In 1882, Mr. Weldon L. Rucker operated a rooming house in the infant town of Albany, On a day in February of that year a Mr.Evans got off the train in Albany, travel worn and ill. Mr. Rucker took him home with him. The next morning it became evident that the stranger had small pox. It spread through the Rucker family killing most of the family.
Information from the 1860, 1870 and 1880 U.S. Census indicate that Weldon was born in 1835 in Tennessee.
Daughter Valeria Carter Rucker B. May 19, 1864 Antelope, Jack, Texas, married John Janson Joyce 1855 D.Dec. 20, 1944
Do not know where she is buried. He is buried in Oklahoma.
Son James Rucker B. 1857 in Antelope, Jack Co. Texas, do not have any other info.
In 1882, Mr. Weldon L. Rucker operated a rooming house in the infant town of Albany, On a day in February of that year a Mr.Evans got off the train in Albany, travel worn and ill. Mr. Rucker took him home with him. The next morning it became evident that the stranger had small pox. It spread through the Rucker family killing most of the family.
Information from the 1860, 1870 and 1880 U.S. Census indicate that Weldon was born in 1835 in Tennessee.
Daughter Valeria Carter Rucker B. May 19, 1864 Antelope, Jack, Texas, married John Janson Joyce 1855 D.Dec. 20, 1944
Do not know where she is buried. He is buried in Oklahoma.
Son James Rucker B. 1857 in Antelope, Jack Co. Texas, do not have any other info.
Gravesite Details
There are no markers for the Rucker family only a small fenced in area where the family os buried.
Family Members
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Eliza Jane Rucker Jackson
1855–1912
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Theodore Rucker
1861–1882
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Valeria K Rucker Joyce
1864–1944
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Alice Bennettie Rucker Herron
1866–1930
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David Leander Rucker
1871–1935
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Mary Ella Rucker
1872–1875
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Minnie M. Rucker
1874–1882
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Ettie Estellah Rucker
1878–1882
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Georgia Rucker
1880–1881
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Infant (newborn) Rucker
1882–1882
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