Person:Jessie McTucker (1)

Living with her mother through 1870.

1880 US Census, Barry, Pike County, Illinois, Enumeration District 180, page 3, household 38, 1-2 June 1880 Douglas Davis, white, male 27, married, retired merchant, born in Illinois, father born in Illinois, mother born in Massachusetts Jessie, white, female, 24, married, keeping house, born in Illinois, parents born in Vermont

Cannot find in 1900 or 1910 census.

1902 Butte, Montana, City Directory http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=bsbcmo1902&so=2&rank=0&gsfn=jessie&gsln=davis&sx=&=%2c1%2c+%2c%2c1%2c+&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=1&sbor=&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-c Mrs. Jessie Davis, residence 317 South Arizona Jessie Davis, mangle operator, COD Laundry, boards 327 South Arizona

Anaconda Standard, 29 March 1907 Miss Gladys McTucker of Barry, Ill, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. F. Davis of North Washington street.

Grand Forks Herald, North Dakota, 20 January 1909 page 8 Weds Old Sweetheart. Romance Which Began 35 Years Ago Ends with Wedding Minot Independent: The culmination of a very pretty romance, extending over a period of thirty-five years, was the marriage of J D Gordon, one of Ward county’s prominent farmers and Mrs. Jessie Davis, a charming lady of Butte, Mont. The wedding occurred on Jan 2 at Butte, where prior to visit the sweetheart of his youth. Thirty-five years ago, when Mr. Gordon was a youth, he courted Mrs. Davis, then a slender brunette whose maiden name was Jessie McTucker. Miss McTucker lived on an adjoining farm and the two were lovers from their youth. They plighted their vows and intended soon to wed. One night they attended a dance, and over some slight disagreement, they quarreled. It proved to be one little act that changed their entire lives. At the same dance was Miss Mary Wike, a close friend to Jessie McTucker, a pretty blonde, and after their quarrel, Mr. Gordon began paying attentions to Miss Wike. The couple were engaged in a short time, and soon afterwards wed. This al took place back in Barry, Ill. The two women never “fell out” over the affair and have remained fast friends all of their lives. Miss McTucker soon afterwards married a Mr. Davis and they left Illinois, locating in the west. Twenty years ago, Mr. Davis died, leaving a wife and a daughter who since has grown up and married. For the last nine years Mrs. Davis has been a resident of Butte, where she owns a large amount of valuable property. Mrs. Gordon was of a very unselfish nature and shortly before she died she told her husband that if anything ever happened to her that he should hunt up the sweetheart of his youth and mary her if she was still waiting. Mr. Gordon carried out the wishes of his former wife, and although he had not met Mrs. Davis for fifteen years, he knew where she lived and along towards the holiday season he stole away from his friends and was married. Living in Butte are five McTucker sisters, all in good circumstances and the four accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Gordon to Seattle and Spokane, where they spent a week or more on their honeymoon. Mrs. Gordon will not arrive in Minot until March. She has business interests that will demand her attention at Butte for some weeks yet. Mr. Gordon arrived home the other day and is receiving the congratulations of his many friends. Mrs. Gordon is a bookekper and stenographer, having taken up the work after the death of her husband, and with her business ability she will prove a valuable assistant to her husband, who is manager of the 2,000 acre Scofield farm. The years have dealt kindly with her and she still retains much of the beauty that characterized her in her youth.

James Gordon married Mary Wike in Pike County, illinois, on 27 June 1875 as recorded in vol A page 262 license 451

1920 US Census, School District 54, Pondera County, Montana, Enumeration District 171, sheet 2, household 18, 11 February 1920 James D. Gordon, head, owns mortgaged home, male, white, 66, married, can read and write, born in Illinois, parents born in Ohio, speaks English, farmer, grain and stock farm Jessie F., wife, female, white, 63, married, can read and write, born in Illinois, father born in Pennsylvania, mother born in Maine, speaks English

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 1860 United States Federal Census
   Barry, Pike County, Illinois, page 4, household 279, 5 July 1860.
2. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census
   Hadley Township, Pike County, Illinois, page 5, houshold 28, 15 June 1870.
3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Park Lawn Cemetery Gravestone Inscriptions, Barry, Pike County, Illinois.
4. ↑ 68 y