George Washington TUCKER

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(George Washington Tucker, son of Hiram & Cahterine Hendry Tucker) One of the unfortunate victims of the Elmira Prison Camp in NY. He was born ca 1827 in Pike Co. AL to Hiram and Catherine Hendry Tucker. He was the 13th of 15 children. Mildred Margaret Bradley's, George's wife, pension application shows the couple marrying the 10th of Dec 1849, probably in Montgomery Co. where Mildred was born 24 Dec 1831. George died in the Elmira Prison camp the 9th of Dec 1864, leaving a grieving wife and 6 small children from the ages of 14 to 2 years old. He and his people were members of the Fairview Church of Christ in Upper Crenshaw Co. AL. His brother, Ira J. Tucker and wife, Priscilla A. Dendy Tucker, gave the land for the church and cemetery. George was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, NY (plot #1175) and his wife was buried at the Fairview Church Cemetery. According to the Lowndes Court House by Mildred Brewer Russell, pg. 175, George was one of 2999 fatalities at the Elmira Prison Camp and was (a Private) in the 1st Alabama Infantry, Co. F (Alabama Artillery). Several men in the 1st Alabama Infantry died there.
Information source: Wynnette Tucker Welch

George married Mildred Margaret BRADLEY on 10 Dec 1849. Mildred was born on 24 Dec 1831; was buried in Fairview Church Cemetery, Helicon, Crenshaw Co, AL. [Group Sheet]