There are wonderful stories associated with the establishment of the early cemeteries in Greene County, IA. One of the most poignant from "The Heritage of Greene County, Iowa 2011" is the detah and burial of the first whit woman in Greene County, Mrs. Nancy Tucker. Mrs. Tucker was born in Virginia (eventually West Virginia), and the family came to this area by covered wagon. She died from the plague in 1872 at the age of 104 (probably only 91 years old). The hillside where she was buried was deeded as the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. The story is written that the Tucker family shared a local spring as a water source with the Indians who lived in the area. An old Indian who called himself a doctor, boiled roots and created medicine for her. The Indian who helped care for her died three days later after her and was also buried near her. The burial site is south of the gate of the church yard as it is entered from the cemetery to the Pleasant Hill Church lot. There is no marker. From Kereames on ancestry.com
Her husband was James William Tucker, b 1775 in possibly Ireland or WV. He died in 1839 in Boone Co., IN. His grave has not been found. James Tucker is said to have made the first wagon road through Greenland Gap, located in present Grant County, West Virginia, and then re-located to Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Some information is available on the descendants of James, brother of John Tucker. James and his wife are found in the 1830 Federal census for Muskingum County, Ohio, but they were in Boone County, Indiana by December 1837. Some of James Tucker's family moved on to Iowa as early as 1848, where numerous family members remain today.
Her husband was James William Tucker, b 1775 in possibly Ireland or WV. He died in 1839 in Boone Co., IN. His grave has not been found. James Tucker is said to have made the first wagon road through Greenland Gap, located in present Grant County, West Virginia, and then re-located to Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Some information is available on the descendants of James, brother of John Tucker. James and his wife are found in the 1830 Federal census for Muskingum County, Ohio, but they were in Boone County, Indiana by December 1837. Some of James Tucker's family moved on to Iowa as early as 1848, where numerous family members remain today.
There are wonderful stories associated with the establishment of the early cemeteries in Greene County, IA. One of the most poignant from "The Heritage of Greene County, Iowa 2011" is the detah and burial of the first whit woman in Greene County, Mrs. Nancy Tucker. Mrs. Tucker was born in Virginia (eventually West Virginia), and the family came to this area by covered wagon. She died from the plague in 1872 at the age of 104 (probably only 91 years old). The hillside where she was buried was deeded as the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. The story is written that the Tucker family shared a local spring as a water source with the Indians who lived in the area. An old Indian who called himself a doctor, boiled roots and created medicine for her. The Indian who helped care for her died three days later after her and was also buried near her. The burial site is south of the gate of the church yard as it is entered from the cemetery to the Pleasant Hill Church lot. There is no marker. From Kereames on ancestry.com
Her husband was James William Tucker, b 1775 in possibly Ireland or WV. He died in 1839 in Boone Co., IN. His grave has not been found. James Tucker is said to have made the first wagon road through Greenland Gap, located in present Grant County, West Virginia, and then re-located to Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Some information is available on the descendants of James, brother of John Tucker. James and his wife are found in the 1830 Federal census for Muskingum County, Ohio, but they were in Boone County, Indiana by December 1837. Some of James Tucker's family moved on to Iowa as early as 1848, where numerous family members remain today.
Her husband was James William Tucker, b 1775 in possibly Ireland or WV. He died in 1839 in Boone Co., IN. His grave has not been found. James Tucker is said to have made the first wagon road through Greenland Gap, located in present Grant County, West Virginia, and then re-located to Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Some information is available on the descendants of James, brother of John Tucker. James and his wife are found in the 1830 Federal census for Muskingum County, Ohio, but they were in Boone County, Indiana by December 1837. Some of James Tucker's family moved on to Iowa as early as 1848, where numerous family members remain today.
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