Richard Tucker (American politician)
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Richard Tucker (circa 1818 - August 12, 1881)[1] was a carpenter, undertaker, and state legislator in North Carolina. He represented Craven County in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1870[2] and in the North Carolina Senate in 1874 during the Reconstruction era.[3]
He was born around 1818.[4] He and his children were enslaved and had been owned by John D. Flanner.[5] He helped build Flanner's Italianate home.[5] He lived in New Bern. He worked as a carpenter and undertaker including at Greenwood Cemetery.[4] He had a close affiliation with judge William Gaston (1778-1844).[4]
He was part of the 1866 Freedmen Convention in Raleigh and the 1868 North Carolina Constitutional Convention.[4] He was one of the organizers of the New Bern Education Association established January 1872.[6] In 1873 he was certified as a justice of the peace.[7]
He, George B. Willis and Edward R. Dudley were part of Craven County's "all black, all artisan" legislative representatives. The area also had African Americans in the state militia (Kirk-Holden War).[5]
He married Emeline Tucker in December 1865. He owned a farm and two of his daughters became school teachers.[4] He married Annie Smith Tucker in May 1880. He was interred at Greenwood Cemetery.[4] He active in the Andrews Chapel.[5]
References
- ^ "Craven Co, New Bern, NC: 13 Aug 1881, Died, Richard Tucker". August 13, 1881. p. 4 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "The General Assembly". The Daily Standard. 15 November 1870. p. 4. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ Work, Monroe N.; Staples, Thomas S.; Wallace, H. A.; Miller, Kelly; McKinlay, Whitefield; Lacy, Samuel E.; Smith, R. L.; McIlwaine, H. R. (1920). "Some Negro Members of Reconstruction Conventions and Legislatures and of Congress". The Journal of Negro History. pp. 63–119. doi:10.2307/2713503. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Tucker, Richard (ca. 1818-1881)". ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu.
- ^ a b c d Bishir, Catherine W. (November 1, 2013). "Crafting Lives: African American Artisans in New Bern, North Carolina, 1770-1900". UNC Press Books – via Google Books.
- ^ "An Act to Incorporate the Newbern Educational Association". www.carolana.com.
- ^ State, North Carolina Secretary of (December 10, 1874). "The Legislative Manual and Political Register of the State of North Carolina: For the Year 1874 ..." J. Turner, jr., state printer – via Google Books.