When Carroll W. Tucker was born on 30 August 1829, in Giles, Tennessee, United States, his father, Anderson Tucker, was 46 and his mother, Stacey Story, was 44. He married Martha E. Petty on 1 January 1850, in Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Hopkins, Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 2, Brown, Texas, United States in 1880. He died on 22 September 1901, in Blanket, Brown, Texas, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Owens, Brown, Texas, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
Historical Boundaries: 1862: Brown, Texas, United States
English (southwestern): occupational name from Middle English tuker(e), toker(e) ‘tucker, fuller’, a derivative of tuken ‘to torment, beat’ (Old English tūcian), for someone who fulled and finished cloth. This name for the occupation was characteristic of the West Country. Compare Fuller and Walker and see also Tuckerman .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tuachair ‘descendant of Tuachar’, a personal name composed of the elements tuath ‘people’ + car ‘dear, beloved’.
Americanized form of Jewish Tocker or Toker (see Tokarz ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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