William Skinner Tucker, was born in Pomfret, Feb. 12, 1815 and became one of the town's best-known citizens, spending his whole life in that place, and dying Sept. 24, 1897. He married Lucretia T. Wheeler, daughter of John Hancock and Sally (Hartshome) Wheeler, the latter of whom died in Pomfret and was buried thereby the side of her husband in the Salem cemetery. Mr. Tucker was a most estimable-man and a good and representative citizen.
His children were:
1. Sarah Maria, born Nov. 11, 1844, who married Hiram N. Brown;
2. Emily C., born July 27, 1846, who married Andrew Gilbert Williams, of Pomfret, Dec. 4, 1867;
3. Susan Adeline,born Nov. 8, 1857, residing in Pomfret;
4. Charles Green, born March 22, 1859, who resides at Pascoag, Rhode Island.
~Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties, Connecticut: containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families, Volume 1; J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago, Ill; Beers, 1903; pg. 122.
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William Skinner Tucker, was born in Pomfret, Feb. 12, 1815 and became one of the town's best-known citizens, spending his whole life in that place, and dying Sept. 24, 1897. He married Lucretia T. Wheeler, daughter of John Hancock and Sally (Hartshome) Wheeler, the latter of whom died in Pomfret and was buried thereby the side of her husband in the Salem cemetery. Mr. Tucker was a most estimable-man and a good and representative citizen.
His children were:
1. Sarah Maria, born Nov. 11, 1844, who married Hiram N. Brown;
2. Emily C., born July 27, 1846, who married Andrew Gilbert Williams, of Pomfret, Dec. 4, 1867;
3. Susan Adeline,born Nov. 8, 1857, residing in Pomfret;
4. Charles Green, born March 22, 1859, who resides at Pascoag, Rhode Island.
~Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham counties, Connecticut: containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled families, Volume 1; J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago, Ill; Beers, 1903; pg. 122.
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