Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Tucker, Thomas 1835 - 
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Author: Portrait & Biographical Album, 1890

THOMAS TUCKER. 

The agricultural element that has been so largely instrumental in the 
upbuilding of Will County is well represented by this gentleman, who is one of 
the foremost farmers and stock-breeders of Monee Township, where he owns a 
large and valuable farm. Mr. Tucker was born September 27, 1835, near 
Shasberry, Dorchester, England, a son of Luke and Sarah Tucker, who were 
natives of the same place as their son. His father was a farmer during his 
early life but for many years he was engaged as a collector of tithes for the 
church. He and his wife had a family of eight children: Elizabeth Rose, of 
England; Ann, who became the wife of George Hitchcock and died in England, 
leaving a son and daughter; Israel is a resident of Chicago; Mary, wife of 
Abraham Scrivens, of Will Township; Sarah married Thomas Randerson, and has 
since died; Thomas; Stephen; John, the eldest, died in England. The mother of 
our subject died in England about 1842, and his father with five children came 
to the United States two years later, landing after a voyage of eight weeks, 
arriving in Syracuse on the Fourth of July, in season to celebrate our great 
National holiday. Mr. Tucker was a resident of that city about thirteen years, 
and subsequently going to Chicago died there in September, 1876, aged eighty-
three years and five months. A lad of only nine years when he came to this 
country, our subject has been reared under its institutions and was educated 
in its public schools, and no native-born citizen is more loyal than he. He 
followed farming in Syracuse until 1858, when he came to Chicago with his 
brother Stephen and was engaged in the butchering business there for some 
years. In the spring of 1863 he took a most important step in life, as he then 
came to this county to resume his early occupation as an agriculturist and 
located on the farm where he now resides. This comprises two hundred and forty 
acres, supplied with all substantial improvements and he has besides much 
other land. He has two hundred and forty acres adjoining in Monee, one hundred 
and sixty acres in Will Township, and has eighty acres of the two hundred and 
forty acres which he and his brothers owned jointly at one time. Mr. Tucker 
began life without a dollar and has acquired all this valuable property by the 
exercise of keen judgment, incessant industry and the wise economy that knows 
when to spend as well as when to spare money, and is numbered among our 
moneyed men who are using their influence to advance the town and county in 
every direction. Mr. Tucker takes a leading place in the township as a stock-
breeder, and for the last six years has made a specialty of rearing Hereford 
cattle, importing a part of his herd directly from England. He is also 
interested in raising horses, the Hambletonian stock being his favorite, of 
which he has some fine specimens. May 3, 1860, Mr. Tucker and Miss Ann Shevlin 
were united in marriage. She was born in County Donegal, Ireland, a daughter 
of Charles and Ann (Gollahar) Shevlin, who were also natives of that county, 
where the father carried on farming. Mrs. Tucker was one of a family of four 
children, the others being James, of Chicago; Mary, of New Jersey; and Edward, 
of Chicago. The latter, the eldest, was the first to come to the United 
States, he coming in 1857 and Mrs. Tucker in 1859. This marriage of our 
subject has been blessed to him and his wife by the birth of nine children, 
namely: Ann; Sarah Mary, wife of James O'Shea, of Chicago; Thomas, Emma, Rose, 
Charles; Stephen, who died at the age of twelve; Anna, and Israel. During an 
honorable career as a sagacious, enterprising agriculturist, Mr. Tucker has 
displayed in a good degree those solid traits of character that are needful to 
the attainment of good fortune in any calling, and in his dealings with all, 
either in a business or social way, he has ever shown himself to be a man of 
honor and truthfulness. He is a consistent member of the Baptist Church, and 
his wife is a devoted communicant of the Roman Catholic Church. Politically, 
our subject is a sound Republican. 

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890

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