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Joseph Rucker 1841–1920 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 07 Mar 1841

Birth Location: Shelby, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 06 Dec 1920

Death Location: Woodford, Kentucky, USA

Father: Thomas Rucker

Mother: Mary Hawkins

Spouse(s): Sarah Perry

Children(s): John Rucker, Elizabeth Rucker, James Rucker

Joseph Rucker was born in 1841 in Shelby, Kentucky, USA, the child of Thomas Jefferson Rucker And Mary Bourne Hawkins. Joseph Rucker married Sarah Catherine Perry, and had children including Elizabeth Rucker, James Rucker, John Sanford Rucker. Joseph Rucker passed away in 1920 in Woodford, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • Joseph Rucker was born in 1841 in Shelby, Kentucky, USA, the child of Thomas Jefferson Rucker And Mary Bourne Hawkins.
  • Joseph Rucker married Sarah Catherine Perry, and had children including Elizabeth Rucker, James Rucker, John Sanford Rucker.
  • Joseph Rucker passed away in 1920 in Woodford, Kentucky, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Rucker
1807–1879
Birth Location: Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States
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Mary Hawkins
1808–
Birth Location: Kentucky
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Perry
1850–1931
Birth Location: Anderson, Kentucky, USA
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Children(s)

John Rucker
1888–1961
Birth Location: Anderson County, Kentucky, United States of America
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Elizabeth Rucker
1887–
Birth Location: –
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James Rucker
1896–1959
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
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Joseph Rucker's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Rucker
1841–1920
Birth Place: Shelby, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Thomas Jefferson Rucker
1807–1879
Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States
Mary (Bourne) Hawkins
1808–
Kentucky
Grandparents
John (Henry) Rucker
1768–1856
Amherst, VA
Mary (Malinda "Polly") Young
1802–1850
Elk River Farm, Kanawha, Virginia, USA
William (R) Hawkins
1775–1854
Culpepper, Orange, County, Virginia, USA
Hannah (Ann) Clemmons
1781–1873
Buffalo, Washington, Pennsylvania
Great-Grandparents
Mildred Hawkins
1734–1813
John Capt
1760–1850
Mary Tackett
1767–1857
Hannah Walton
1742–1818
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Conrad Jung
1736–1834
Lewis III
1730–1823
Mary Crace
1730–1840

Joseph Rucker's Descendants

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Joseph Rucker (07 Mar 1841–06 Dec 1920) m. Sarah (Catherine) Perry (19 Jan 1850–10 Jan 1931)
  1. 1. John (Sanford) Rucker 1888–1961 m. Dora (Dean) Burk 1894–1950
    1. 1. Ira (Burk) Rucker 1912–1963 m. Monnie (Mae) Greer 1913–2004
      1. 1. Adonna (Ruth) Rucker 1948–2018
      2. 2. Earl (Burk) Rucker 1938–1938
      3. 3. Carl (Greer) Rucker 1938–1938
      4. 4. Thelma (Doris) Rucker 1932–2023 m. Lowell (Hudson) Hamilton 1929–2002
        1. 1. Doris (Snow) Hamilton 1950–2008
    2. 2. Lorena (Belle) Rucker 1916–1991
    3. 3. John (Lee) Rucker 1918–1989
    4. 4. Edith (Frances) Rucker 1930–2019
    5. 5. Lou (Ella) Rucker 1920–2007
    6. 6. Kenneth (B.) Rucker 1923–2015
    7. 7. Marian (Irvine) Rucker 1914–1995
    8. 8. Iva (Dean) Rucker 1925–2019
    9. 9. Elva (Mae) Rucker 1928–2007
    10. 10. Lonie Rucker 1917–
    11. 11. Alva (Myrtle) Rucker 1928–2022
  2. 2. Elizabeth Rucker 1887–
  3. 3. James Rucker 1896–1959

Joseph Rucker's Timeline

2 Records

1841
07 Mar 1841
Birth of Joseph Rucker in Shelby, Kentucky, USA
Shelby, Kentucky, USA
1920
06 Dec 1920
Age 79
Death of Joseph Rucker in Woodford, Kentucky, USA
Woodford, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 07 Mar 1841
    Event Place: Shelby, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 06 Dec 1920
    Event Place: Woodford, Kentucky, USA
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