City: Murfreesboro
RUCKER, James Joshua, physician and farmer; born (near) Murfreesboro, Tenn., November 15, 1846; son of Robert Bedford and Mary (Harrison) RUCKER; paternal grandfather James RUCKER, paternal grandmother Lucy (Bedford) RUCKER, maternal grandfather Joshua HARRISON, maternal grandmother Sophia (Shapard) HARRISON; English descent; father’s occupation, physician; educated common schools of the State; graduated University of Pennsylvania, M. D., March, 1869; married Minnie JENKINS, January 9, 1879; early business physician, and is still in active practice, also an active farmer, and takes much interest in live stock and agricultural matters; President of Rutherford County Fair Association since 1907; President Rutherford County Medical Society; Director of Stone’s River National Bank.
