Rucker Family Cemetery Inscriptions, Fulton County, GA Rucker Family Cemetery Crabapple Community, Alpharetta, Fulton Co., GA near intersection of Rucker Rd. and Broadwell Rd. within "Wallace Woods" subdivision 1. Dorcas Ann RUSK March 21, 1838 December 18, 1912 2. William Henry RUSK Dec. 27, 1837 Nov. 24, 1920 3. Samuel I. CRISLER May 17, 1911 Aug. 17, 1992 S. Sargeant US Air Corp 4. Samuel Robert CRISLER Oct. 12-14, 1986 5. John Herschel DAVID Aug. 27, 1905 Mar. 20. 1995 6. Dorcas Rucker DAVID Mar. 28, 1908 May 1, 1988 7. Joel Jackson RUCKER Dec.17, 1880 Feb. 29, 1960 8. Nora Rusk RUCKER June 24, 1878 Sept. 12, 1976 9. Alma H. PANCOST Oct. 17, 1894 Jan. 2, 1992 10. John Joel RUCKER Jan. 15, 1917 Aug. 7, 1985 11.Bench: In Loving Memory Margaret Lee Rucker THORNTON Oct. 5, 1910 Dec. 30, 1994 Daughter of Joel Jackson and Nora Rusk Rucker "Her ways were ways of pleasantness, and all her paths were peace." Charles Brannon THORNTON Nov. 16, 1908 Mar. 9, 1998 Son of Charlie and Jessie LaVada Carnes Thornton "He saw beauty in every leaf and rock And felt the breath of God in the evening breeze" Buried Friendship Methodist Church, Fayette County, Georgia 12 .Nora E. JAMESON Mar. 18, 1889 Oct. 25, 1980 13. Charlie R. JAMESON Aug. 29, 1902 June 22, 1933 14. Thomas JAMESON Apr. 22, 1890 Aug. 30, 1895 15. Marion J. RAINWATER 1849 1898 16. Maggie E. RAINWATER 1850 1938 17. Ethel RAINWATER Nov. 23, 1903 Dec. 3, 1903 18. Earl RAINWATER July 23, 1905 June 9, 1906 19. Robert Harold RAINWATER 1910 1910 20. ? RAINWATER 1910 1914 21. Lucille RAINWATER Aug. 20, 1907 Feb. 9, 1919 22. Joel W. RUCKER Feb. 5, 1852 Aug. 6, 1920 23. Harriet Jennie RUCKER Aug. 13, 1874 Jan. 18, 1941 "Not a professor but a doer" 24. Frankie Rucker UPSHAW June 21, 1888 Dec. 28, 1928 25. John RUCKER Dec. 23, 1842 Feb. 1, 1918 CSA Iron Cross 26. Sarah C. RUCKER Jan. 5, 1844 Feb. 3, 1896 27. Separate marker for #26 with same info 28. Jane RUCKER Apr. 9, 1801 Aug. 5, 1879 29. Willie T. RUCKER Apr. 24, 1891 Oct. 24, 1891 30. Permelia C. RUCKER Mar. 7, 1831 Jan. 17, 1910 31. W. D. RUCKER Aug. 25, 1820 Oct. 17, 1903 32. James J. RUCKER Apr. 27, 1850 Jan. 17, 1866 33. Simeon RUCKER May 3, 1798 Aug. 6, 1881 34. Julia Rucker RAINWATER Mar 23, 1826 Feb. 2, 1864 35. Joel RUCKER Nov. 10, 1823 July 18, 1889 36. Blanche DEMPSEY Sept. 23, 1897 Aug. 19, 1922 37. William H. DEMPSEY Jan. 10, 1866 May 8, 1936 38. Julia E. DEMPSEY Mar. 6, 1868 Oct. 9, 1905 39. George R. DEMPSEY Oct. 15, 1905 May 5, 1932 40. Annie May WATKINS Aug. 16, 1882 Aug. 26, 1888 41. Indiana RUCKER Mar. 5, 1856 June 2, 1861 42. A. J. RUCKER Sept. 7, 1857 Mar. 5, 1858 43. Martha L. BROADWELL Dec. 15, 1887 age 4 mos 21 days 44. Willie THOMPSON Nov. 15, 1889 Nov. 18, 1891 45. Francis ALBERSON Feb. 16, 1884 Aug. 9, 1891 46. Samuel J. ALBERSON May 15, 1844 Aug. 11, 1912 47. Herschel BROADWELL 1 year 23 days 48. Infant MORRIS Nov. 23, 1896 Jan. 3, 1897 49. Agnes REESE Feb. 7, 1896 Apr. 17, 1899 50. Jewell RUCKER Feb. 22, 1906 July 26, 1907 51. S. L. RUCKER Jan. 17, 1835 Jan. 11, 1915 52. S. A. M. RUCKER Feb. 16, 1837 May 26, 1914 53. Levie RUCKER Dec. 7, 1867 July 15, 1915 54. Helen L. RUCKER Apr. 13, 1920 Apr. 14, 1920 55. John G. RUCKER Apr. 15, 1891 Nov. 25, 1894 56. George E. RUCKER Jan. 10, 1819 Aug. 15, 1898 57. Emily S. RUCKER Oct. 10, 1820 Jan. 29, 1901 58. Broken marker (illegible) 59. Catherine Ehart RUCKER 1760 1835 60. James DORRIS Oct. 26, 1801 July 8, 1877 61. Nancy DORRIS Mar. 3, 1799 Jan. 13, 1887 Note on some of the above: # 1. Dorcas Ann Chamblee, and 2. Parents of # 8. # 3. Samuel Isham Crisler, spouse of Julia Josephine Rucker, dau. of #8 and 9. # 4. Grandson of #3 and Julia J. Rucker # 5. spouse of #6 # 6. Sarah Dorcas Rucker David, dau. of # 7 and 8. # 7. Joel Jackson Rucker, son of # 25 and 26. # 8. Mary Ann Leonora Rusk Rucker, wife of # 7, dau. of # 1 and 2. # 9. Alma Pancost, mother-in-law of #10 #10. son of # 7 and 8. #11. dau. of # 7 and 8 and her husband, Charles B. Thornton, both interred in Fayette Co., GA #12. no information (probable wife of #13.) #13. Charlie Rusk Jameson, grandson of #26 and step-grandson of #25 #14. Thomas G. Jameson #15. son of # 34 #16. Margaret E., wife of #15 # 17-21. no information #22. son of # 30 and 31 #23. Harriet Jane "Jennie" Rucker, never married, dau. of #25 and 28 #24. Dau. of # 25 amd 28; married George T. Upshaw #25. John Rucker, son of # 28 and 33 #26. Sarah Catherine Hembree Rucker, wife of # 25 (widow of Thomas Jefferson Jameson, Sr., killed in Civil War); dau. of Elihu Minton Hembree and Susan Stigler Hembree #27. ditto #28. Jane Barnwell Rucker, wife of # 33; dau. of Robert Barnwell #29. William T. Rucker, grandson of #30 and 31 #30. Permelia Caroline Dorris, wife of # 31, dau. of # 60 and 61 #31. William Derrell Rucker, son of # 28 and 33 #32. son of # 31 and 31 #33. Simeon Bluford Rucker, husband of # 28; son of # 59 and George Rucker, Sr.; founder of the Rucker family in this area, which was 1st Cherokee, 2nd Cobb, 3rd Milton, and now Fulton Co. His home, built 1832, stands at the corner of Old Rucker Road and Broadwell Rd., near this cemetery #34. Julia Ann Rucker Rainwater, dau. of # 28 and 33; wife of John M. Rainwater #35. son of # 28 and 33; married Miriam Elizabeth Rainwater #36. Edna Blanche Dempsey, dau. of #37 and 38 #37. husband of # 38. #38. Julia Edna Rucker Dempsey, dau. of # 25 and 26; wife of # 37 #39. George Robert Dempsey, son of # 37 and 38 #40. no information #41 Indiana Rucker dau. of # 51 and 52 #42. Ambrose J. Rucker, son of # 51 and 52 # 43-50 no information #51. Simeon L. Rucker, son of # 28 and 33 #52. Sarah Ann Manning Rucker, wife of # 51 #53 and # 54. no information #55. John Gilford Rucker, son of # 56 and 57 #56. George Elzy Rucker, son of # 28 and 33 #57. Emily S. Rainwater Rucker, wife of # 56 #58. illegible #59. Catherine Ehart Rucker, mother of # 33; wife of George Rucker, Sr; born in VA; dau. of Michael and Katherine Ehart. First interment in cemetery. #60. James Dorris, husband of # 61 #61. Nancy Cook Dorris 14 graves marked with fieldstones and no inscriptions. One grave is that of a baby girl who died near here as her family was traveling through in the very early years. For a long time her family sent money to keep up her grave and place flowers on it. There are also many unmarked Native-American graves here, which may have first been an Indian burial ground, as Indian beads, cloth, etc., were found here in the distant past. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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