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MR. AND MRS. HARPER TUCKER

    Back in the days before the Civil War, When Georgia was hardly known,
Shadrach Bivins and his wife, Mildred Ward, came to this great State of today
and settled in Midway, Ga. This couple were among the first settlers in what is
known as Baldwin County, coming South from Maryland.

    Besides raising several sons, Mr. and Mrs. Bivins had only on daughter,
Mary. When very young, Miss Bivins, who was a woman of fine mental capacity, and
was considered somewhat of a beauty, married Mr. Harper Tucker. Mr. Tucker was
the son of Robert and Annie Reese Tucker, of Washington County. When only forty
years of age, Mr. Tucker died, leaving his wife and ten children.

    After the death of Mr. Tucker, Mrs. Tucker became manager of the estate, and
very successfully ran the place. As her children became of age, they were given
their share of the property, as allotted in Mr. Tucker's will.

    Her five daughters were educated at Wesleyan College, then known as Macon
Female College.

    Joseph Tucker, the youngest of the boys, joined the Confederate forces at
the age of sixteen, and served until the close of the war.

    Mrs. Tucker died in Sandersville, Georgia, at the mellow age of
seventy-three, in the year 1878. Besides being a wonderful woman in the
management of her own affairs, Mrs. Tucker rendered valuable service among the
Confederate Army in Georgia.

From the County Paper at the Death of Judge Tucker

    "Died in Midway, near Milledgeyille, Ga., January 12th, 1879, Judge Daniel
R. Tucker, who was born in Richland District, S. C., November 19th, 1803. He
moved to Washington county in 1806. Thence he came to Baldwin County during the
year 1830. About this time he was married to Miss Martha Goode, eldest daughter
of Judge Mackiness Goode. Nine children were born to them, all of whom lived to
maturity. * * *



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Part V

HISTORY of BALDWIN COUNTY GEORGIA

BY MRS. ANNA MARIA GREEN COOK

ILLUSTRATED

ANDERSON. S. C.
Keys-Hearn Printing Co.
-1925—


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