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Born 1874
From Biographical review of Lee County, Iowa; (1905)
CHARLES C. TUCKER.
One of the Wounger Ijusiness men of Fort madison who is achieving a position of prominence is Charles C. Tucker, who is a ilealer in farm imi)elements. hardware and Aehicles. Mr. Tucker is the son of George W. Tucker, a sketch of whose life appears elsewhere in this Wolume. and was born on a farm in Green Bay township. Lee county, October 22, 1874. After completing his education in the public schools he assisted in the work of his father's farm until his marriage, when he rented land, and conducted farming operations independently until 1900. when he removed to Burlington. There he, in association, engaged in the sale of buggies and agricultural implements iov a period of two years, at the end of whicii lime he located in Fort Madison, establishing himself in the enterprise which he still conducts.
December 2, 1895, Mr. Tucker was united in marriage with Miss Elsie Badley. Mrs. Tucker was born in Green Piay township. May 10, 1874, and is the daughter of Uriah Badley, now a resident of Burlington. Her mother is deceased.
Mr. Tucker's political affiliation has always been with the Democratic party, and fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Thoroughly imbued with the spirit of modern enterprise and progress, and endowed with the talent for making and holding friends, his pathway to success seems clear and assured.
As printed in Biographical review of Lee County, Iowa; (1905). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: George W. Tucker (b. 1855)
Their biographies name Charles C. Tucker: John W. Tucker (b. 1878)
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