My Genealogy Hound

REV. CHARLES E. TUCKER. “From grave to gay, from lively to severe,” has been aptly illustrated in the career of this gentleman, and each phase has been a successful one. He is a son of George W. and Mary (Reed) Tucker, and was born in Bath, Maine, December 26, 1848. His paternal grandfather, John Tucker, was a native of Bath, of Scotch-English parentage, and spent his whole life in the city where he was born. He was a large real estate owner there, and in politics was an old-line democrat, and in religion a member of the Methodist church. He married a Miss Payson and they had three sons and five daughters. Mr. Reed (maternal grandfather) was a native and life-long resident of Maine. He was of Scotch descent, was formerly a contractor and builder, and in politics a democrat. He married and had four sons and two daughters. He served in the war of 1812, and his widow is still living, at the advanced age of ninety-four years. George W. Tucker (father) was born in Bath, and spent his life there, where he was a large real estate owner. He was a democrat and a member of the Universalist church. In 1826, he married Mary A. Reed, and to them were born three sons and two daughters. One son, George W., was for many years a sea captain in the merchant marine, but has retired, and resides in Brooklyn, N. Y. Another son, Henry S., is a stock broker in Rochester, N. Y.

Charles E. Tucker was educated in the public schools of Bath, and at St. Lawrence university, at Canton, this State. He entered the Universalist ministry and occupied pulpits for thirteen years, in Maine, Massachusetts, New Haven, Conn., and Titusville, Pa. In 1880 he exchanged theology for business, and engaged in the production of oil in Bradford, Pa., where he remained ten years. In the spring of 1890 he came to Jamestown, and entered into partnership with F. N. Marvin, in the manufacture of shoes, the firm name being Tucker & Marvin. They manufacture the finest grades of ladies and misses’ shoes. Mr. Tucker still retains his interest in the oil business in Bradford, Pa., and also owns a plantation of eight hundred and sixty-two acres on the James river in Virginia, where he breeds and raises blooded stock.

On December 16, 1874, Rev. C. E. Tucker was united in marriage with Mary Drullard, a daughter of Solomon Drullard, of Buffalo, this State, who was the first general freight agent of the N. Y. C. & H. R. R., occupying that position twenty years, being, also, a member of the board of directors, and also engaged in the iron business, at which he accumulated a large fortune. This union has been blessed with three sons and one daughter: Charles M., Eddie D., Alice and Solomon.

In politics Mr. Tucker is a prohibitionist, and is still a member of the Universalist church. He is an accomplished gentleman, of easy and pleasing address, suave in manner, very approachable, and a genial, interesting, entertaining companion, and his life’s record gives evidence of his great versatility.