Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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David Tucker and Rachel B. Miller




Husband David Tucker 1

           Born: 1812 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Oct 1890 - ? Washington Co, PA 1
         Buried: 


         Father: David Tucker (      -1819) 1
         Mother: Christie Ann Hill (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Sarah S. Watt (1813-      ) 1 - 1837 1



Wife Rachel B. Miller 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1884 1
         Buried: 

   Other Spouse: [Unk] Hall (      -      ) 1


Children

General Notes: Husband - David Tucker

Hanover Twp, Washington Co, PA

He received but a common-school education. His father dying when he was but a boy of seven years, he went to live with his uncle, Nathan Hill, near Eldersville, Jefferson township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, of whom he learned the tanner's trade. In 1829 he left the tanning business, and going to Pittsburgh worked for some time in an iron mill. When his brother, who had been living on the home place, left there for the West, he came from Pittsburgh and took charge of the farm. He was a Democrat until the close of Jackson's administration, when he became a Whig and Republican. He was among the leading men and a liberal contributor to the M. E. Church (Tucker's Church). He was a man of powerful physique, weighing over 200 pounds.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1158.


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