Person:Frances McTucker (1)

Barry Adage, May 5, 1877 p. 1, c. 3. Mr. William Grammer, accompanied by Miss Effie McTucker, started for California on Monday last. Mr. Grammer goes to settle some business matters of the John McTucker estate that have long been in litigation there, and will be absent about three weeks. Miss McTucker goes to visit relatives and her stay will depend somewhat upon how well she likes the country and her surroundings.

With her mother through 1880 census. She graduated from Barry High School in 1880, according to numerous published lists of the graduates.

1900 Census, 128 East Park St., Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, Enumeration District 115, sheet 7, household 114, 9-12 June 1900 Eliza Davis Bl, ... Genevieve, daughter... Francis McTucker, sister, white, female, born Oct 1862, 37, widow, bore no children, born in Illinois, parents born in Illinois, school teacher, can read, write and speak English Effie Dodge, sister, ...

Anaconda Standard 8 June 1910 Miss Frances McTucker was given a year’s leave of absence. She was one of the lucky drawers on the Flathead reservation and means to make good on her claim.

1910 US Census, Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, 408 So. Colorado St., Enumeration District 117, sheet 15B, household 340, 28 April 1910 Eliza McDonald, ,,, Herman Pagenkopf and his wife Genevieve ...Francis McTucker, roomer (HER SISTER), female, white, 51, single, born in Illinois, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Vermont, speaks English, teacher, can read and write

Anaconda Standard 23 June 1912 Miss Frances McTucker left last week of her ranch at Dillon. She was accompanied by Master Frank Lynch, who will visit Master Nat McTucker during the vacation.

Anaconda Standard, 25 January 1913 Mrs. Charles Rankin of Payson, Ill, is visiting Mrs. D. MacDonald and Miss Franes McTucker.

1920 US Census, 1820 Gaylord, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, Enumeration District 235, sheet 6B, 9-10 January 1920 Herman C. Pagenkopf, and his wife, Genevieve (niece) Eliza J. MacDonald, mother-in-law, ,,, Mary F (FRANCIS). McTucker, roomer (ELIZA”S SISTER FRANCES), female, white, 58, single, can read and write, born in Illinois, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Vermont, speaks English

1928 Butte Montana, 1928 City Directory page 274 http://distantcousin.com/Directories/MT/Butte/1928/Page.asp?Page=274 McTucker, Frances, tchr Pub Sch r(ents) 1749 Wall

Anaconda Standard Moving Old House Recalls Opening of Reservation Dixon, March 8. - The little brown house from across the river, recently moved to town by Nat McTucker, garage owner, recalls early day history of the opening of the Flathead reservation in 1910. The vast differences in the modes of travel 27 years ago is shown by the fact that the materials used in building the house were taken across the river in sections on a low boat. This week, the whole building was moved to its present location, and across a bridge which now spans the Flathead river. The enactment of the three-year homestead law by the department of the Interior and fiing on unsettled lands meant the hopes of many for a new home, especially for the land north of the river, near Dixon. In 1910, the first homesteaders were Mrs. E. Dodge, Miss Frances McTucker of Butte and their nephew, Nat McTucker, who made their home with hthem. Their land, comprising 160 acres each, was located three miles north of Dixon. The new law specified a three-year residence with a habitable house upon the land, and this brought about the erection of the little brown house. In those days, although Dixon was a well-known freighting point with transcontinental railwasy service, the means of transportation across the Flathead river was very meager, with only privately owned tow boats and two possible fords. One ford near Dixon was too swift for a team and wagon and only negotiated by horseback riders, the other, better known as the Palin ford, near the Flathead agency, was used only during the low water season. Crossing on the ice during the winter months also afforded means for the settlers to get building and farming materials to their homesteads. many settlers, like the McTuckers, James Perry, R. E. Iago, George Rush and James families, lived in tents until enough lumber and materials could be gotten together with the conveyances available. Their only neighbors were Indians. One old-timer, their nearest neighbor, Marcial Antoine, wealthy cattleman, often rode by to view the building of the house, which was located on a hilltop overlooking the Mission mountains. The front of the house faced east, and the view during the summer months was a perfect “W” of snow on one of the lofty peaks. After a few years, the little house was replaced by a larger one, the original homestead abode was used for storage purposes. Because the house was well built and had weathered the storms of many years, the present owner decided to move it to town and reconstruct it for a tourist cabin. Two teams were used to move the house, which was skidded on the ice along the river bank. This method of moving the whole house across the bridge proved to be a great contrast to the original means of carrying the materials across the river in a row boat. As soon as weather permits, the house will be enhanced by a coat of stucco and will be modernized with electric lights and running water. Thus, the little brown house has made history and as it stands rejuvenated, in all probabilities, will give many more years of useful service in a new era.

http://www.pikecoilgenweb.org/comments.php?id=13493 Barry Adage Wed Mar 19, 1930 John McTucker Prominent Citizen Died Last Thursday He was one of a family of eight children, five daughters and three sons, three of the daughters are still living, namely: Mrs. Effie Dodge, Dixon, Montana; Mrs. Eliza McDonald and Miss Frances McTucker, Butte, Montana

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Park Lawn Cemetery Gravestone Inscriptions, Barry, Pike County, Illinois.
2. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census
   Hadley Township, Pike County, Illinois, page 5, houshold 28, 15 June 1870.
3. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census
   128 East Park St., Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, Enumeration District 115, sheet 7, household 114, 9-12 June 1900.
4. ↑ Illinois State Archives. Illinois Statewide Death Indices
   certificate 23675.