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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

W. K. TUCKER.
    W. K. Tucker, one of the reliable citizens of Morrillton, is the county
treasurer of Conway county. He is a native of this county, his birth having
occurred on the 10th of December, 1889, a son of T. S. and Mollie (Adams)
Tucker. The paternal grandfather, Wilson Tucker, was born in Georgia and farmed
in that state until he came to Conway county, in 1859. He made the trip overland
with oxen and suffered the usual privations and hardships of those early days.
He located on what is now known as the old Evergreen place and he had to clear
his heavily wooded land himself. There was an abundance of wild game to be found
in the vicinity of the homestead and Grandfather Tucker was a great hunter. Upon
the outbreak of the Civil war, his sympathies being with the south, he enlisted
in the Confederate army in 1861. His death occurred in Little Rock from
pneumonia, which was contracted during his service in the army when he was
exposed to all kinds of weather and was poorly clothed and fed. He is buried in
the Confederate Cemetery at Little Rock. Hyman Adams, the maternal grandfather,
was born in Conway county and farmed here until his death, at the age of
twenty-six years. T. S. Tucker was born in Georgia, in 1857, while his wife was
born in Conway county, this state, in 1871. He received his education in the
schools of Conway county, then primitive log structures, and upon putting his
textbooks aside engaged in farming on his own account. After his marriage he
bought three hundred and sixty acres of good land, which he cleared himself and
brought to a high state of cultivation. He split rails and fenced in his land.
The first cotton gin he built on his place had a horse press, but after that
burned he erected another gin with a modern press. He won prominence in that
connection and also as a general farmer and stock raiser. For eight years he
served as county assessor of Conway county. Subsequently Mr. Tucker retired from
farm life and removed to Morrillton, where he is now engaged in the mercantile
business, assisted by two of his sons. In every undertaking with which he has
been connected he has achieved substantial success and he is ranked among the
representative business men of Morrillton. To the union oŁ Mr. and Mrs. Tucker
four children were born: Samuel Othella, engaged in the mercantile business with
his father; W. K., whose name initiates this review; Ben H., also associated in
business with his father; and Nettie M., the wife of Noah Maxwell, an extensive
farmer in Conway county. The family was reared in the faith of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church and fraternally the father is identified with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Tucker has always voted with the
democratic party, in the interests of which he has ever taken an active part.

    In the acquirement of an education W. K. Tucker attended the public schools
of Conway county and later enrolled as a student in the Choctaw high school.
Upon the completion of his studies he secured work as a clerk in a grocery store
in Morrillton, which position he held for one year. He then clerked in a
mercantile store here for two years and at the termination of that time became
manager for the Standard Oil Company's station. He held that position for three
years and then sold Chevrolets and Republic trucks to agents throughout the
county for a period of two years. Subsequently he became timekeeper for road
construction on the public highway for one and one-half years. He ran for and
was elected to the office of county treasurer of Conway county in 1920, taking
over the duties of that office on January 1, 1921. As a public official he is
demonstrating his ability to serve the public in a most efficient manner and is
indeed proving a faithful custodian of the public funds.

    Mr. Tucker was united in marriage to Miss Jessie Shewmake, a native of this
county and a daughter of George Shewmake, a well known farmer and merchant of
Morrillton. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker have become parents of a son, Charles Benjamin.
The family is affiliated with the Presbyterian church and fraternally Mr. Tucker
is identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Since attaining his
majority he has given his allegiance to the democratic party and is a firm
believer in the principles of that party as factors in good government. He is a
wide-awake and progressive citizen and his election to the office of county
treasurer came to him as the expression of public faith and confidence on the
part of his fellow townsmen.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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