The son of Henry St. George Tucker and Ann Evelina Hunter Tucker studied at Washington College, the University of Virginia, then took his law degree from William and Mary. His uncle, Nathaniel Beverly Tucker, taught him there. In 1849, he was married to Elizabeth Anderson Gilmer, the daughter of Thomas Walker Gilmer, a former Governor of Virginia. Between 1850 and 1855, they had four children, Gilmer, Evelina, Lucy and Annie. In 1853, he was appointed clerk of the house of delegates. A writer of poetry with published success, he was a secessionist and wrote the popular war song, "The Southern Cross." In 1857 he was a lawyer, living in Ashland, and running the Ashland Male Academy. He raised a company there. Christened "The Ashland Grays", they joined the 15th Virginia Infantry. Tucker was a valiant leader, commended and promoted for his performance at Malvern Hill. He contracted consumption, which forced his retirement from the field and killed him soon after.
The son of Henry St. George Tucker and Ann Evelina Hunter Tucker studied at Washington College, the University of Virginia, then took his law degree from William and Mary. His uncle, Nathaniel Beverly Tucker, taught him there. In 1849, he was married to Elizabeth Anderson Gilmer, the daughter of Thomas Walker Gilmer, a former Governor of Virginia. Between 1850 and 1855, they had four children, Gilmer, Evelina, Lucy and Annie. In 1853, he was appointed clerk of the house of delegates. A writer of poetry with published success, he was a secessionist and wrote the popular war song, "The Southern Cross." In 1857 he was a lawyer, living in Ashland, and running the Ashland Male Academy. He raised a company there. Christened "The Ashland Grays", they joined the 15th Virginia Infantry. Tucker was a valiant leader, commended and promoted for his performance at Malvern Hill. He contracted consumption, which forced his retirement from the field and killed him soon after.
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Henry St. George Tucker Jr
1808–1826
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Mrs Ann Evelina Hunter Tucker Magill
1809–1875
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Moses Hunter Tucker
1810–1811
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Frances Bland Tucker
1812–1826
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Mary Stephena Tucker
1813–1827
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Dr David Hunter Tucker
1815–1871
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Sarah Virginia St George Tucker Brooke
1817–1863
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Nathaniel Beverley Tucker
1820–1890
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Stephen Dandridge Tucker
1821–1840
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John Randolph Tucker
1823–1897
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Dr Alfred Bland Tucker Sr
1830–1862
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