Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameHiram Newton TUCK 
96
96Birth Date16 Apr 1839
Birth PlacePolk County, Missouri
Death Date19 Apr 1911 Age: 72
Death PlaceSherman, Grayson County, Texas
Burial PlaceSherman, Grayson County, Texas, West Hill Cemetery
OccupationConfederate Soldier, Private MO Co. C, 5th Reg., First Brigade,
ReligionMethodist
FatherJoseph TUCK (1800-1887)
MotherElizabeth BOND (1809-1891)
Spouses
Birth Date20 Dec 1845
Birth PlaceMissouri
Death Date3 May 1879 Age: 33
Death PlaceSherman, Grayson County, Texas
Burial PlaceSherman, Grayson County, Texas, West Hill Cemetery
Family ID403
Marr Date11 Sep 1861
Marr PlacePolk County, Missouri
Notes for Hiram Newton TUCK
Book: John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, Virginia and Some of Their Descendants compiled by Aletha Jane Macon, copy. 1964, mentioned p 105-6:
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HIRAM NEWTON & SARAH ELIZABETH "BETTIE" (MITCHELL) TUCK
The first Tuck to come to Grayson County was my grandfather, Hiram Newton Tuck, who was born in Morrisville, Polk County, Missouri, in 1839. A member of the Confederate forces at Vicksburg, he was captured and a prisoner of war for many months. During his war prisoner days he became acquainted with Grayson Countians, liked them and liked what they told him of Grayson County. When ultimately paroled and after months recuperating in Arkansas from physical disabilities resulting from privations endured while a prisoner of war, he set out for Texas and arrived in Grayson County in 1865.
In 1867, his wife (my grandmother), Bettie Mitchell Tuck, a daughter, Ellen Depew Tuck, and my grandmother's invalid mother, Mary Robertson Mitchell, started to Texas in a covered wagon. In Arkansas, Northern soldiers took their fine horses, leaving them only a donkey for the wagon. That night one of the soldiers returned (because he had seen an Eastern Star pin my grandmother wore) and asked what he could do to help. My grandmother said, "Get my horses." The man did just that and told them to get going at once and to travel only at night. They reached Dallas and then went to Sherman.
The first Tuck home in Grayson County was on land my grandfather had acquired, and part of it is now the Sherman Airport. Later, the family moved into Sherman and lived on South Walnut Street for many years, then moved to North Grand Avenue. H.N. Tuck was chairman of the official board of the Travis Street Methodist Church, chairman of the board of Kidd-Key College, and Master of his Masonic Lodge. He served Grayson County as County Treasurer, Tax Assessor, and Deputy County Clerk. He died in 1911; Bettie Tuck died in 1879.
In Grayson County, two other children were born to Hiram Newton and Bettie Tuck: Lon M. Tuck and Thomas Mitchell Tuck. The latter went to California and died there in 1957. Tom Tuck had three children: Elizabeth Stone, of San Francisco; John Tuck, of San Francisco; and Stanley, who died young. Lon M. Tuck (my father) was born near Sherman in 1869 and lived in Sherman until his death in 1945. He attended Captain LeTellier's School in Sherman and Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. In 1893 he married Nannie V. Greene, of Van Alstyne, but a native of Alabama. He Worked in Sherman a few years, then took over management of the Gunter Ranch and the Gunter Bank. After the ranch was sold, he bought the M.J. Chapin Abstract Company, which he owned until his death. He was president of the Old Settlers Association and of the Sherman Country Club, was a member of fraternal orders and a life-long Methodist. He helped layout some of the highways in the county because of his knowledge of the land and values in the county.
There were five children born of the marriage of Lon M. and Nannie Tuck: Hiram Greene "Hi" Tuck, who died in 1950, was in business with his father and was Mayor of Sherman for ten years. He married Wren Jimerson. Their children are Betty Wren Tuck Taylor, of Richardson, and Nancy Tuck Petty, of Houston. Lelda Tuck Foree lives in Dallas. She married Kenneth Foree, Jr. There are two sons, both of Dallas: Ernest Tuck Foree, an attorney, and Dr. Kenneth Foree III. Elizabeth Tuck Higginbotham lives in Sherman. She married Roswell G. Higginbotham and has one son, Robert Gene Higginbotham, of Caldwell, Texas. Alice Tuck Smith lives in Pampa, Texas. She married William Jarrel Smith and had two children, Erin Elizabeth O'Connor and Patrick O'Connor III, who live in Pampa with their father, Patrick O'Connor II; William Jarrel Smith II, who is an attorney and lives in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Vernon L. Tuck lived in Sherman and practiced medicine until his death June 6, 1976. His wife, Grace Burney Tuck, lives in Sherman. Their son, Lon Burney Tuck, is with the Washington Post, Washington, D.C. Their daughter, Elizabeth, died in 1970. Dr. Tuck served as Mayor of Sherman for two terms. Ella Depew Tuck Brown, born 1861, in Polk County, Missouri, married Vernon Brown, a native of Kentucky. Their son, Dr. Brian Tuck "Bap" Brown, practiced medicine in Sherman until his death in 1955. Dr. Brown married Mary Cusick, who survives him and lives in Sherman. Ella Brown was active in the Methodist Church and club affairs for many years. She helped get permanent upkeep for West Hill Cemetery. She died in 1956 and is buried on the Tuck lot in West Hill Cemetery along with a number of others of the family.
The Tuck family has been researched in the book "John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, Virginia, and Some of Their Descendants," compiled by Alethea Jane Mason, Brunswick, Georgia, printed by Southern Press, Inc., Macon, Georgia, about 1964.
Note: written by Lelda Tuck Foree
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printed w/permission of her son, Kenneth Foree, III
Note: It appears Alice Tuck was mistakenly credited with her daughter Judith's children, the O'Connors
On Find A Grave.
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HIRAM NEWTON & SARAH ELIZABETH "BETTIE" (MITCHELL) TUCK
The first Tuck to come to Grayson County was my grandfather, Hiram Newton Tuck, who was born in Morrisville, Polk County, Missouri, in 1839. A member of the Confederate forces at Vicksburg, he was captured and a prisoner of war for many months. During his war prisoner days he became acquainted with Grayson Countians, liked them and liked what they told him of Grayson County. When ultimately paroled and after months recuperating in Arkansas from physical disabilities resulting from privations endured while a prisoner of war, he set out for Texas and arrived in Grayson County in 1865.
In 1867, his wife (my grandmother), Bettie Mitchell Tuck, a daughter, Ellen Depew Tuck, and my grandmother's invalid mother, Mary Robertson Mitchell, started to Texas in a covered wagon. In Arkansas, Northern soldiers took their fine horses, leaving them only a donkey for the wagon. That night one of the soldiers returned (because he had seen an Eastern Star pin my grandmother wore) and asked what he could do to help. My grandmother said, "Get my horses." The man did just that and told them to get going at once and to travel only at night. They reached Dallas and then went to Sherman.
The first Tuck home in Grayson County was on land my grandfather had acquired, and part of it is now the Sherman Airport. Later, the family moved into Sherman and lived on South Walnut Street for many years, then moved to North Grand Avenue. H.N. Tuck was chairman of the official board of the Travis Street Methodist Church, chairman of the board of Kidd-Key College, and Master of his Masonic Lodge. He served Grayson County as County Treasurer, Tax Assessor, and Deputy County Clerk. He died in 1911; Bettie Tuck died in 1879.
In Grayson County, two other children were born to Hiram Newton and Bettie Tuck: Lon M. Tuck and Thomas Mitchell Tuck. The latter went to California and died there in 1957. Tom Tuck had three children: Elizabeth Stone, of San Francisco; John Tuck, of San Francisco; and Stanley, who died young. Lon M. Tuck (my father) was born near Sherman in 1869 and lived in Sherman until his death in 1945. He attended Captain LeTellier's School in Sherman and Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. In 1893 he married Nannie V. Greene, of Van Alstyne, but a native of Alabama. He Worked in Sherman a few years, then took over management of the Gunter Ranch and the Gunter Bank. After the ranch was sold, he bought the M.J. Chapin Abstract Company, which he owned until his death. He was president of the Old Settlers Association and of the Sherman Country Club, was a member of fraternal orders and a life-long Methodist. He helped layout some of the highways in the county because of his knowledge of the land and values in the county.
There were five children born of the marriage of Lon M. and Nannie Tuck: Hiram Greene "Hi" Tuck, who died in 1950, was in business with his father and was Mayor of Sherman for ten years. He married Wren Jimerson. Their children are Betty Wren Tuck Taylor, of Richardson, and Nancy Tuck Petty, of Houston. Lelda Tuck Foree lives in Dallas. She married Kenneth Foree, Jr. There are two sons, both of Dallas: Ernest Tuck Foree, an attorney, and Dr. Kenneth Foree III. Elizabeth Tuck Higginbotham lives in Sherman. She married Roswell G. Higginbotham and has one son, Robert Gene Higginbotham, of Caldwell, Texas. Alice Tuck Smith lives in Pampa, Texas. She married William Jarrel Smith and had two children, Erin Elizabeth O'Connor and Patrick O'Connor III, who live in Pampa with their father, Patrick O'Connor II; William Jarrel Smith II, who is an attorney and lives in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Vernon L. Tuck lived in Sherman and practiced medicine until his death June 6, 1976. His wife, Grace Burney Tuck, lives in Sherman. Their son, Lon Burney Tuck, is with the Washington Post, Washington, D.C. Their daughter, Elizabeth, died in 1970. Dr. Tuck served as Mayor of Sherman for two terms. Ella Depew Tuck Brown, born 1861, in Polk County, Missouri, married Vernon Brown, a native of Kentucky. Their son, Dr. Brian Tuck "Bap" Brown, practiced medicine in Sherman until his death in 1955. Dr. Brown married Mary Cusick, who survives him and lives in Sherman. Ella Brown was active in the Methodist Church and club affairs for many years. She helped get permanent upkeep for West Hill Cemetery. She died in 1956 and is buried on the Tuck lot in West Hill Cemetery along with a number of others of the family.
The Tuck family has been researched in the book "John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, Virginia, and Some of Their Descendants," compiled by Alethea Jane Mason, Brunswick, Georgia, printed by Southern Press, Inc., Macon, Georgia, about 1964.
Note: written by Lelda Tuck Foree
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printed w/permission of her son, Kenneth Foree, III
Note: It appears Alice Tuck was mistakenly credited with her daughter Judith's children, the O'Connors
On Find A Grave.
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Research notes for Hiram Newton TUCK
1850 Census170
Notes for Bettie E. (Spouse 1)
HIRAM NEWTON & SARAH ELIZABETH "BETTIE" (MITCHELL) TUCK
The first Tuck to come to Grayson County was my grandfather, Hiram Newton Tuck, who was born in Morrisville, Polk County, Missouri, in 1839. A member of the Confederate forces at Vicksburg, he was captured and a prisoner of war for many months. During his war prisoner days he became acquainted with Grayson Countians, liked them and liked what they told him of Grayson County. When ultimately paroled and after months recuperating in Arkansas from physical disabilities resulting from privations endured while a prisoner of war, he set out for Texas and arrived in Grayson County in 1865.
In 1867, his wife (my grandmother), Bettie Mitchell Tuck, a daughter, Ellen Depew Tuck, and my grandmother's invalid mother, Mary Robertson Mitchell, started to Texas in a covered wagon. In Arkansas, Northern soldiers took their fine horses, leaving them only a donkey for the wagon. That night one of the soldiers returned (because he had seen an Eastern Star pin my grandmother wore) and asked what he could do to help. My grandmother said, "Get my horses." The man did just that and told them to get going at once and to travel only at night. They reached Dallas and then went to Sherman.
The first Tuck home in Grayson County was on land my grandfather had acquired, and part of it is now the Sherman Airport. Later, the family moved into Sherman and lived on South Walnut Street for many years, then moved to North Grand Avenue. H.N. Tuck was chairman of the official board of the Travis Street Methodist Church, chairman of the board of Kidd-Key College, and Master of his Masonic Lodge. He served Grayson County as County Treasurer, Tax Assessor, and Deputy County Clerk. He died in 1911; Bettie Tuck died in 1879.
In Grayson County, two other children were born to Hiram Newton and Bettie Tuck: Lon M. Tuck and Thomas Mitchell Tuck. The latter went to California and died there in 1957. Tom Tuck had three children: Elizabeth Stone, of San Francisco; John Tuck, of San Francisco; and Stanley, who died young. Lon M. Tuck (my father) was born near Sherman in 1869 and lived in Sherman until his death in 1945. He attended Captain LeTellier's School in Sherman and Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. In 1893 he married Nannie V. Greene, of Van Alstyne, but a native of Alabama. He Worked in Sherman a few years, then took over management of the Gunter Ranch and the Gunter Bank. After the ranch was sold, he bought the M.J. Chapin Abstract Company, which he owned until his death. He was president of the Old Settlers Association and of the Sherman Country Club, was a member of fraternal orders and a life-long Methodist. He helped layout some of the highways in the county because of his knowledge of the land and values in the county.
There were five children born of the marriage of Lon M. and Nannie Tuck: Hiram Greene "Hi" Tuck, who died in 1950, was in business with his father and was Mayor of Sherman for ten years. He married Wren Jimerson. Their children are Betty Wren Tuck Taylor, of Richardson, and Nancy Tuck Petty, of Houston. Lelda Tuck Foree lives in Dallas. She married Kenneth Foree, Jr. There are two sons, both of Dallas: Ernest Tuck Foree, an attorney, and Dr. Kenneth Foree III. Elizabeth Tuck Higginbotham lives in Sherman. She married Roswell G. Higginbotham and has one son, Robert Gene Higginbotham, of Caldwell, Texas. Alice Tuck Smith lives in Pampa, Texas. She married William Jarrel Smith and had two children, Erin Elizabeth O'Connor and Patrick O'Connor III, who live in Pampa with their father, Patrick O'Connor II; William Jarrel Smith II, who is an attorney and lives in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Vernon L. Tuck lived in Sherman and practiced medicine until his death June 6, 1976. His wife, Grace Burney Tuck, lives in Sherman. Their son, Lon Burney Tuck, is with the Washington Post, Washington, D.C. Their daughter, Elizabeth, died in 1970. Dr. Tuck served as Mayor of Sherman for two terms. Ella Depew Tuck Brown, born 1861, in Polk County, Missouri, married Vernon Brown, a native of Kentucky. Their son, Dr. Brian Tuck "Bap" Brown, practiced medicine in Sherman until his death in 1955. Dr. Brown married Mary Cusick, who survives him and lives in Sherman. Ella Brown was active in the Methodist Church and club affairs for many years. She helped get permanent upkeep for West Hill Cemetery. She died in 1956 and is buried on the Tuck lot in West Hill Cemetery along with a number of others of the family.
The Tuck family has been researched in the book "John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, Virginia, and Some of Their Descendants," compiled by Alethea Jane Mason, Brunswick, Georgia, printed by Southern Press, Inc., Macon, Georgia, about 1964.
Note: written by Lelda Tuck Foree
==================
printed w/permission of her son, Kenneth Foree, III
Note: It appears Alice Tuck was mistakenly credited with her daughter Judith's children, the O'Connors
On Find A Grave.
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The first Tuck to come to Grayson County was my grandfather, Hiram Newton Tuck, who was born in Morrisville, Polk County, Missouri, in 1839. A member of the Confederate forces at Vicksburg, he was captured and a prisoner of war for many months. During his war prisoner days he became acquainted with Grayson Countians, liked them and liked what they told him of Grayson County. When ultimately paroled and after months recuperating in Arkansas from physical disabilities resulting from privations endured while a prisoner of war, he set out for Texas and arrived in Grayson County in 1865.
In 1867, his wife (my grandmother), Bettie Mitchell Tuck, a daughter, Ellen Depew Tuck, and my grandmother's invalid mother, Mary Robertson Mitchell, started to Texas in a covered wagon. In Arkansas, Northern soldiers took their fine horses, leaving them only a donkey for the wagon. That night one of the soldiers returned (because he had seen an Eastern Star pin my grandmother wore) and asked what he could do to help. My grandmother said, "Get my horses." The man did just that and told them to get going at once and to travel only at night. They reached Dallas and then went to Sherman.
The first Tuck home in Grayson County was on land my grandfather had acquired, and part of it is now the Sherman Airport. Later, the family moved into Sherman and lived on South Walnut Street for many years, then moved to North Grand Avenue. H.N. Tuck was chairman of the official board of the Travis Street Methodist Church, chairman of the board of Kidd-Key College, and Master of his Masonic Lodge. He served Grayson County as County Treasurer, Tax Assessor, and Deputy County Clerk. He died in 1911; Bettie Tuck died in 1879.
In Grayson County, two other children were born to Hiram Newton and Bettie Tuck: Lon M. Tuck and Thomas Mitchell Tuck. The latter went to California and died there in 1957. Tom Tuck had three children: Elizabeth Stone, of San Francisco; John Tuck, of San Francisco; and Stanley, who died young. Lon M. Tuck (my father) was born near Sherman in 1869 and lived in Sherman until his death in 1945. He attended Captain LeTellier's School in Sherman and Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. In 1893 he married Nannie V. Greene, of Van Alstyne, but a native of Alabama. He Worked in Sherman a few years, then took over management of the Gunter Ranch and the Gunter Bank. After the ranch was sold, he bought the M.J. Chapin Abstract Company, which he owned until his death. He was president of the Old Settlers Association and of the Sherman Country Club, was a member of fraternal orders and a life-long Methodist. He helped layout some of the highways in the county because of his knowledge of the land and values in the county.
There were five children born of the marriage of Lon M. and Nannie Tuck: Hiram Greene "Hi" Tuck, who died in 1950, was in business with his father and was Mayor of Sherman for ten years. He married Wren Jimerson. Their children are Betty Wren Tuck Taylor, of Richardson, and Nancy Tuck Petty, of Houston. Lelda Tuck Foree lives in Dallas. She married Kenneth Foree, Jr. There are two sons, both of Dallas: Ernest Tuck Foree, an attorney, and Dr. Kenneth Foree III. Elizabeth Tuck Higginbotham lives in Sherman. She married Roswell G. Higginbotham and has one son, Robert Gene Higginbotham, of Caldwell, Texas. Alice Tuck Smith lives in Pampa, Texas. She married William Jarrel Smith and had two children, Erin Elizabeth O'Connor and Patrick O'Connor III, who live in Pampa with their father, Patrick O'Connor II; William Jarrel Smith II, who is an attorney and lives in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Vernon L. Tuck lived in Sherman and practiced medicine until his death June 6, 1976. His wife, Grace Burney Tuck, lives in Sherman. Their son, Lon Burney Tuck, is with the Washington Post, Washington, D.C. Their daughter, Elizabeth, died in 1970. Dr. Tuck served as Mayor of Sherman for two terms. Ella Depew Tuck Brown, born 1861, in Polk County, Missouri, married Vernon Brown, a native of Kentucky. Their son, Dr. Brian Tuck "Bap" Brown, practiced medicine in Sherman until his death in 1955. Dr. Brown married Mary Cusick, who survives him and lives in Sherman. Ella Brown was active in the Methodist Church and club affairs for many years. She helped get permanent upkeep for West Hill Cemetery. She died in 1956 and is buried on the Tuck lot in West Hill Cemetery along with a number of others of the family.
The Tuck family has been researched in the book "John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, Virginia, and Some of Their Descendants," compiled by Alethea Jane Mason, Brunswick, Georgia, printed by Southern Press, Inc., Macon, Georgia, about 1964.
Note: written by Lelda Tuck Foree
==================
printed w/permission of her son, Kenneth Foree, III
Note: It appears Alice Tuck was mistakenly credited with her daughter Judith's children, the O'Connors
On Find A Grave.
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