Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Tucker, George Washington 1860 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

GEORGE WASHINGTON TUCKER

[photo] Farm Residence of George Washington Tucker


GEORGE WASHINGTON TUCKER was born February 3, 1860, in Southern Indiana and came
to Barton County twenty-six years ago at a time when the outlook for the future
was anything but bright. However, Mr. Tucker could see the wonderful
possibilities of Barton County and decided to cast his lot with the other old
timers who by their faith in the future and hard, consistent effort succeeded in
building a home and developing the land to a state where it would produce crops,
in paying Quantities. Mr. Tucker owns 240 acres of land seven miles south of
Great Bend and a section of land in Gray County. He was married February 2, 1888
to Miss Mattie M. Schaeffer whose father built the first house in the city of
Great Bend. They are the parents of four children all of whom are at home. They
are as follows: Delbert Lee, 23 years; Elsie May, 18 years; Clifford M., 13
years; Ruby M., six years. Mr. Tucker came here at a time when many of the old
timers were getting ready to leave but after he had purchased the land which is
now his home place he decided that the future would turn out as it has if the
proper effort was made with scientific farming methods. That Mr. Tucker's
Judgment was good is evidenced by the high state of cultivation found on the
land in that section of the county. He has had a great deal to do with the
development of the resources of this county and is one of that body of men whose
staying qualities in the face of difficulties made it possible to make a rich
agricultural section out of what was in the early eighties almost a barren
waste. Mr. Tucker is an enterprising and progressive citizen and knows a great
deal about the history of Barton county and the people who came here in the
early days to establish homes.


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From:
Biographical History Of Barton County


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