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DAVID M. TUCKER (11.7) is the son of John A. Tucker and Lucinda (Arrington) Tucker.  David was born on August 8, 1849 in Arkansas.  David Tucker married Julia Ann Lemasters (born December 25, 1851 in Madison County, Arkansas).  David and Julia Tucker were the parents of at least eleven children:

     James Alford Tucker, b. April 12, 1872, Madison County, Arkansas
     John Abraham Tucker (11.7.2), b. March 9, 1874, Madison County, Arkansas
     George Franklin Tucker (11.7.3), b. 1875, Madison County, Arkansas
     Lucinda Ellen Tucker (11.7.4), b. February, 1877, Madison County, Arkansas
     Edward Tucker (11.7.5), b. 1879, Madison County, Arkansas
     Linda Tucker, b. May, 1885, Madison County, Arkansas
     Rosco C. Tucker, b. April, 1888, Madison County, Arkansas
     Benjamin Harrison Tucker, b. 1889, Madison County, Arkansas
     William J. Tucker, b. June 11, 1891, Madison County, Arkansas
     Joseph S. Tucker, b. January 18, 1893, Madison County, Arkansas
     Rosa Bell Tucker (11.7.11), b. October 21, 1898, Madison County, Arkansas

From 1880 to 1920, David and Julia Tucker were living in Madison County, Arkansas.  David was a circuit judge at Huntsville, Arkansas.  David M. Tucker died on January 30, 1928 and Julia (Lemasters) Tucker died on December 13, 1931.  Both were buried in the Boston Cemetery in Madison County, Arkansas.  James A. Tucker died on March 24, 1891 and was buried in the Bolinger Cemetery in Madison County, Arkansas.  Linda Tucker married and moved to Colorado.  On February 3, 1910, Rosco Tucker married Dora Ellafair Whitmire in Madison County, Arkansas.  Harrison Tucker died before 1919.  William J. Tucker married and had a family.  In 1920, William Tucker and his wife, Ona Jane Tucker (born October 12, 1899 in Arkansas), were living in Madison County, Arkansas.  William and Ona Tucker later lived in Fort Smith, Arkansas.  William and Ona Jane Tucker had at least one daughter:  -  Eula C. Tucker, b. 1920, Madison County, Arkansas.  William Tucker died on May 9, 1964 and his wife, Ona Jane Tucker, died on October 22, 1979.  Both were buried in the Boston Cemetery in Madison County, Arkansas.  In 1920, Joseph Tucker and his wife, Edna S. Tucker (born 1903 in Arkansas), were living in Madison County, Arkansas.  Joseph S. Tucker died on September 5, 1923 and was also buried in the Boston Cemetery.

References:  1)  1880, 1900, 1910 and 1920 Censuses, Madison County, Arkansas;  2)  Madison County Musings, Volume 1, Number 4, Pages 148 and 149 (Boston Cemetery);  3)  Family Group Sheet by William Rossi;  4)  Letter, Jim Cluck to Harold Casey;  5)  Interview, Bonnie (Marks) Tucker by Robert Casey, November, 1988;  6)  Madison County Cemetery Records, by Mickey Weise Vaughn; 7)  Letter, Jean (Moore) Fleming to Robert Casey, May, 1996

JOHN ABRAHAM TUCKER (11.7.2) is the son of David M. Tucker and Julia Ann (Lemasters) Tucker.  John was born on March 9, 1874 in Madison County, Arkansas.  On March 19, 1896, John Tucker married Henrietta Rogers.  Henrietta was born on June 15, 1879 in Cherokee City, Texas and is the daughter of Lafayette Rogers and Sally Rogers.  In 1900, John and Etta Tucker were living in Ellis County, Texas.  John and Etta Tucker were the parents of eleven children:

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     John Bultcher Tucker (11.7.2.1), b. September 15, 1897, Waller City, Texas
     Clara Tucker, b. March, 1899, Waller City, Texas
     Grace Tucker, b. 1901, Texas
     May Tucker, b. 1902, Texas
     Herman Tucker, b. 1904, Texas
     Albert Tucker (11.7.2.6), b. 1905, Texas
     Glenn Tucker, b. 1907, Texas
     Prebble Tucker, b. 1910, Texas
     David Lafayette Tucker, b. 1915, Texas
     Lillian Tucker, b. 1918, Texas
     Leonard Tucker, b. 1919, Texas

In 1910, John and Etta Tucker were living in Navarro County, Texas.  In 1920, John and Etta Tucker were living in Collin County, Texas.  Etta (Rogers) Tucker died on January 1, 1956.  Clara Tucker married Lester W. Dickerson and lives in Weston, Texas.  Lester and Clara Dickerson have four children:  -  Myron Dickerson (lives in Fort Worth, Texas),  -  Ray Dickerson (lives in El Paso, Texas),  -  Bobbie Dickerson (lives in Houston, Texas),  -  Dorothy Joyce Dickerson (lives in Pottsboro, Texas).  Dorothy Dickerson married Hubert Kissinger.  Grace Tucker married Thomas H. Watts and they had one adopted son:  -  Tommie Watts.  Grace (Tucker) Watts died around 1968.  May Tucker married Eldon Dick Bowlin and they had three children:  -  Jimmie Bowlin (killed in service during World War II),  -  Billie Bowlin,  -  daughter.  May (Tucker) Bowlin died around 1985.  Herman Tucker never married.  Herman Tucker died around 1955.

Glenn Tucker never married.  Glenn Tucker died as a teenager around 1920.  Prebble Tucker married Earl Larry and they had four children:  -  Betty Larry,  -  Nelda Jean Larry,  -  Gerald Larry,  -  Carol Larry.  Betty Larry married Frank Moseley and they have three children:  -  Larry Moseley,  -  Judy Moseley,  -  Phillip Moseley.  Nelda Jean Larry married “Junior” Vaughn and they have three children:  -  daughter,  -  David Vaughn,  -  son.  Gerald Larry and his wife, Linda Larry, had three children:  -  Gerald Larry, Jr.,  -  son,  -  son.  Gerald Larry, Sr. married a second time but has no children by his second marriage.  Carol Larry never married.

David Tucker and his wife, Myrl Tucker, had one daughter.  David Tucker married a second time and they had one son.  David Tucker died around 1968.  Lillian Tucker married James Nichols and lives in Houston, Texas.  James and Lillian Nichols have four children:  -  Janice Nichols,  -  Kenneth Nichols,  -  Larry Nichols,  -  Wayne Nichols.  Leonard Tucker never married.  Leonard Tucker died around 1964.

References:  1)  1900 Census, Ellis County, Texas;  2)  1910 Census Navarro County, Texas;  3)  1920 Census, Collin County, Texas;  4)  Family Group Sheet by William Rossi;  5)  Interview, Bonnie (Marks) Tucker by Robert Casey, November, 1988;  6)  Interview, Ruby (Tucker) Butts by Robert Casey, October, 1990

JOHN BULTCHER TUCKER (11.7.2.1) is the son of John Abraham Tucker and Henrietta (Rogers) Tucker.  John was born on September 15, 1897 in Waller City, Texas.  On January 8, 1919, John Tucker married Bonnie Velma Marks.  Bonnie was born on May 25, 1902 in Chamberville, Texas and is the daughter of James Allen Marks and Mary Elizabeth (Andrews) Marks.  John and Bonnie Tucker were the parents of four children:

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     Brian Tucker, b. December 11, 1920, Collin County, Texas
     Mildred LeVern Tucker, b. January 24, 1923, Crum, Texas
     name unknown, b. October 10, 1926, Collin County, Texas
     Francis Tucker, b. June 24, 1928, Collin County, Texas

In 1920, John and Bonnie Tucker were living in Denton County, Texas.  John B. Tucker died on September 17, 1979 in Celina, Texas.  As of 1988, Bonnie (Marks) Tucker lives in Celina, Texas.  Mildred Tucker married Count Pietro Rossi.  Count was born on June 9, 1907 in Walston, Pennsylvania and is the son of Dominick Rosania and Nicaletta (Faneo) Rosania.  Count and Mildred Rossi have one son:  -  William Pietro Rossi, b. November 29, 1948, Hollywood, California.  On January 5, 1971, William Rossi married Teresa Elaine Wortham in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Teresa was born on May 18, 1950 in Dallas, Texas.  William and Teresa Rossi have four children:  -  Stephanie Dawn Rossi, b. January 14, 1974, Arlington, Texas,  -  William Jared Rossi, b. November 4, 1975, Arlington, Texas,  -  John Dominick Rossi, b. November 2, 1978, Arlington, Texas,  -  Jennifer Rene Rossi, b. December 20, 1980, Arlington, Texas.  Francis Tucker married Jack Estep.

References:  1)  1920 Census, Denton County, Texas;  2)  Family Group Sheet by William Rossi;  3)  Interview, Bonnie (Marks) Tucker by Robert Casey, November, 1988

ALBERT TUCKER (11.7.2.6) is the son of John Abraham Tucker and Henrietta (Rogers) Tucker.  Albert was born in 1905 in Texas.  Albert Tucker married Leslie Dean and they live in Celina, Texas.  Albert and Leslie Tucker are the parents of two children:

     Jimmie Darrell Tucker, b. March 22, 1929
     Ruby Dean Tucker, b. October 15, 1931

Ruby Tucker married John Thomas Butts and they have two children:  -  Linda Carleen Butts, b. March 23, 1957, Dallas, Texas,  -  David Glenn Butts, b. January 1, 1963, Dallas, Texas.  As of 1990, John and Ruby Butts live in Garland, Texas.

Reference:  1)  Interview, Ruby (Tucker) Butts by Robert Casey, October, 1990

GEORGE FRANKLIN TUCKER (11.7.3) is the son of David M. Tucker and Julia Ann (Lemasters) Tucker.  George was born in 1875 in Madison County, Arkansas.  George Tucker married Luda Mae Cain (born 1888 in Texas) and they were the parents of five children:

     Eva Ruth Tucker, b. June 11, 1904, Texas
     Durward Janeral Tucker, b. May 16, 1906, Texas
     Pearl Alva Tucker, b. 1908, Texas
     Gladys Silvia Tucker, b. 1910, Texas
     Kenneth D. Tucker, b. 1918, Texas

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Luda Mae (Cain) Tucker died in 1918.  In 1920, George Tucker was living in Hunt County, Texas.  George Tucker married a second time to a woman whose first name was Lola and they were the parents of three children:

     Dorman Tucker
     George Hulan Tucker
     Tommy Tucker

George F. Tucker lived in Wolfe City, Texas.  Lola Tucker died around 1984.  Durward Tucker was in the radio business.  As of 1988, Durward Tucker lives in Dallas, Texas.

References:  1)  1910 Census, Navarro County, Texas;  2)  1920 Census, Hunt County, Texas;  3)  Interview, Bonnie (Marks) Tucker by Robert Casey, November, 1988;  4)  Interview, Durward Tucker by Robert Casey, November, 1988

LUCINDA ELLEN TUCKER (11.7.4) is the daughter of David M. Tucker and Julia Ann (Lemasters) Tucker.  Ellen was born in February, 1877 in Madison County, Arkansas.  In 1896, Lucinda Tucker married James Jefferson Townsley (born in September, 1871 in Georgia).  Jim and Ellen Townsley were the parents of ten children:

     Roy H. Townsley, b. 1897, Arkansas
     John Lee Townsley, b. February, 1898, Arkansas
     George A. Townsley, b. February, 1900, Arkansas
     Charles C. Townsley (11.7.4.4), b. 1903, Madison County, Arkansas
     James O. Townsley (11.7.4.5), b. 1905, Madison County, Arkansas
     Daisey F. Townsley, b. 1907, Madison County, Arkansas
     Hugh A. Townsley, b. 1909, Madison County, Arkansas
     Ruby Townsley
     Dave Townsley (11.7.4.9)
     Joe Townsley

From 1900 to 1910, Jim and Lucinda Townsley were living in Madison County, Arkansas.  Jim and Ellen Townsley lived in Celina, Texas and moved to Verdigris, Oklahoma in 1924.  Roy Townsley and his wife, Ada Townsley, had five children:  -  Wilby Townsley,  -  Oren Townsley,  -  Bobby Townsley,  -  Velma Townsley,  -  Wilma Townsley.  Roy Townsley died of cancer in 1942.  Lee Townsley had two sons:  -  Clarence Townsley,  -  Clyde Townsley.  Lee Townsley died in 1961 in Claremore, Oklahoma.  Clarence and Clyde Townsley are now deceased also.  George Townsley is a retired Army Sergeant and served in Germany and France during World War II.  George Townsley and his wife, Pearl Townsley, now live in Lawton, Oklahoma.

Daisey Townsley married Clifford Fryman and they lived for many years on a farm west of Claremore, Oklahoma.  Clifford and Daisey Fryman have five children:  -  Charlie Fryman,  -  Ruth Fryman,  -  Dorles Fryman,  -  Lois Fryman,  -  Ruby Fryman.  Daisey (Townsley) Fryman died in 1975.  Charlie Fryman took over the family farm west of Claremore.  Hugh Townsley served in World War II and was injured.  Hugh served part of his time working on the Burma Road.  Hugh Townsley is the father of four children:  -  Arthur Townsley (the oldest son who died in the Korean conflict),  -  Joyce Townsley,  -  Allen Townsley,  -  Doug Townsley (who lives in Claremore, Oklahoma).  Hugh Townsley died in a car accident in Woodward, Oklahoma in 1959.

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Ruby Townsley married a Mr. Stewart.  Ruby lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma where she works at Family Market.  Ruby has three children:  -  Jimmy Ray Stewart,  -  Judy Stewart,  -  David Stewart.  Jimmy Ray Stewart is retired from the United States Air Force and lives in Great Falls, Montana.  Judy Stewart married a Mr. Holleman and lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  David Stewart lives in Skiatook, Oklahoma.  Joe Townsley served in World War II and was injured.  Joe now lives in Woodward, Oklahoma.  Joe Townsley is the father of five children:  -  Leslie Scott Townsley,  -  Virginia Townsley,  -  Mary Ellen Townsley,  -  Jo Jo Townsley,  -  Suzie Townsley.

References:  1)  1900 and 1910 Censuses, Madison County, Arkansas;  2)  “History of Rogers County, Oklahoma”;  3)  Letter, Jim Cluck to Harold Casey, December, 1983

CHARLES C. TOWNSLEY (11.7.4.4) is the son of James Jefferson Townsley and Lucinda Ellen (Tucker) Townsley.  Charlie was born in 1903 in Madison County, Arkansas.  Charlie Townsley married Velma Tackett.  Charlie and Velma Townsley are the parents of three children:

     Patricia Townsley
     Betty Townsley
     Opal Townsley

Charlie Townsley was a laborer and had a hand in building many Claremore sites:  the Will Rogers Hotel, Claremont School and the Claremore Health Center.  Charlie Townsley still resides in Rogers County, Oklahoma where at the age of 75, he is employed as a custodian at Wood Manor Nursing Home.  Patricia Pat Townsley and her husband, Keith, have two children:  -  Cheryl,  -  Valarie.  Keith and Pat live in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Betty Townsley married David Jensen and they have two children:  -  Nancy Jensen,  -  David Mark Jensen.  David and Betty Jensen live in Claremore, Oklahoma where Betty works for Zebco.  Opal Townsley married Don Orender and they have three sons:  -  Rodney Orender,  -  Jeff Orender,  -  Calvin Orender.  Don and Opal Orender live in Inola, Oklahoma where Opal works as an elementary school secretary.

References:  1)  “History of Rogers County, Oklahoma”;  2)  Letter, Jim Cluck to Harold Casey, December, 1983

JAMES O. TOWNSLEY (11.7.4.5) is the son of James Jefferson Townley and Lucinda Ellen (Tucker) Townsley.  Jim was born in 1905 in Madison County, Arkansas.  Jim Townsley and his wife, Bessie Townsley, live in Missouri.  Jim and Bessie Townsley are the parents of three children:

     Grant Townsley
     Mary Lou Townsley
     Linda Townsley

References:  1)  “History of Rogers County, Oklahoma”;  2)  Letter, Jim Cluck to Harold Casey, December, 1983

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DAVE TOWNSLEY (11.7.4.9) is the son of James Jefferson Townsley and Lucinda Ellen (Tucker) Townsley.  Dave Townsley is the father of three children:

     Pat Townsley
     Pearl Townsley
     Polly Townsley

Pat Townsley was a United States Air Force pilot and was killed in a plane crash in the San Francisco Bay during a test flight.  Pearl Townsley married a Mr. Barber and is a nurse at the Claremore Health Center.  Polly Townsley lives in Vinita, Oklahoma.

References:  1)  “History of Rogers County, Oklahoma”;  2)  Letter, Jim Cluck to Harold Casey, December, 1983

EDWARD TUCKER (11.7.5) is the son of David M. Tucker and Julia Ann (Lemasters) Tucker.  Eddie was born in 1879 in Madison County, Arkansas.  In 1907, Eddie Tucker married Mary Sheffield (born 1892 in Texas).  Eddie and Mary Tucker were the parents of four children:

     Delmar Tucker, b. 1908, Texas
     Eddie Tucker
     Lowell Tucker
     Thelma Tucker

In 1910, Eddie and Mary Tucker were living in Navarro County, Texas.  Eddie and Mary Tucker lived near Rice, Texas and in Wolfe City, Texas.  Delmar Tucker lives in Wolfe City, Texas.  Thelma Tucker married a Mr. Dean.

References:  1)  1910 Census, Navarro County, Texas;  2)  Interview, Bonnie (Marks) Tucker by Robert Casey, November, 1988;  3)  Interview, Durward Tucker by Robert Casey, November, 1988

ROSA BELL TUCKER (11.7.11) is the daughter of David M. Tucker and Julia Ann (Lemasters) Tucker.  Rosa was born on October 21, 1898 in Madison County, Arkansas.  On August 14, 1916, Rosa Tucker married Ira Hugh Ferrel in Madison County, Arkansas.  Ira was born in December, 1894 in Madison County, Arkansas.  Ira and Rosa Ferrel were the parents of seven children:

     Velma Merle Ferrel, b. August 2, 1917, Loy, Arkansas
     Pearlie Mae Ferrel, b. March 20, 1919, Loy, Arkansas
     Alta Juanita Ferrel, b. January 16, 1921, Madison County, Arkansas
     Elven Earl Ferrel, b. September 4, 1923, Loy, Arkansas
     Edith Ellen Ferrel, b. February 14, 1925, Claremore, Arkansas
     George H. Ferrel, b. July 22, 1928, Pettigrew, Arkansas
     Bobby Dale Ferrel, b. March 20, 1931, Claremore, Oklahoma

Rosa married a second time to William A. Carson in Claremore, Oklahoma.  Rosa (Tucker) Carson died on December 30, 1974 in Claremore, Oklahoma.  On August 1, 1936, Velma Ferrel married Ray Moore in Pryor, Oklahoma.  Ray was born on August 25, 1916 in Tiawah, Oklahoma.  Ray and Velma Moore had at least two children:  -  Bud Moore,  -  Velma Jean Moore.  Velma (Ferrel) Moore died on November 4, 1971 in Claremore, Oklahoma and Ray Moore died on May 19, 1990.  Jean Moore married a Mr. Fleming.  In 1996, Jean (Moore) Fleming was living in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Around 1938, Pearlie Ferrel married Emery James Dodd (born February, 1920).  On May 28, 1947, Pearlie married a second time to William Wallace Tanner in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  William was born on May 19, 1926 in Claremore, Oklahoma.  William Tanner died on December 29, 1981.

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In 1939, Alta Ferrel married Troy Roosevelt Faught in Gridley, California.  Troy was born on June 3, 1917 in Arkansas.  Troy Faught died on September 5, 1983.  On May 15, 1947, Elven Ferrel married Faye Jean Wollaston in Vinitia, Oklahoma.  Faye was born on December 24, 1929 in Collinsville, Oklahoma.  Around 1941, Edith Ferrel married Melvin Hubert Griffin.  On August 20, 1955, Edith married a second time to William Henry H. Graves in Reno, Nevada.  William was born on June 14, 1912 in Reagon, Oklahoma.  George Ferrel married Jean Daugherty.  Bobby Ferrel married a woman named Pam.  Bobby married a second time to a woman named Martha.  Bobby Ferrel died on July 13, 1995 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Reference:  1)  Letter, Jean (Moore) Fleming to Robert Casey, May, 1996