Charles Russell Tucker Sr. (1809 - 1876)

Born 5 Mar 1809 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Dec 1876 at age 67 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Charles Russell Tucker was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1809. He was a prominent merchant, a member of one of the largest firms engaged in the whale fishery, president of Merchants National Bank, and a leading member of the Society of Friends.

In 1830, Charles began working in the counting room of Isaac Howland, Jr. & Company, merchants and whaling agents of New Bedford. By 1836, Tucker was acting as an independent agent; and, in 1844 established a partnership with Edward D. Mandell (1821-1897) known as Charles R. Tucker & Company. This firm acted as agent for whaling vessels such as the Benjamin Tucker (Ship). At the time of his death in 1876, his son, John Fry Tucker (1839-1886), inherited the business and kept Mandell as a partner, calling the firm John F. Tucker & Company.

Marriage

On September 19, 1833, he married Dorcas Fry, daughter of John and Lydia (Earles) Fry of Bolton, Massachusetts. Lydia was a descendant of the Earles of Worcester, Massachusetts.

Residence

Charles R. Tucker owned a Greek Revival style house, built in 1842, at 31 Seventh Street, New Bedford.

Children

Charles and Dorcas had five children:

1. Benjamin Russell, born March 14, 1835, at New Bedford; died November 11, 1836
2. Benjamin, born November 20, 1836, at New Bedford; married Maria McKeage
3. John Fry, born August 13, 1839, at New Bedford; married first, Elizabeth H. Hussey
4. Henry Russell, born April 18, 1842, at New Bedford; unmarried; died August 9, 1872
5. Charles Russell, Jr., born August 19, 1844, in New Bedford (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-996D?i=35&cc=2061550] or August 30, 1846) (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-9S4B?i=6&cc=2061550); married Mary R. E. Bourne on June 10, 1869; she was the daughter of George A. and Lucy Bourne. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-61XS-78Y?i=461&cc=1469062&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AN4M8-2B6). Charles, Jr. died of tubercular laryngitis in Milton, Massachusetts, on February 11, 1891. He was buried in Friends Cemetery.(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DT23-5XM?i=588)
6. Robert E., born in 1847
7. Edward B., born September 29, 1849, at New Bedford (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD1-LL2)
8. George Fox, born 1852; married May 18, 1907, at Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts, to Effie Dana Williams; George E. MacIlwain, Minister of the Gospel, Officiant (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D429-F3X?i=661&cc=1469062&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AN4DB-3K3)

Death and Burial

He died in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, on December 21, 1876.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6SMW-RTR?cc=1438024&wc=92K3-JWG%3A518657101%2C518652502%2C518962901 : 12 June 2019), Massachusetts > Bristol > New Bedford, ward 1 > image 97 & 98 of 112; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-7V3P?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D4-HZC%3A353350701%2C353461901%2C353486101 : 29 November 2018), Bristol > New Bedford > Birth index 1787-1847 > image 49 of 58; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.