Ferdinand Blackburn Tucker (b. 10/7/1834; d. 9/1/1907) m. to Rebecca Low, on 2/12/1878.

CHILDREN:
1. Maxie Gertrude Tucker (November 23, 1878 – April 23, 1901)
2. Samuel Low Tucker (July 28, 1880 – October 13, 1951)
3. George Robert Tucker (November 10, 1882 – October 20, 1940), father of Robert Oliver Tucker
4. Joseph Richard Tucker (November 17, 1884 –____)

William Lafayette Andrews, Jr. – Sam Tucker's father might have been Ferdinand. I'm not sure. He came out here to work on the farm and knew Elizabeth Andrews who was Eddie Derryberry's mother. She had gone to school in Murphreesboro and was pretty popular in those days. John R. Andrews, Jr. was with the fire department or sheriff's department for awhile. His father was in the plumbing business. Eddie Derryberry's father was too.

Ferdinand Blackburn Tucker lived with his family on Flat Creek until his death in 1907. Both Ferdinand and Rebecca Low, his wife, are buried on the farm William Tucker had purchased upon arriving in Williamson County almost one hundred years earlier. Headstones mark their graves on the present Luther Edmonson farm.

After the death of Ferdinand Tucker, his son, Samuel Low Tucker continued farming the original farmland until the 1920s, when he moved to a farm on the Franklin-Murfreesboro Road. Cousin Sam had married Annie Ezell in 1900, and while several children were born to them, one son, Frank, was the only survivor. Aunt Becky lived with her son and his wife for the rest of her life.

Sam and Annie Tucker will be well remembered by some residents, who recall the old days on Flat Creek. They would certainly agree that he was a gentle, kind and honest man; tall with a smiling, weatherworn face. Cousin Annie was quick of movement, cheerful and sweet of disposition.

While Sam Tucker was tall and slim, another of William Tucker’s grandsons was of medium height with sandy hair and a red beard. He may have resembled that first John Tucker and he still belonged to the Presbyterian Church, blue stocking variety! This was Newton Tucker, the grandson who determined that his life’s work would be in the field of medicine. After the war, Newton and his wife Mary Ellen (Mollie) Cochran continued to live in Marshall County for thirteen years. Dr. Tucker became the mayor of Lewisburg, Tennessee, a position he held until he moved with his family to Nashville, where he practiced his profession until his death in 1899. He was a beloved doctor of distinguished reputation. His grandchildren and great grandchildren called him “Grandpa Tucker:; his wife called him “Doctor.” He called his wife “Mrs. Tucker.” In spite of the formality, Newton and Mary Ellen Tucker were the parents of the following children:

(1) a daughter born 1862, died soon after birth.
(2) Robert Oliver Tucker, M.D., born 1863, died 1945, married first Allie Harlin and second Ada Harlin.
(3) Ellen Bugg Tucker, born 1866, died 1945, married William Thomass Woodring (grandmother of Beverly Barnes).
(4) Annie Maxwell Tucker, born 1868, died 1873.
(5) Margaret Stockton Tucker, born 1871, died 1947, married Charles Henry Yarbrough.
(6) Mark Guilford Tucker, born 1872, died 1938, married Lena Reese.
(7) Blackburn George Tucker, M.D., born 1875, died 1936, married Emma McGowan.
(8) James Gurley Tucker, born 1877, died 1896.

In Nashville, the Tuckers moved to a large brick home on Seventh Avenue North. Here Dr. Newton Tucker and his wife reared their children, and he opened an office of general practice. He continued to be interested in public health and public affairs. He became a City Councilman and president of that body in 1877. He was a member of all appropriate medical societies and taught at Meharry Medical College. Two of his four sons, Dr. R. O. Tucker and Dr. B. G. Tucker, graduated from the University of Nashville Medical School; and a third was attending Vanderbilt University Medical School at the time of his death.

Several of Dr. Newton G. Tucker’s descendants have followed him in the practice of medicine to the present generation. These included his grandson, Dr. T. V. Woodring, and a great grandson, Dr. Woodring Pearson. For the past one hundred and twenty-five years, the Tucker family has furnished doctors to serve their country and their communities. Each generation of Tuckers has stepped forward to serve his country when needed, since the time of the Colonial Militia.

SAMUEL TUCKER'S COMPLAINT FOR 67 ACRES:

The last will and testament of one William Tucker - Item 2nd of said will, the testator devised certain lands to his three sons, viz., George R. Tucker, Hardeman Tucker and Ferdinand Tucker, this provision of the will being as follows

“Item 2nd. I give to my sons George R. Tucker, Hardeman Tucker and Ferdinand Tucker all of my lands and cedar lying in the Countes of Williamson and Marshall, Tennessee to be divided equally in value between my said three sons also a lot that I own in the Town of Lewisburg, Marshall County, Tennessee.”

III. That the said George Tucker and Hardeman Tucker both died about the time of the probate of said will, both intestate, and survived by no issue. The said Ferdinand Tucker died, intestate, in Williamson County, Tennessee, about 1911, survived by only two children, viz., complainant S.L. Tucker and defendant G.R. Tucker, and these two parties now own a one-third undivided interest in said land by inheritance from their said father.