William Feimster Tucker
Born: May 9, 1827
Birthplace: Iredell County, North Carolina
Wife: Martha Josephine Shackelford 1831 – 1920
(Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Mississippi)
Children:
Margaret Josephine Tucker Unknown – 1889
(Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Mississippi)
Jennie Tucker Buchanan 1852 – 1934
(Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Mississippi)
Rosa Tucker Battle 1866 – 1946
(Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Mississippi)
William Feimster Tucker Jr. 1869 – 1941
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Woodville, Mississippi)
Education:
1848: Graduated from Emory & Henry College
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Houston, Mississippi
Probate Judge for Chickasaw County, Mississippi
Civil War Career:
1861 - 1862: Captain of Company K 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
1861: Participated in the First Battle of Manassas, Virginia
1862 – 1864: Colonel of 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment
1862: Participated in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
1862 – 1863: Participated in the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1863: Participated in the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
1863: Participated in the Battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee
1864 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army, Infantry
1864: Wounded during the Battle of Resaca, Georgia
1865: Commander of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana District
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Chickasaw County, Mississippi
1876 – 1878: Mississippi State Representative
Died: September 14, 1881
Place of Death: Okolona, Mississippi
Age at time of Death: 54 years old
Cause of Death: Murdered
Burial Place: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Mississippi
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