George Albert Tuck of Rye, NH Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

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Source: A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
         by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill, 1915

Page 1026

   GEORGE ALBERT TUCK, a general farmer in the town of Rye,
who is keeper for the James Parsons estate, was born in Stratham
N. H., in 1872, a son of George and Sophia (Wallace) Tuck. The father
was a native of Brentwood and the mother of Nottingham, N. H. Both
are living and reside in Exeter. Their children were Hannah Sophia,
wife of Henry Trimmings (deceased); John Henry; George Albert, subject
of this review; Mary; Belle, wife of LeRoy Burpee; Joseph; Rachel, wife of
Harold Holbrook, and Elizabeth.
   After attending the common schools and the high school at Exeter
George Albert Tuck began industrial life in a hardware store in Exeter,
where he was employed for three years. He then went to work as a
farm hand and at teaming, being thus occupied until he came to his
present place about seven and a half years ago. The Parsons estate
of which he has the care contains about 200 acres. On his own place,
in addition to general farming, he raises poultry. He is a Republican
in politics and a member of the Grange.
   Mr. Tuck first married Effie Chapman, who died in 1906, leaving
five children: Frank Wallace; Helen F., Grace L., Agnes P. and A. Stan-
ley. Mr. Tuck married for his second wife, Kate Swett, who was born
in Wolfboro, N. H., daughter of John Swett. Of this second marriage
there is a daughter, Kathlyn Pearce. The family attend the Christian
church.