Osie
(Minard) Tucker
(1867-1940)
Osie Carrie (Minard) Tucker was born
on Oct. 1, 1867
in Cedar County, IA, the daughter of Nathan W.
and Sarah Jane (Woodruff) Minard. She and her parents were pioneer settlers
of Missouri and Kansas.
When Osie was age five, she moved with her family from Iowa to Caldwell County, MO. When she was 18, they moved again, to Kansas, settling in Richland, Shawnee County.
In 1885, Osie married Archibald Tucker (1858-1937), a native of Cambridge, OH. Arch had migrated to Kansas with his parents at age three, "settling near Big Springs," said the Topeka Daily Capital.
The Tuckers had 10 children -- Charles Tucker, Earl Tucker, George Tucker, Reva Strong, William Tucker, Daisy Snook, Lelia Mae Larsen, Ray Tucker, Archie Tucker Jr. and Ruby Elliott.
Osie and Arch lived in Topeka, KS, at 725 Chestnut Street. He first worked for the Santa Fe, leaving that position in 1900. He then joined the Topeka Transfer and Storage Company, where he worked for 34 years, retiring in 1934 as storehouse operator.
Seen at right,
Osie
poses in a four-generation photograph with her father, daughter Lelia Larsen and
granddaughter Lucille Larsen.
Arch passed away on April 14, 1937. He was age 79.
Osie outlived him by three years, and died at home on Aug. 8, 1940, at the age of 72. They are buried in the same grave plot in the Topeka Cemetery as their son Earl and his wife Viola May. Also interred here are Viola May's parents, John and Nancy M. Byrd.
Daughter Lelia married Chris Larsen, and resided for 55 years in St. Joseph, MO, near Kansas City. She was a member of the prestigious Daughters of the American Revolution, though it's not known on which patriot's line she is admitted. She is buried in Green Lawn Cemetery, Topeka.
Son Archie Jr. ( ? -1963) married Beulah (?)
and lived in Topeka. Said the Topeka Daily Capital in 1963, Archie was
"employed for 10 years at the
former Air Force Supply Depot and for the past two years was an electrician at
the State Office Building. He
attended the First Church of Christ, Scientist." Their children were Martha
Jane Tucker and Virginia Elaine Tucker.
Circa 1940, son Earl resided in Topeka; son George in Manhattan, KS; son Ray in Kansas City, KS; daughters Daisy Snook and Ruby Elliott in Topeka; and daughter Reva Strong in or near Chicago.
Daughter Lelia Mae Tucker was born in Topeka and lived in St. Joseph, MO for 55 years. She was a member of Children's Memorial Lutheran Church and of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She married (?) Larsen and had two children -- Earl A. Larsen of Kansas City and Lucille Patterson of St. Joseph. Lelia died at the age of 84 and was buried in Green Lawn Cemetery.
For more information, please contact grandson David Claude Tucker, who has been researching his Tucker/Minard roots for many years.
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