Tucker, Abraham Douglas

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• Reference Number: TUCK.A003

Abraham married Dickey, Clara Caroline O. 'Carrie' on 1 Nov 1883. Clara (daughter of Dickey, J.M. and Maglone, Mary) was born in 1857 in Richland County, Illinois; died in 1885 in Richland County, Illinois; was buried in Hanna Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married Maglone, Elsie Elizabeth 'Elsa' on 28 Nov 1889. Elsie (daughter of Maglone, James and Henson, Mary 'Polly') was born in Oct 1866 in Noble, Richland County, Illinois; died on 8 May 1953 in Noble, Richland County, Illinois; was buried on 11 May 1953 in Hanna Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: TUCK.J003

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JULIA MAY TUCKER was born in July of either 1884 or 1885 in Noble Township, Richland County, Illinois, USA. She was the daughter of Abraham Douglas Tucker and Clara Caroline Dickey. May's mother Carrie died in 1885 (according to her gravestone)), perhaps when May was born, or perhaps at the birth of another child that did not survive. On 28 Nov 1889, a few years after Carrie's death, May's father Abe married again, to Carrie's first cousin, Elsie Elizabeth Maglone. Elsie had previouslly been married to Abe's first cousin, Hugh M. Tucker, but he also died young and Elsie was left a young widow with a daughter to raise, Laura Tucker. The two daughters, May and Laura, were double second cousins to each other, but now they became step-sisters in the new merged family. They each shared a half-brother when their younger sibling, Corta Emery Tucker, was born in 1893.

May grew up in Noble Township, but when she married Daniel Windle Hemrich on 16 June 1909, in Richland County, Illinois, she moved to nearby Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, where Dan worked as a farm laborer. Dan was born 02 Jan 1884 in Jasper County, Illinois, USA, the son of of John W. Hemrich and Josephine Negley. He had previously been married to Pearl Hastler in 1905, but had no children from that union. It is likely that Pearl died young.

After living in Pixley Township for a while, the couple then moved to Noble Village (1920 and 1930 censuses), where Dan worked as a garage machinist and mechanic. Although Dan and May had no children of their own, they helped to raise Dan's niecce Evalena Schnepper after her mother's early death in 1921. By 1942, the couple were back in Pixley Township in Clay County, Illinois and it was there that Dan died on the 25th of October, 1946. He was buried in Hanna Cemetery in Noble Township, Richland County, Illinois two days later. Thirteen years later, in 1959, May also died, and was buried next to her husband

Birth:
The 1930 census says she was born ABT 1887 in Illinois

Julia married Hemrich, Daniel Windle 'Dan' on 16 Jun 1909 in Richland County, Illinois. Daniel (son of Hemrich, John W. and Negley, Josephine) was born on 2 Jan 1884 in Jasper County, Illinois; died on 25 Oct 1946 in Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Hanna Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: TUCK.C006
• _FGRAVE: 41101251

Corta married Foster, Ethel May in 1919. Ethel was born in 1892 in Oregon; died in 1977; was buried in Noble Prairie Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: TUCK.D002

Donald married Erickson, Christine 'Louise' on 18 May 1943 in Elmhurst Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. Christine was born on 19 Jul 1920 in Elmhurst, Queens County, New York; died on 27 May 2014 in Residential Living Center, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: TUCK.R003
• Military Service: Korean War, Private First Class, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, United States Army
• Military Service: World War II, United States Army

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Military Service:
In November 1945 he entered the Armed Services and was honorably discharged in 1946.

Military Service:
Private First Class Tucker was a member of the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on October 4, 1951. Private First Class Tucker was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.