Edmund Winchester Rucker
Born: July 22, 1835
Birthplace: Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee
Father: Dr. Edmund Rucker 1800 – 1861
Mother: Louisa Orville Winchester 1810 – 1888
(Buried: Cragfont Cemetery, Gallatin, Tennessee)
Wife: Mary Adele Woodfin 1854 – 1883
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama)
Wife: Mary Thomas Bentley 1860 – 1941
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama)
Children:
Doctor Edmund Winchester Rucker Jr 1878 -
Louise Winchester Rucker Agee Born 1875
Lilian Mary Rucker 1882 – 1883
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama)
Occupation before War:
Worked on the Surveying crew for Nashville & Decatur Railroad
Established an Engineering & Surveying business in Memphis, Tennessee
1858 – 1861: Memphis, Tennessee City Engineer
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1865: Served in the Confederate Cavalry under Nathan Forrest
Colonel and Commander of Rucker's Legion Cavalry
1864: Participated in the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee
1864: Wounded in Arm during the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee Capture
Occupation after War:
President of Salem, Marion, and Memphis Railroad Company
President of Birmingham Compress and Warehouse Company
Vice President of Sloss Iron and Steel Company
Vice President & Director of Alabama National Bank
Vice President of American Coal Company
Worked on Railroad Project in Alabama with General Nathan Forrest
Industrial Businessman in Birmingham, Alabama
Died: April 13, 1924
Place of Death: Birmingham, Alabama
Age at time of Death: 88 years old
Burial Place: Oak Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama
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