Moses Peter Rucker (1837 - 1926)

Born 10 Mar 1837 in Bedford County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sallie Fannie (Parker) Rucker — married 14 Feb 1866 in Franklin County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 4 Sep 1926 at age 89 in Bedford County, Virginia

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Biography

Sergeant Moses Rucker served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: May 8, 1861
Mustered out: June 30, 1864
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 2nd Virginia Calvary Regiment, Company F

• Died at age 89.
• Buried Longwood Cemetery, Bedford, Virginia.
• Married Sallie Frances Parker (1844–1925)
• He was a farmer and his family owned a small plantation in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. On May 8, 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate Army and served in Company F, 2nd Regiment Virginia Calvary, Cpt. James Wilson's command, where he rose from private to sergeant. His journal recounting his life and time in the CSA has been handed down through subsequent generations and is held by the Rucker Family Society.

Children

1. Annie Mary Rucker Sutherland (1867–1954)
2. David H. Rucker (1869–1954)
3. Joseph Anthony Rucker (1871–1948)
4. William Penn Rucker (1873–1937)
5. Moses P. Rucker (1876–1946)
6. Sallie Margaret Rucker Dickson (1881–1977)

Research Notes

Federal Census Records

• 1920 Census record finds Moses P Rucker (82), magistrate, head of household, living in owned home at 217 Crenshaw Street, Bedford, Virginia with wife Sally F Rucker (75).
• 1910 Census record finds M Peter Rucker (73), head of household living in rented house on Bonshaw Street, Bedford, Virginia with wife Sallie F Rucker (65), niece Augusta Sutherla (17), boarders Annie Aaoius (8), Moses P Rucker Jr. (33), physician and servant Charles Walker (22), office boy for doctor.
• 1900 Census record finds M P Rucker (63), farmer, head of household, living in owned home in Staunton, Bedford, Virginia with wife Sallie Rucker (56), 6 births, 6 living children, son Moses P Rucker Jr (23), farm laborer, daughter Sallie M Rucker (18), at school.
• 1880 Census record finds Moses P. Rucker (43), farmer, head of household, living in Staunton, Bedford, Virginia with wife Sallie F. Rucker (36), at home, daughter Annie A. Rucker (13), sons David H. Rucker (11), farm laborer, Joseph A. Rucker (9), Wm. P. Rucker (7) and Moses P. Rucker (4).
• 1870 Census record finds Moses P Rucker (33), farm laborer, living in Staunton, Bedford County, Virginia with Sally T Rucker (26), keeping house, Ann M Rucker (3), David L Rucker, and African Americans Wm Rucker (54), farm laborer, Jemima Rucker (53), keeping house, Rose Rucker (80), at home.

Slave Schedules

• 1860 Slave schedule list 1 black, 19 year old, male and 1 black, 18 year old, female.

Sources

• Rucker Bible Records, The Pronouncing Edition of the Holy Bible (Philadelphia: Globe Bible Publishing Company, n.d.), Births. MP Rucker hand.
• Rucker Bible Records, The Pronouncing Edition of the Holy Bible (Philadelphia: Globe Bible Publishing Company, n.d.), Deaths. Unknown hand.
• "Prominent Man Dead," (Bedford, Virginia) Bedford Times, 09/1926, p. 1, col. 3.
• MP Rucker enlistment, SM Rucker Dickson memory, 1960s; privately held by MD Jensen . hand written, confirmed by National Archives and Records Service, GSA, 1966.
• Moses Peter Rucker, "The Memories of Moses Peter Rucker" (hand written copy by josephine rucker, 1910), p. 5, 21; copy in possession of MD Jensen.
• Sudie Rucker Wood, The Rucker Family Geneology (New Delhi: Isha Books, 1932-2013), 103.
• Year: 1870; Census Place: Staunton, Bedford, Virginia; Roll: M593_1635; Page: 346A.
• Year: 1880; Census Place: Staunton, Bedford, Virginia; Roll: 1356; Page: 325B; Enumeration District: 024.
• 1900 U.S. census, Bedford County, Virginia, population schedule, Stanton Township, enumeration district (ED) 6, sheet A, p. 286; digital images; citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.
• Year: 1920; Census Place: Bedford, Bedford, Virginia; Roll: T625_1881; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 59
• Year: 1910; Census Place: Liberty, Bedford, Virginia; Roll: T624_1622; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0011;
• Find A Grave: Memorial #120354665
• Bible Records of Ambrose Rucker Family: "Some Unpublished Records of VA," by Edyth Walter Rice, and American Liberty Chapter of the DAR; FHL Film #850094(6), Digitized FHL Film #7644646, Images 1012-1014 of 1140
• Colonial families of the southern states of America; a history and genealogy of colonial families who settled in the colonies prior to the revolution. Hardy, Stella Pickett, 1877-
• 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules
• Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database.