matrimony to Miss Catherine Mulvahill, a native of county Limerick, Ireland. This union has been blessed to them by the birth of nine children, seven of whom are living, viz.: William, James, John, Thomas, who married Miss Nellie Jennings; Richard, who married Miss Mary O'Connor; Morris and Mary. The family are all members of St. Joseph church, of Prairie township, in which Mr. Ronan has been an officer. He is at present a member of the building committee, who have in charge the construction of the new church edifice. He has always been identified with this place of worship, in fact he hauled the first load of lumber used in building the original St. Joseph Catholic church. |
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ON. JOHN TUCKER. Prominent among the well-known gentlemen engaged in the pursuit of agriculture in Civil Bend township, Union county, is the subject of this sketch. His father, Thomas Tucker, |
was a native of Devonshire, England, born in 1790, and his father, William Tucker, was also born, reared and died
there. Our subject's mother, Mary Ann (Brown) Tucker, was born in 1803, in Devonshire, a daughter of Thomas Brown,
who was also born, reared and died there. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tucker were members of the Congregational church,
formerly of the Church of England, and were the parents of eleven children, nine of whom grew to maturity, viz.:
William, deceased, was the father of thirteen children, twelve of whom grew to man and womanhood; Thomas, who lives
in England, has two daughters; Richard, lives in Somerset, England, has no children; John, the subject of this
sketch; Betsey, wife of Peter Tucker, lives in Devonshire, England, and is the mother of seven children; Mary Ann;
Peter, of Devonshire, is the father of eight children; and Daniel, also of Devonshire, is the parent of twelve
children. |
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