William Stokes Tucker

and

Hannah Appleby-Tucker

William Stokes Tucker and  Hannah Appleby-Tucker

with son, Joseph William Tucker

Picture courtesy of  Bill and Joan Tucker

 


1. William Stokes Tucker
Birth Date: 2 Dec 1841
Birth Place: South Carolina
Death Date: 7 Mar 1884
Death Place: )Fruitland), Putnam Co. Florida
Burial Place: Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
Parents: Joseph Dukes Tucker  & Elizabeth (Eliza) Stokes

Second Spouse:  Nicey A. Bennett


married:  Marriage Date: 15 Oct 1864
First Spouse: Hannah N. Appleby
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1845
Birth Place: St. George Parish, Dorchester Co. So. Carolina
Death Date: 8 Apr 1877
Death Place: Putnam Co. Florida
Died: age 31 years
Spouse Father: Alfred Marion William Appleby  (1811-1855)
Spouse Mother: Mildred M. Stokes (1816-1893)

Children of William & Hannah (Appleby) Tucker

Mary Eliza
Joseph William
Ella Wanetta Louetta
James Middleton
Lawrence Wesley
Elizabeth Ann

1 Mary Eliza TUCKER
Birth Date: 2 Sep 1867
Birth Place: Florida
Death Date: 1900
Death Place: Fruitland, Putnam Co. Florida
Burial Place: Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
Spouse: Franklyn Presley APPLEBY
Birth Date: 1857
Birth Place: So. Carolina
Occupation: Fruit Grower in Putnam Co., Florida in 1885
Spouse History: 
In 1885 Putnam County, Florida State Census:
Franklyn  Presley Appleby, age 28 born in SC; wife Mary C. records show Mary E., age 20 born in Florida; daughter, "Mable" C. age 2 born in Florida. In household, Nephew James W. Tucker, ag 11, born in Florida.

2.   Joseph William TUCKER
Birth Date: 3 Jun 1868
Birth Place: Welaka, Putnam Co., Florida
Death Date: 1 Aug 1934
Death Place: East Palatka, Putnam Co. Florida
Burial Place: Tucker plot;San Mateo Cem; San Mateo, Florida
Death Cause: age 66

Marriage Date: 3 Dec 1888
Marriage Place: Fruitland, Putnam County, Florida
First Spouse: Lucy Ethel Konow
Children: Ruby Jauneta Tucker
William HenryTucker
Lucy Ethel Tucker
Second Spouse: Ida Virginia Kelley

Children of Joseph William & Lucy (Konow) Tucker

Ruby Jauneta Tucker

William Henry Tucker 

Lucy Ethel Tucker

 

3.  Ella Wanetta Louetta TUCKER
Birth Date: 23 Aug 1870
Birth Place: Fruitland, Putnam County, Florida
Death Date: After 26 May 1897
Spouse: Henry WATSON

4.   James Middleton TUCKER
Birth Date: 7 Sep 1873
Birth Place: Fruitland, Putnam County, Florida
Spouse: Bessie

(2) 1.5 Lawrence Wesley TUCKER
Birth Date: 16 Feb 1875
Birth Place: Florida

6.  Elizabeth Ann TUCKER
Birth Date: 29 Mar 1877
Spouse: BROOKER

 


Notes:

 

The line of Hannah Appleby is through her parents, Alfred Marion William Appleby and his wife, Mildred Stokes and her grandparents, James Preston Appleby (ca 1765 - 1849) and his wife, Mary Rump (ca 1773-1852).  Her spouse was William Stokes Tucker, son of Joseph and Eliza (Stokes) Tucker.  Hannah died 8 April 1875.   

Following notes provided by Bill and Joan Tucker:  "After William Stokes Tucker's death, Franklyn Presley Appleby, husband of Mary E. Tucker, served as administrators and the documents name both, specifically Mary E. Tucker, as William Stokes Tucker's daughter and Franklyn Presley Appleby as her husband.  The minor children, Joseph, Ella, James, Laurence and Annie, were given to the guardianship of William Stokes Tucker's brother, John Calhoun Tucker.  Joseph Tucker (1809-1889), grandfather of the children signed his agreement to this arrangement."   Joseph and his wife, Eliza (Stokes) Tucker (1819-1886 are buried in Mt. Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, Welaka, Putnam County, Florida (also known as Fruitland Cemetery).

Others buried in this cemetery:  John Tucker, unknown; Joseph Tucker, born 7 April 1809; died 5 Sept 1889; Eliza Tucker, nee Stokes, born 10 Oct 1819, died 22 June 1886; One headstone marked E.T.C.  The headstone reads:  In Memorial Son of G.L. and M. I. Clayton, born at Dorchester, South Carolina, 23 Jan 1888; W. S. Tucker, born 2 Dec 1841; died 7 March 1884; Elizabeth A., wife of W. D. Allen, born 22 Dec 1840, died 15 July 1887; In Memory of Infant son of F. P. and M. E. Appleby, born 4 Dec 1880; died 27 Feb 1886;  Mamie E. Appleby 1867-1900 (daughter of W. S. Tucker) Dr. Thomas Morgan Appleby*, born in Colleton County, South Carolina, 8 May 1829, died 14 Feb 1890; William Perry; died 21 Oct 1893, aged 44 years.

*Dr. Thomas Morgan Appleby:  There is record of a son of James Preston Appleby, named Morgan Thomas Appleby, born 25 January 1814 Colleton Co., S.C., married to Rebecca Ann Johnson.

 

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