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Thomas Elbert Tucker

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Thomas Elbert Tucker

Birth
Hancock County, Tennessee, USA
Death
16 Sep 1927 (aged 69)
Knox County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Kimberlin Heights, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
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My g grandfather's tombstone is most definitely incorrect; he was 2-years-old in the 1860 census. The date I have given was provided on TE's death certificate; his firstborn son, HL "Looney" Tucker was the informant. I believe the name "Elbert" came from an Uncle, Elbert HODGES. TE Tucker had a handlebar mustache and ran a grocery store on Sevierville Pike in South Knox County TN. TE's father, John Tucker, was a Private in the 6th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Wharton, Stone's)(2nd Regiment) (Confederate); he likely died at the Battle for Atlanta and is likely buried there in Oakland Cemetery among the thousands of Confederate Unknowns. All that the family knew was that John moved to Texas, enlisted for the Civil War, and never returned. I don't know why John didn't take Mary Ann and TE with him to Texas. TE's mother was Mary Ann Gilbert, daughter of a very prominent Baptist preacher in Lee County Virginia. Mary waited and waited for John's return, raising her son as best she could. She remarried to Jake BEELER in Union County TN in 1877. TE moved himself and his family from Union County to South Knoxville in 1904. From the few stories I have of him, he was quite the colorful character. I believe he might have taken a walk on the wild side in his younger days, possibly in reaction to being raised without an apparently beloved father. It seems Armintha straightened him out....my grandfather, John William Tucker, was undoubtedly named after HIS grandfather, John William Gray Tucker.
If you have any more photos of TE Tucker, PLEASE contact me.

My g grandfather's tombstone is most definitely incorrect; he was 2-years-old in the 1860 census. The date I have given was provided on TE's death certificate; his firstborn son, HL "Looney" Tucker was the informant. I believe the name "Elbert" came from an Uncle, Elbert HODGES. TE Tucker had a handlebar mustache and ran a grocery store on Sevierville Pike in South Knox County TN. TE's father, John Tucker, was a Private in the 6th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Wharton, Stone's)(2nd Regiment) (Confederate); he likely died at the Battle for Atlanta and is likely buried there in Oakland Cemetery among the thousands of Confederate Unknowns. All that the family knew was that John moved to Texas, enlisted for the Civil War, and never returned. I don't know why John didn't take Mary Ann and TE with him to Texas. TE's mother was Mary Ann Gilbert, daughter of a very prominent Baptist preacher in Lee County Virginia. Mary waited and waited for John's return, raising her son as best she could. She remarried to Jake BEELER in Union County TN in 1877. TE moved himself and his family from Union County to South Knoxville in 1904. From the few stories I have of him, he was quite the colorful character. I believe he might have taken a walk on the wild side in his younger days, possibly in reaction to being raised without an apparently beloved father. It seems Armintha straightened him out....my grandfather, John William Tucker, was undoubtedly named after HIS grandfather, John William Gray Tucker.

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