Life History

Notes

• In 2008, reporting information from Tucker family records, Jessie McPherson Jenkins wrote of G W Tucker:
  "He married (1) R A Bostwick. She was born abt 1854 in AR."
  
  The name is known in Tucker family records as R A Bostwick.  By late September 2010, the only public record I had found for R A Bostwick Tucker was the 1880 census, where she is reported as R A Tucker.  Then I received some information referencing additional sources.
  
  Comment on Ancestry Tree
  R A Bostwick (Bostic)
  Charlotte Parker added this on 27 Sep 2010
  "R.A. is my paternal gggrandmother (her first son Joe T. Parker, is my grandfather). I have not been able to find death record or burial on her, so this info on when George W. Tucker remarried is helpful. Her name is shown as Roseanna Bostic in 1870 US Census ...."
  
  The initials R A could be for Rose Ann or Rose Anna.  After receiving this message I found the Ancestry transcription of the marriage record:
  Arkansas Marriages, 1851-1900
  Marriage Record Book B, Page 290
  G. W. Tucker
  Spouse: Rosanna Parker
  Marriage 28 Jun 1877 Lonoke County, AR
  
  The 1870 census reports a daughter Roseanna Bostic, which seems to match our R A Bostwick, with her parents in Pulaski County.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Pulaski County, Arkansas, 14 July, Caroline Township, PO Little Rock, page 22, Hse #142, Fam #143
  Bostic, Thos  42 M W Farmer $200 Real Estate $300 Personal  b Tennessee
  Bostic, Sarah 34 F W Keeping House born England Cannot read or write
  Bostic, Thomas 20 M W Farm Laborer born Arkansas  Cannot read or write
  Bostic, Roseanna 16 F W At Home born Arkansas  Cannot read or write
  Bostic, Doctor 14 M W At Home born Arkansas  Cannot read or write
  Bostic, Mary 12 F W At Home born Arkansas  Cannot read or write
  Bostic, Bill 9 M W born Arkansas  Cannot read or write
  Bostic, Sarah 5 F W born Arkansas
  Bostic, Susan 2 F W born Arkansas
  
  There are numerous other Bostic families in Vilonia and Cypress Townships of Faulkner County:  marriage records, censuses, and other records.  These seem to be from the same lineage as Roseanna's family.  This may mean the original spelling of their name was Bostic.  It could mean the original Bostwick was simplified to Bostic.
  
  In 1871, Roseanna married Taylor Parker in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
  
  Pulaski County, Arkansas Marriage Record
  Taylor Parker To R A Bostic
  I, J C Forbess, an Ordained Minister of the Gospel in the State of Arkansas, herby certify that on the 10th day of September 1871, at the County of Pulaski in the State of Arkansas, did duly join in marriage Taylor Parker aged 22 years and Miss R A Bostic aged 18 years amd did declare them husband and wife.
  Filed 17 Oct 1871
  --  Document from the Arkansas Historical Commission, courtesy research of C Parker, 31 July 2013, accessed 20 April 2016
  
  In the 1880 census, R A Bostwick is reported with her second husband George Washington Tucker.  The two initials R A could have been taken by the 1880 enumerator for two names -- as we sometimes find on censuses, and in her marriage record above -- where the original was understood by the family as one double name.
  
  This census record reveals that she had been married first to a man name Parker.  The oldest child in the household is J T Parker, age 5.  From this age we can estimate that Roseanna married Mr Parker about 1874.  A very interesting feature of this census entry is that R A is listed first, but the House and Family numbers are on George's line.
  
  Even though she is listed first, R A is Keeping House and George is a Farmer.  Neither she nor George have a designation as Head or any other relation, but the others in the household are reported in their relation to R A, not George!
  
  1880 Federal Census, Cross County, Arkansas, 9 June, Bedford Township, District 65, page 7, Hse #62, Hse #65
  Tucker, R A  W F 26 Married Keeps House AR KY England [born abt 1854]
  Tucker, George W M 25 Married Farmer TN AR KY TN [born abt 1855]
  Bostwick, Wm  W M 18 Brother Farm Laborer AR KY England [born abt 1862]
  Tucker, G T W M 2 Son AR AR AR [b abt 1878]
  Tucker, J M  W M 6mos born Dec 1879  Son AR AR AR
  Parker, J T  W M 5 Son AR AR AR
  
  Tucker Researcher Linda Matchett reports the Parker son as Joe T Parker:  "all I have on Joe T. Parker is his birth about 1875."  She provides the following information about the two Tucker children here.
  
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  George & Roseanna Bostwick Tucker's children are:
  
  1) G. Frank Tucker (I would think the G. was George, but never saw it as such), born Mar 28 1878 in Cross Co. AR, died Aug 19 1903 in Shawnee, OK. It's not in my notes, but I'm sure I've heard he was struck by lightning, causing his death. He was in the 1880 census, Bedford twp, Cross Co. AR in the home of his father George W. Tucker, shown as G. T. Tucker, age 2.
  
  2) J. M. Tucker, born Dec 6 1879 in Cross Co. AR; in 1880 census in Bedford twp., Cross Co., AR in home of his father, age 6 months; died as an infant.
  --  Linda Tucker Matchett, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 27 September 2010
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Sources

• 1. Email Sources
• 2. 1880 Federal Census, Cross County, Arkansas
  • 9 June, Bedford Township, District 65, page 7, Hse #62, Fam #65
• 3. 1870 Federal Census, Pulaski County, Arkansas
  • 14 July, Caroline Township, PO Little Rock, page 22, Hse #142, Fam #143
• 4. Arkansas Marriage Certificate
• 5. Ancestry Comments
• 6. Arkansas Marriages, 1851-1900
• 7. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 8. 1910 Federal Census, Faulkner County, Arkansas
  • 28 June, Wilson Township, District 32, page 12A, Hse #198, Fam #201
• 9. 1900 Federal Census, Faulkner County, Arkansas
  • 28 June, Wilson Township, District 32, page 12A, Hse #198, Fam #201
• 10. 1940 Federal Census, Ouachita County, Arkansas
  • 12 April, District 52-12, Page 5A, Hse #73, Owns $1300
• 11. Arkansas Marriage License
• 12. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
• 13. 1880 Federal Census, Cross County, Arkansas
  • 9 June, Bedford Township, District 65, page 7, Hse #62, Hse #65
• 14. Linda Tucker Matchett
• 15. Ancestry Trees
• 16. Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950
  • Volume 57, Certificate #291