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Samuel Reade Rucker

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Samuel Reade Rucker

Birth
Amherst County, Virginia, USA
Death
3 Dec 1862 (aged 68)
Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Samuel Reade Rucker, Senate, 17th GA, 1827-29, described as a Jeffersonian Democrat. He was born in Virginia on 27 Jan 1794, son of Rev. James & Nancy Ann (Reade) Rucker. His father was a native of Amherst Co., VA and an early settler and large land owner in what became Rutherford Co. He married Martha "Mattie" Bedford Martin, daughter of Matt & Sally (Clay) Martin. Samuel studied law and practiced law at Murfreesboro; was Mayor of Murfreesboro, 1826. He died 3 Dec 1862.

http://rutherfordtnhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Frowships-44-3-January-and-February.pdf

Although there is no longer a marker, he is buried in the family plot at Rucker-Pickard Cemetery in Rutherford Co., TN, along with his wife Mattie, daughter Rosalyn (died young), son Robert Martin Rucker and his wife Annie Cowan Lattimer.
Samuel Reade Rucker, Senate, 17th GA, 1827-29, described as a Jeffersonian Democrat. He was born in Virginia on 27 Jan 1794, son of Rev. James & Nancy Ann (Reade) Rucker. His father was a native of Amherst Co., VA and an early settler and large land owner in what became Rutherford Co. He married Martha "Mattie" Bedford Martin, daughter of Matt & Sally (Clay) Martin. Samuel studied law and practiced law at Murfreesboro; was Mayor of Murfreesboro, 1826. He died 3 Dec 1862.

http://rutherfordtnhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Frowships-44-3-January-and-February.pdf

Although there is no longer a marker, he is buried in the family plot at Rucker-Pickard Cemetery in Rutherford Co., TN, along with his wife Mattie, daughter Rosalyn (died young), son Robert Martin Rucker and his wife Annie Cowan Lattimer.


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