Brief Life History of Jonathan Henry
When Jonathan Henry Tucker was born on 7 January 1829, in White City, Macoupin, Illinois, United States, his father, Henry H. Tucker, was 20 and his mother, Abiel Malinda Parkhurst, was 22. He married Martha M. Brockett on 8 February 1849, in Effingham, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. He died on 18 February 1888, in Jackson Township, Effingham, Illinois, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Little Prairie Cemetery, Jackson Township, Effingham, Illinois, United States.
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- Jonathan Tucker in household of Henry Tucker, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jonathan H. Tucker, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Jonathan Henry Tucker, "Find A Grave Index"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
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.
1831
Historical Boundaries: 1831: Effingham, Illinois, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
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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