Muster rolls of 9/25/1861 and 10/7/1861 and muster roll sometime after 10/20/1861. Upshur County
Enlisted 1 Sept 1861, made Captain of Co. "C" Locke's Reg't. Texas Volunteer's, 10 Sept 1861.
The 10th was organized with about 900 men during the late summer of 1861 at Goose Lake, about 10 miles north east of Wills Point, Van Zandt Co., Tx. by Col. M. F. Locke. Many of its members were recruited in the towns of Quitman and Tyler, and from the Counties of Upshur, Rusk and Cherokee.
Capt. Rucker married
(1) Catherine and sired
1. Victoria Dorothy Rucker (b. 1848 MS.) m. Elisha Alfred Moseley.
2. Asa Brown Rucker (1850-1909) m. (1) Mary E. "Minnie" Welborne; (2) Helena E. McPherson.
3. Margaret Catherine Rucker (b.1854) m. Alex Magrill.
4. Josephine Rucker (b.1854-1855)
5. James H. Rucker, Jr. (b. 1855) m. (1) Annie J. Harris 31 Dec 1874 Gregg Co.; child Thos. H., Edna, Marcus(2) Mary May Austin; child, Denzil, Roy, Cecil, Jack Gaston, Alford.
Capt. Rucker married
(2) Ellen E. Edwards and sired
6. John K. Rucker (b.1857) m. Eliza Awalt.
7. M. Ellen Rucker (b. 1860)
Capt. Rucker married
(3) Angelina Edwards (sister to Ellen E.) and sired
8. Nella (Ella) Rucker (b. 1866)
9. Alta Rucker (b. 1868-1871)
10. David Edward Rucker (b.1872, Gregg Co.)
He married
(4) Caldonia Blassingame (Ala) and had no children by this marriage.
After his military service, he entered into a partnership with his son Asa in the grocery business and after that, he was boss of the sawmill in Harrison Co. Texas.
Muster rolls of 9/25/1861 and 10/7/1861 and muster roll sometime after 10/20/1861. Upshur County
Enlisted 1 Sept 1861, made Captain of Co. "C" Locke's Reg't. Texas Volunteer's, 10 Sept 1861.
The 10th was organized with about 900 men during the late summer of 1861 at Goose Lake, about 10 miles north east of Wills Point, Van Zandt Co., Tx. by Col. M. F. Locke. Many of its members were recruited in the towns of Quitman and Tyler, and from the Counties of Upshur, Rusk and Cherokee.
Capt. Rucker married
(1) Catherine and sired
1. Victoria Dorothy Rucker (b. 1848 MS.) m. Elisha Alfred Moseley.
2. Asa Brown Rucker (1850-1909) m. (1) Mary E. "Minnie" Welborne; (2) Helena E. McPherson.
3. Margaret Catherine Rucker (b.1854) m. Alex Magrill.
4. Josephine Rucker (b.1854-1855)
5. James H. Rucker, Jr. (b. 1855) m. (1) Annie J. Harris 31 Dec 1874 Gregg Co.; child Thos. H., Edna, Marcus(2) Mary May Austin; child, Denzil, Roy, Cecil, Jack Gaston, Alford.
Capt. Rucker married
(2) Ellen E. Edwards and sired
6. John K. Rucker (b.1857) m. Eliza Awalt.
7. M. Ellen Rucker (b. 1860)
Capt. Rucker married
(3) Angelina Edwards (sister to Ellen E.) and sired
8. Nella (Ella) Rucker (b. 1866)
9. Alta Rucker (b. 1868-1871)
10. David Edward Rucker (b.1872, Gregg Co.)
He married
(4) Caldonia Blassingame (Ala) and had no children by this marriage.
After his military service, he entered into a partnership with his son Asa in the grocery business and after that, he was boss of the sawmill in Harrison Co. Texas.
Inscription
Aged 66 years
Family Members
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Victoria Dorothy Rucker Moseley
1848–1893
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Asa Brown Rucker
1850–1909
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Josephine Rucker
1854–1855
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Margaret Catherine Rucker Magrill
1854–1913
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James Howard "Jim" Rucker Jr
1855–1939
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John King Rucker
1857–1930
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M. Ellen Rucker Todd
1860 – unknown
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Ella Rucker
1866–1892
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Alta Rucker
1868–1871
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David Edward Rucker
1871–1934
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