Person:Francis McTucker (1)

Living with parents in 1880 census.

Could be this one?

Seattle Daily Times 3 March 1905 page 7 Tells of Nevada Gold Mines Frank McTucker in Seattle from Late Discoveries Says New Camp is Rich, but Not Big Enough for Everybody. Frank McTucker, an old Yankee prospector; was in the city yesterdy direct from Goldfield Nev. Mr McTucker has been more fortunate than the majority of the men who have put in their best days seeking for hidden wealth in the mineralized mountains of the West and Northwest, and has accumulated a sufficient amount of the metals upon which Uncle Sam has placed his stamp of approval to place him a good distance beyond the point where it is necessary to figure on where the next “grub stake” is coming from. He said” “I came here just for a short stay of one day to make final arrangements with a friend for sending a party in to the Tanana country this spring. I have not lost sight of the fact impressed on me some time ago, that that far northern district offers some excellent opportunities for the investment of money and muscle, but my associate will take care of that end; I am going back to Goldfield by way of San Francisco.” Speaking of the new Nevada camp, Mr. McTucker said: “There are about 7,500 people in Goldfield now, but if the Eastern railroads keep up their cheap excursion rates there will be a populaton of 30,000 in there before the first of June. “It is undoubtedly a great country, but it is so easy of access that it is not necessary to figure with a Western man on how many of these poor devils, fresh from the big cities and the farming sections of the East will be hungry before they are not looking for work. “Another class of men who are in demand are civil engineers, as, according to a rule of the district, every claim must be surveyed, and thousands of them have been located. This proviso about surveying claims makes every one more secure in his ground and serves as a check on the man with the liberal stride who steps off his claim and then adds a couple of hundred feet for good measure. “The weather in that part of Nevada,” continued Mr. McTucker, “is ideal. There is no snow and the days are warm and the nights cool and the climate is certainly healthy, as I heard of but one case of sickness during my entire stay there. “I met former Sheriff Jim Woolery, of Seattle, in Goldfield. He has located some fine properties and is making money.”

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 1880 United States Federal Census
   Elliot, San Joaquin, California, Enumeration District 103, page 13, household 146, 8 June 1880.