. In 1904, they purchased another farm in Brandywine Township, Hancock County, In and moved their family theres. He and his wife returned to the Moral Township farm in 1946, where he resided on the homestead, the Thomas J and Andrew J Tucker farm, until his death. The Tuckers were active members of the Little Sugar Creek Christian Church, later transferring their membership to the Carrollton Methodist. He was on the township advisory board and in his political activities gave support to the Democratic party. In fraternal affairs, he held membership in the Knights of Pythias and the Red Men's Lodge of New Palestine. He to whom this sketch is dedicated is a member of one of the most highly esteemed families of Hancock County, Indiana, and has spent practically his entire life in this community, where he is engaged in agricultural work. A man of sound business methods, strict integrity, and undeviating attention to duty, he has met with gratifying success in his chosen field of endeavor. Thomas M Tucker was born on February 22, 1879, the son of Andrew J and Elizabeth M Moore Tucker, the former of whom was born in Virginia, and the latter was born in Indiana, on March 31, 1858, and in childhood was left an orphan. Friends of the family, John E Willis and his wife, reared the mother of the subject of this sketch in their home in Shelby County, Indiana. One brother of Elizabeth Moore died while serving in the Union Army during the Civil War and two other brothers went to Indianapolis for permanent residence. The paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch was a Virginian by birth who came to Indiana during the pioneer days with a team of oxen and a covered wagon. He settled on a tract of land he had rented in Shelby County and worked unceasingly at the occupation of clearing the land and establishing a cultivated farm. Among his first pieces of work was a log cabin erected, for the most part, by his own hands, which was only one of the many difficult pieces of labor undertaken by the first settlers in this section of the state. Among the scenes of early agricultural life Mr Tucker and his wife reared a family consisting of three boys, Andrew, John and Isaac, and a daughter, Maggie, now Mrs Matthew Horn. Following the example set by his father Andrew Tucker turned his attention, upon reaching the age on manhood, to a life on the farm. He was a self - educated man, who attained success through his own individual efforts and force of character. At the time of his death, which occurred on March 31, 1911, after he had reached the age of sixty - seven years, he owned about two hundred acres of land in Shelby county. A hard working man, a good manager and a close student of farm problems, it was only a natural consequence that he should have attained the degree of prominence given him before his death. Mr Tucker was married twice, the first time to Miss Parish, who became the mother of five children, three of whom died; those who survived are Rose, who married William H Downing, and Emma, who became the wife of William Martin. By his marriage to his second wife, who was Elizabeth Moore, the following children were born: Thomas, who is the subject of this sketch; William; Bynum, who was drowned while swimming in Little Sugar Creek in 1904; Lilly, who became the wife of Ora Snodgrass; Nannie, who married Clarence Snodgrass; Myrtle, who married Lester Valentine; Edna, the wife of Morris Drake; Mary, the wife of Berl Russell, and two children, Nellie and Minnie, who died in early childhood. Mr Tucker always manifested a deep interest in political affairs and in all elections supported the principles of the Democratic party. Religiously, he was a member of the Christian Union Church at Carrollton, where he served as deacon and where he and his wife were looked upon as among the strongest supporters of the church welfare. In fraternal affairs, Mr Tucker was a member of the Knights of Pythias at Fountaintown. Thomas M Tucker received his elementary education in the common schools of the county in which he was reared and his first teacher was Miss Vanie Gates, the daughter of Henry Gates. As the custom in those days gave the farm boys only schooling during the winter months, Thomas Tucker received only a meager supply of learning. The prominence he attained in the community in which he resides is due to his own endeavors and his success is the logical result of a life of consecutive industry. Mr Tucker resides at the present time on a farm consisting of one hundred and twenty acres. The farm is in an excellent state of cultivation due to the personal efforts of the subject of this sketch, who has taken pride in fencing and draining the land and in erecting a silo. Aside from the interest of general farming, Mr Tucker takes special interest in the raising of high grade stock. He has forty head of hogs, from twelve to fifteen head of Shorthorn cattle and eight head of horses. Mr Tucker is a firm believer in scientific farming and uses the most modern implements in his work. His corn averages seventy - five bushels to the acre and he is also interested in the raising of clover and hay. On March 14, 1900, Thomas M Tucker was united in marriage to Cora E Swain, who was born on April 12, 1876. Mrs Tucker has become the mother of the following children: Josephine, who was born in 1902; Marion Oscar, who died in early childhood; and Mildred M, who was born on September 21, 1907. Aside from his active duties as a farmer, Mr Tucker has always manifested a true interest in those things which pertain to public welfare. He served for years on the township advisory board and in his political activities gives support to the Democratic party. As a member of the Sugar Creek Christian Church, he has proved his ability as an assistant in church affairs and acts as trustee to the church to which the members of his family also belong. In fraternal affairs, he holds membership in the Knights of Pythias and the Red Men's Lodge, both of New Palestine. From the Franklin Township Historical Society Scrapbook Collection

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Thomas Marion Tucker's memorial is located at: New Palestine Cemetery, New Palestine, Hancock County, USA.
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Thomas Marion Tucker death on 28 Dec 1953 in Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana, USA
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Latitude: 39.7117004
Longitude: -85.8917007

Family Members:

Parent

Andrew Jackson Tucker

(1844 - 1911)

Margaret Elizabeth Moore Tucker

(1860 - 1922)

Spouse

Cora Eunice Swain Tucker

(1876 - 1966)

Siblings

William H. Tucker

(1880 - 1930)

Lillie M. Tucker Snodgrass

(1881 - 1918)

Myrtle A. Tucker Valentine

(1883 - 1923)

Nellie B. Tucker

(1884 - 1885)

Nancy Jane Tucker Snodgrass

(1886 - 1920)

Bynum Tucker

(1888 - 1904)

Edna M Drake

(1890 - 1917)

Mary Ida Tucker Russell

(1892 - 1960)

(1897 - 1899)

(1867 - 1869)

(1870 - 1871)

(1871 - 1873)

Rosella Tucker Downing

(1874 - 1932)

Emma Temperance Tucker Martin

(1876 - 1946)

Children

Elizabeth Josephine Tucker Brown

(1902 - 1994)

Mildred M. Tucker Kleiman

(1907 - 1990)

Floyd E. Tucker

(1916 - 2001)

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Coordinate: 39.7117004, -85.8917007

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15. Cauldwell-Brokaw Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.7522650, -85.9130360

16. Joyce Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.6766396, -85.9297638

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Coordinate: 39.7526000, -85.9182200

18. Schramm Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.7577810, -85.9178520

19. Ruggels Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.7602997, -85.9235992

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23. Pleasant View Cemetery
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24. Lowe Cemetery
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