Husband: Tavner RUCKER
Birthdate: 12 Jan 1787
Birthplace: VA (probably Culpeper Co)
Death date: 20 Aug 1855
Place of death: Greene Co MO
Burial: Wade Chapel
Father: William RUCKER
Mother: Elizabeth ALEXANDER

Marriage date: Pre 1822
Marriage place: GA

Wife: Elizabeth WADE
Birthdate: 5 Jul 1793
Birthplace: Bedford Co VA
Death date: 6 Jan 1864
Place of death: Greene Co MO
Burial: Wade Chapel
Father: Joshua WADE
Mother: Anna BOATWRIGHT

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Joshua W. E. RUCKER
Birthdate: 21 Aug 1822 Franklin Co GA
Spouses' names: None
Marriage date:
Death date: 31 Jul 1860 Greene Co MO
Burial: Wade Chapel

Child No. 2: Frances Mary Anne Jane RUCKER
Birthdate: 16 May 1825 Franklin Co GA
Spouses' names: None
Marriage date: None
Death date: 4 Mar 1903 Greene Co MO
Burial: Wade Chapel

Child No. 3: Martha E. A. RUCKER
Birthdate: 11 Jan 1828 Franklin Co GA
Spouses' names: [1] Joel M. SKELTON [2] William B. WHITE
Marriage date: [1] 27 Feb 1845 Franklin Co GA, by John B. WADE, MG
Death date: 8 Jan 1888 Greene Co MO
Burial: Wade Chapel

Child No. 4: Daughter RUCKER (unnamed)
Birthdate: 16 Feb 1830 Franklin Co GA
Spouses' names: None
Marriage date: None
Death date: 18 Feb 1830 Franklin Co GA
Burial:

Child No. 5: William J. W. RUCKER (1st)
Birthdate: 5 Feb 1831 Franklin Co GA
Spouses' names: None
Marriage date: None
Death date: 23 Apr 1833 Franklin Co GA
Burial:

Child No. 6: William J. Wesley RUCKER (2nd)
Birthdate: 19 Jul 1833 Franklin Co GA
Spouses' names: None
Marriage date: None
Death date: 15 Jun 1852 probably Franklin Co GA
Burial:

Child No. 7: Annie Sarepta Matilda RUCKER
Birthdate: 21 Aug 1836 Franklin Co GA
Spouses' names: William A. JACKSON
Marriage date: 27 Dec 1860 Greene Co MO
Death date: 23 Apr 1916 Greene Co MO
Burial: Wade Chapel
 
 
Documentation:
* Original Wade Chapel Cemetery records, Greene Co MO
* Tavner Rucker Bible
* 1830 Franklin Co GA census
* 1840 Franklin Co GA census
* 1850 Franklin Co GA census
* 1860 Greene Co MO census
* Franklin Co GA marriages
* Greene Co MO marriages
* Greene Co MO probate records
* Greene Co MO divorce records
* Elbert Co GA deed records
* Greene Co MO deed records
* Greene Co MO History of Greene Co MO, published 1883, p 672

Notes:
* Child #1 owned a store in Franklin Co GA before moving to MO.
* Child #3 m (1) Joel M. SKELTON who was murdered in his yard in Greene Co MO during the Civil War. He was s/o Noel SKELTON & Margaret "Margy" Hannah McGEE who appear in census of Franklin Co GA 1830 to 1850, then in census of Hart Co GA 1860.
* Child #3 m (2) William B. WHITE 9 Dec 1869 Greene Co MO. They were divorced 2 Dec 1871 Greene Co MO. William B. WHITE and his first wife (Mary M. BROWN) appear in the 1850 census of Elbert Co GA.
* Child #7 was divorced 4 Mar 1868 Greene Co MO.
* Several members of the SKELTON, RUCKER, and WADE families moved from Franklin & Hart counties GA to Greene Co MO about 1852 where they settled in Pond Creek Township. Other members of these families remained in Elbert, Franklin, and Hart counties GA.