Family of Enoch Rucker and Tabitha Chastain
Note: Part of Franklin County, Georgia became Banks County in 1858. The people did not move; the county lines just changed.
Most of this family who died in Saline Co., AR. are buried in New Friendship Cemetery located 6 miles south of Benton on Highway 35 toward Sheridan, then 1/2 mile south toward Tull on Highway 190.
Enoch Rucker joined Co. H. 34th Reg. Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Tennessee in Banks County, GA.
Enoch Anderson Rucker (b. 21 Feb. 1843, Franklin Co., GA; d. 12 March 12, 1920, Shaw Twp. Saline Co., AR) m.(1st) Tabitha Catherine CHASTAIN (b. 1842, SC; d. 1870-71, Saline Co., AR); they had:
Lula Tahlulla A. Rucker (b. 25 Nov., 1861, Banks Co., GA; d. 1933, Perry Co., AR) m. (1st) 4 Dec. 1880, Saline Co., AR to John S. Hall (b. 17 Aug. 1858; d. 21 Aug. 1884).
(2nd) to 11 June 1886, Saline Co., AR to Andrew Jackson LITTLE; they had: Riley (b. 19 Jan, 1892, Perry Co., AR; d. of typhoid fever 18 April, 1905, Perry Co., AR).
William E. Rucker (b. 18 July 1864, Banks Co., GA; d. 12 Mar 1928, Saline Co., AR) m. (1st) Martha STEELE
m. 2ns Edna CRENSHAW
John Weston Rucker (b. 1866, Banks Co., GA; d. 1 Jan 1900, Perry Co., AR) m. 18 Dec 1891, Perry Co., AR to Susan LITTLE; they had: Lillian Ethel, Milburn David, and Wilburn Anderson [Children]
Ester Jane Rucker (b. 20 Oct. 1869, Banks Co., GA; d. 21 May 1924, Saline Co., AR) m. 24 Dec. 1885, Saline Co., AR. to James B. PARSON; they had:Anderson J., Arthur P., Nancy Catherine, John Hugh, Jay, Zack, Eugene Carlton [Children]
Enoch Anderson Rucker m. (2nd) Saline Co., AR to Harriett TUCKER, dau. of Stephen TUCKER and Clarissa WILLIAMS; they had: Clarissa Elizabeth, Isabelle R., Newton C.
Enoch Anderson Rucker m. (3rd) 28 April 1901, Saline Co., AR to Mrs. Lucy STYERS(b. 1873; bur: at Bryan w/lst husband)
1880 Census, Saline Co., AR
Cemetery Records, Perry Co. and Saline Co., AR
The Saline, published by the Saline County History and Heritage Society, Inc.
Familyscope, by James Marion Horn, 1936
Rucker Family Bible
Marriage Certificates
Banks Co., GA History, by Jessie Julia Mize, 1977
Family letters
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Ester Jane Rucker (b. 20 Oct. 1869, Banks Co., GA; d. 21 May 1924, Saline Co., AR) m. 24 Dec. 1885, Saline Co., AR. to James B. PARSON (b. 5 June 1861, Banks Co., GA; d. 3 Sept 1943, Cornelia, GA; bur. Saline Co., AR; they had: Anderson J., Arthur P., Nancy Catherine, John Hugh, Jay, Zack, Eugene Carlton
Anderson J. Parson (b. 6 Nov. 1889, Saline Co., AR; d. 26 Dec. 1961) m. Carrie BURTON
Arthur P. Parson (b. 30 June 1892, Saline Co., AR; d. 9 June 1974) m. 1st. Jane BREWER; 2nd. Ola CRENSHAW
Nancy Catherine Parson (b. 11 Feb. 1895, GA; d. 9 Sept. 1977) m. 1st. Charley BOGGUS; 2nd. Columbus BRAZIL; 3rd, Wesley SISSELL
John Hugh Parson (b. 9 Jan 1898, Saline Co., AR) m. 1st. Myrtle CLIFT; 2nd Anna Jean MILLER
Jay Parson (b. 3 Jan, 1900, Saline Co., AR; d. 18 Jan 1981) m. 1st. Kate FITE; 2nd. Emma GOBER NELSON
Zack Parson (b. 11 Nov., 1904, Saline Co., AR; d. 6 Aug. 1988, Saline Co., AR) m. 22 Aug. 1923, Benton, AR to Ida GREENLEE, dau. of Andrew J. GREENLEE and Sarah Elizabeth POE (b. 1 Mar. 1905, Grant Co., AR); they had:
James Andrew (b. 1924, Sheridan, AR; d 1924, Sheridan, AR)
Armetha (b. 22 Sept, 1925, Detonti, AR) m. 17 Sept. 1945 to Ovid M.WARD
James Etheridge (b. 25 Jan. 1927, Detonti, AR) m. 12 Mar., 1955, Hot Springs, AR to Katie Mae KEETON
Jimmy Eldridge (b. 13 Sept. 1929, Detonti, AR) m. in Sheridan, AR to Willy M. BROADWAY LOVE
Ida Mae (1932; d. 1932)
Shirley Hildreth (b. 31 Mar. 1936, Detonti, AR) m. 13 June, 1954, Shaw, AR to M.B. "Pete" COPPOCK
Lee Roy (b. 1 Aug. 1941, Detonti, AR) m. 16 Aug. 1974, Idabel, OK to Rita FREDRICSON
Gladys Mae (b. 1943; d. 1943, Saline Co., AR)
LaDonna (b. 21 Feb. 1945, Detonti, AR) m. Philip CORLEY
Gladys Mae,
LaDonna
Eugene Carlton Parson (b. 6 Mar. 1907, Saline Co., AR; d. 7 May, 1984) m. Ethel HOLT
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