Jonathan Henry Tucker

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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Family Time Line

Jonathan Henry Tucker
1829–1888
Martha M. Brockett
1828–1896
Marriage: 8 February 1849
Jonathon Pinkney Tucker
1850–1942
Tucker
about 1857–1860
Minerva M. Tucker
1853–1941
Elisha White Tucker
1855–1932
Margaret Jane Tucker
1859–1880
Victoria Mahulda Tucker
1862–1943
Mary Ellnora Tucker
1865–1929

Sources (19)

  • 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"

World Events (8)

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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