Civil War Veteran. Served with Company A, 1st Regiment Colorado Territory Cavalry. The 1st Colorado participated in the engagement at Sand Creek.

Following information submitted by FAG member #46940689:

Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Monday, November 20, 1922, page 2

Chas. Tucker Dies; Veteran of Civil War

Yesterday afternoon [Nov. 19, 1922] at 2:30 death claimed Charles E. Tucker, Civil war veteran, in his eighty-seventh year. He lived in the Lineback addition, near the old ballpark.

He was born in Montpelier, Vt. in September, 1936, and when a young man he went to Colorado, where he engaged in mining. At the outbreak of the Civil war he volunteered and served four years in company A, First Colorado cavalry. He was a member of the Roswell, N. Mex. post of the G. A. R.

Mr. Tucker married Cynthia Barnett at Coleman, Texas and she survives. Although he was a Civil war veteran, Mrs. Tucker, who was born in Marion county, Tennessee, was never wholly reconstructed, and yet she holds to the Lost Cause with splendid loyalty. She and Mr. Tucker, devoted to each other as they were, never could agree on issues of the War of Secession, and are frequent debates on the merits of Lee and Grant were a pleasure to hear.

In addition to the widow, the following children survive Mr. Tucker: Mrs. F. S. Rosser, Mrs. Stella Tucker, Clinton Tucker and Norman Tucker, all of this city, and Mrs. Eva Pickering of Fresno, Calif.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at Ruffner's chapel.

Veterans of the Civil war are becoming so few now but when one passes on it brings to mind how soon it will be when all of them will be on the other side. Mr. Tucker, a true veteran, lived with Yesterday growing clearer as time passed, and with pride and eagerness he would recount the stirring scenes through which he went 60 years ago.

The following is a brief sketch of the deceased written by himself:

"Born in 1837, at Montpelier, Vt., I went to school at the Vermont university in Montpelier until he graduated in 1865, at the age of 18, in which year my parents moved to Wisconsin.

Attending the university at the same time, among others, was George Dewey, a classmate, who was known afterwards as Admiral Dewey, hero of the Manila Bay.

"In 1859, the gold excitement of Colorado, better known among the old-timers as the Pikes Peak gold digging, broke out, sweeping like a tidal wave over the whole Western country. I, with tens of thousands of other young men, was caught in a rush, and from then until now my home has been in this western country. Illustrative of the spirit of the lawlessness, which then prevailed all classes in the new country, I will refer to an election held in Denver and Central City in the spring of '60. At that time Denver was called Auraria and Central City within the same judicial precinct, although 45 miles apart.

"The sheriff of that district was killed in the, line of order and an election was called to elect a sheriff.

Auraria put up a candidate and so did Central City.

Auraria had a population of 300 and Central City had a population of 49 and one boy, and I was that boy.

"We polled between 900 and 1,000 votes and Auraria a few more than 800, and we put our man in office and no blood was shed, which shows that underlying all the acts of violence and illegal acts is that principle that the majority shall rule, and we clearly had a majority.

"I was on the North Platte at Camp Mormon during the Indian and emmigrant times and saw Horace Greeley at Fort Laramie and the execution of George Shears by the Vigilants. I also saw the killing of Jack O'Neal by Rocker, death of Charley Switzland and was with Buffalo Bill."

In deference to the memory of Charles E. Tucker, the younger ex-service men of the community will attend the funeral of the veteran tomorrow, according to John L. Sullivan, state commander of the V.F.W.

All ex-service men who find it possible are urged to attend the services and to form a guard of honor when the funeral cortege leaves the chapel.

A last salute will be given the departed warrior by a firing squad of ex-service men.

Transcriber's note: Article transcribed as published.

Civil War Veteran. Served with Company A, 1st Regiment Colorado Territory Cavalry. The 1st Colorado participated in the engagement at Sand Creek.

Following information submitted by FAG member #46940689:

Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona
Monday, November 20, 1922, page 2

Chas. Tucker Dies; Veteran of Civil War

Yesterday afternoon [Nov. 19, 1922] at 2:30 death claimed Charles E. Tucker, Civil war veteran, in his eighty-seventh year. He lived in the Lineback addition, near the old ballpark.

He was born in Montpelier, Vt. in September, 1936, and when a young man he went to Colorado, where he engaged in mining. At the outbreak of the Civil war he volunteered and served four years in company A, First Colorado cavalry. He was a member of the Roswell, N. Mex. post of the G. A. R.

Mr. Tucker married Cynthia Barnett at Coleman, Texas and she survives. Although he was a Civil war veteran, Mrs. Tucker, who was born in Marion county, Tennessee, was never wholly reconstructed, and yet she holds to the Lost Cause with splendid loyalty. She and Mr. Tucker, devoted to each other as they were, never could agree on issues of the War of Secession, and are frequent debates on the merits of Lee and Grant were a pleasure to hear.

In addition to the widow, the following children survive Mr. Tucker: Mrs. F. S. Rosser, Mrs. Stella Tucker, Clinton Tucker and Norman Tucker, all of this city, and Mrs. Eva Pickering of Fresno, Calif.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at Ruffner's chapel.

Veterans of the Civil war are becoming so few now but when one passes on it brings to mind how soon it will be when all of them will be on the other side. Mr. Tucker, a true veteran, lived with Yesterday growing clearer as time passed, and with pride and eagerness he would recount the stirring scenes through which he went 60 years ago.

The following is a brief sketch of the deceased written by himself:

"Born in 1837, at Montpelier, Vt., I went to school at the Vermont university in Montpelier until he graduated in 1865, at the age of 18, in which year my parents moved to Wisconsin.

Attending the university at the same time, among others, was George Dewey, a classmate, who was known afterwards as Admiral Dewey, hero of the Manila Bay.

"In 1859, the gold excitement of Colorado, better known among the old-timers as the Pikes Peak gold digging, broke out, sweeping like a tidal wave over the whole Western country. I, with tens of thousands of other young men, was caught in a rush, and from then until now my home has been in this western country. Illustrative of the spirit of the lawlessness, which then prevailed all classes in the new country, I will refer to an election held in Denver and Central City in the spring of '60. At that time Denver was called Auraria and Central City within the same judicial precinct, although 45 miles apart.

"The sheriff of that district was killed in the, line of order and an election was called to elect a sheriff.

Auraria put up a candidate and so did Central City.

Auraria had a population of 300 and Central City had a population of 49 and one boy, and I was that boy.

"We polled between 900 and 1,000 votes and Auraria a few more than 800, and we put our man in office and no blood was shed, which shows that underlying all the acts of violence and illegal acts is that principle that the majority shall rule, and we clearly had a majority.

"I was on the North Platte at Camp Mormon during the Indian and emmigrant times and saw Horace Greeley at Fort Laramie and the execution of George Shears by the Vigilants. I also saw the killing of Jack O'Neal by Rocker, death of Charley Switzland and was with Buffalo Bill."

In deference to the memory of Charles E. Tucker, the younger ex-service men of the community will attend the funeral of the veteran tomorrow, according to John L. Sullivan, state commander of the V.F.W.

All ex-service men who find it possible are urged to attend the services and to form a guard of honor when the funeral cortege leaves the chapel.

A last salute will be given the departed warrior by a firing squad of ex-service men.

Transcriber's note: Article transcribed as published.