Eliza J. Hester1,2,3

ID# 1892, (abt 1842 - 1897)
FatherWilliam Hester4 (abt 1805-)
ChartsDescendants of Adam Toot
Descendants of Dr. Davis Green Tuck
     Eliza J. Hester was born about 1842 in Kentucky.5 She married Richard W. Tuck, son of Dr. Davis Green Tuck and Elizabeth M. Toot, on 3 Oct 1864 in Christian Co., Kentucky.6,7,8 She died on 22 Oct 1897 in Nashville, Tennessee.9,10 She was buried on 19 May 1898 in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, in the lot owned by her husband's sister, Sarah, and her husband.11,12

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     She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Lafayette, Christian Co., Kentucky, in the household of her father, William Hester, with her husband, Richard W. Tuck, and their children, Lula and Walter.4
     Eliza and Richard moved to Memphis, Tennessee, by 1891, as we find him listed in the city directory that year, residing on Poplar Blvd. Since that is where his younger sister Martha and her husband lived, it seems quite possible they lived with them for a time. They apparently moved to 151 Third about 1890.13,14

Children with Richard W. Tuck:

Citations

  1. [S893] "Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900," Ancestry.com, record for Richard W. Tuck and E. J. Hester.
  2. [S2061] Macon, John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, pg 29, shows name as Eliza Hester.
  3. [S1895] William Hester household, 1880 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows name as Eliza Tuck.
  4. [S1895] William Hester household, 1880 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky.
  5. [S1895] William Hester household, 1880 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows age 38 and state.
  6. [S893] "Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900," Ancestry.com, record for Richard W. Tuck and E. J. Hester, shows date, county, and state.
  7. [S1895] William Hester household, 1880 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows both as married, and him as son-in-law and her as daughter of the head of household.
  8. [S2061] Macon, John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, pg 29, shows married.
  9. [S1219] Tom Leatherwood Shelby County Register of Deeds, online, death record for Eliza J. Tuck, viewed Jun 2007, shows date, age 38, and note "died in Nashville TN."
  10. [S1682] Richard W. Tuck household, 1900 U.S. Census, Davidson Co., Tennessee, shows her husband as widowed.
  11. [S1281] Frazier, "RE: Elmwood Cemetery - Atkinson - Bacon records," e-mail to author, 11 Sep 2007, shows section, lot, space, date, and lot ownership.
  12. [S1219] Tom Leatherwood Shelby County Register of Deeds, online, death record for Eliza J. Tuck, viewed Jun 2007, shows "burial permit in Mphs 5/19/1898."
  13. [S1222] Walter H. Tuck, Register of Deaths, shows residence address, and that he had lived there 2 years.
  14. [S1223] "Memphis, Tennessee City Directories, 1890-1891," Ancestry.com, record for R. W. Tuck, shows residence as Poplar Boul.
  15. [S1895] William Hester household, 1880 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows Lulu as granddaughter and Eliza as daughter of head of household.
  16. [S2061] Macon, John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, pg 29.
  17. [S49] Freeman, Family File 31 Jul 1998.
  18. [S1895] William Hester household, 1880 U.S. Census, Christian Co., Kentucky, shows Walter as grandson and Eliza as daughter of head of household.

 

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