{"id":3307,"date":"2022-01-10T17:21:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/?p=3307"},"modified":"2022-01-10T17:21:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:21:59","slug":"rucker-charles-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/2022\/01\/10\/rucker-charles-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Rucker, Charles M."},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles M. Rucker<\/strong> was born on the farm he now lives on, January 10, 1858, and
\nis the fifth child of eight children, three boys living. These children were
\nborn to James M. and Julia E. (Chadwick) Rucker. They were of English-Scotch
\ndescent. The father was born in Virginia, January 18, 1814, and moved to
\nAlabama when twelve years old, and remained some six years, then located in
\nHaywood County, Tenn. After reaching his majority, he went to live on the
\nMississippi River near Hale’s Point. He was married in Mississippi County,
\nArk., October 16, 1847, and in 1855 he moved to his present farm, where he
\ndied August 4, 1879. Our subject’s mother was born near Newark, Ohio,
\nNovember 19, 1829, and is still living. Our subject was raised on a farm and
\nhas always been a farmer. The two brothers are Albert G., born November 19,
\n1853, and Egbert Eugene, born December 1, 1856. Mr. Rucker was married in
\nthis county to Lura A. Burks, a daughter of John N. Burks, a farmer born in
\nVirginia, and who died during the late war. Mrs. Rucker was born in
\nLauderdale County, Tenn., May 27, 1864. They have two children: Linnie Etta,
\nborn October 1, 1882, and Albert Eugene, born February 1, 1884. Mr. Rucker is
\na Democrat and his wife, mother and two brothers belong to the Missionary
\nBaptist Church. He owns a farm of 510 acres, seventeen miles north of Ripley,
\nin the Eighth District of Lauderdale County. Mr. Rucker is a valuable citizen
\nand a good neighbor and true friend.<\/p>\n

Goodspeed’s Biographies of Lauderdale Co., TN <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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