Person:John McTucker (2)

1850 US Census, Township 4S 5W, Pike County, Illinois, household 378, 10 Sept 1850 John McTucker, 30, male, farmer, owns property worth $1400, born in Pennsylvania Mary M., 25, female, born in Vermont Susanna, 3/12, female, born in Illinois Susanna, 48, female, born in Pennsylvania Mary J. Grammer, 22, female, born in Pennsylvania (HIS SISTER husband en route to CA) James D. Grammer, 1, male, born in Illinois Ceoratus Lee, 20, male, laborer, born in Ohio Note: Pike County Marriage records show a Mary McTucker married Joseph Grammer on 14 December 1848, vol I page 134

1860 US Census, Barry, Pike County, Illinois, page 4, household 279, 5 July 1860 John McTucker, 40, male, farmer, born in Pennsylvania Mary, 35, female, housework, born in Vermont Susanah (Samuel is crossed out), 9, female, born in Illinois James, 8, male, born in Illinois Ana, 6, female, born in Illinois Jesse, 3, male, born in Illinois Elisa, 1, female, born in Illinois

1850 Agriculture Census, Township 4 Range 5, Pike County, Illinois, 7 September 1850 John McTucker, 130 acres of improved land, 70 acres of unimproved land, $1400 cash value of land, $67 value of farming implements and improvements and lots of livestock

The Quincy Whig Saturday November 6, 1869 page 4 The friends of Mr. John McTucker of Barry, Ill., will regret to learn that he met with an untimely death on last Tuesday. When about to step on the cars at Kinderhook, his foot slipped and he fell beneath, the wheels severing his head from his body, and thus separated, his remains were conveyed to his bereaved family. 1870 US Census Mortality Schedule, Hadley Township, Pike County, Illinois Family 28 on the census schedule, John McTucker, 50, male, white, married, born in Pennsylvania, died Oct , farmer, killed by railroad

The citizens of Barry named their post of the Grand Army of the Republic after John McTucker.1 CONT 
From “History of Pike County”, a Centennial Address delivered by Hon. William A. Grimshaw at Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois, July 4, 1876. “John McTucker, last of Barry, once of Hadley township, was on the Board of Supervisors from Hadley, and often on the committees of the Agricultural Society of Pike, a first-class farmer, an upright and intelligent man, of great benevolence and very popular. He lost his life by an accident in endeavoring to get upon a railroad car when nearing his home after a trip to California, taken on behalf of his brother, resident there He left numerous and respected family and a valuable estate.”

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Park Lawn Cemetery Gravestone Inscriptions, Barry, Pike County, Illinois.
2. ↑ 1850 Census
   Township 4S 5W, Pike County, Illinois, household 378, 10 Sept 1850.
3. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census
   Barry, Pike County, Illinois, page 4, household 279, 5 July 1860.