William Ambrose Rucker

1840 - 1922  (82 years)    Has no ancestors but 67 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	William Ambrose Rucker  [1]
  Birth	20 Aug 1840	Amherst County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Nov 1922	Richmond, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I104283	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2000

  
  

  Family	Annie Chappelear,   b. 7 Jun 1838, Flint Hill, Rappahannock Co, Virginia, USA d. 16 May 1922, Richmond, Virginia, USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	28 Nov 1862	Married at her father's home, Woodside by the Rev. Thaddeus Herndon.
  Fact 2:
  Children	1. William Ballenger Rucker + 2. Benjamin Chappelear Rucker,   b. 30 May 1865   d. Aug 1929 (Age 64 years) + 3. Mary Matilda Rucker,   b. 28 Dec 1866   d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Dana H. Rucker,   b. 28 Jan 1868   d. 1 Feb 1949 (Age 81 years)   5. Claude Pendleton Rucker,   b. 18 Apr 1869   d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Sudie S. Rucker,   b. 18 Dec 1871   d. Yes, date unknown + 7. Annie Lee Rucker,   b. 25 Jun 1873   d. 27 Oct 1945 (Age 72 years) + 8. Bayard Ambrose Rucker,   b. 28 Jul 1877   d. Yes, date unknown + 9. Lillian Eliza Rucker,   b. 26 Apr 1880   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F42653	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

• Notes

  - Joined the Confederate army at the beginning of the war; sent to Fairfax. - Sergeant of Company E, 2nd Virginia Cavalry. - In battle of Manassas. - In the Valley Campaign under Stonewall Jackson. - Master Mason. REF: Caral Bailey Orcutt, quoting the Rucker Book: Was born in Amherst Co. Aug. 20, 1840 , and died in Richmond, Nov. 7, 1822. On Nov. 28, 1862, with the Rev. Thaddeus Herndon officiating, he married Annie Chappelear, who was born June 7, 1838, near Flint Hill, Rappahannock Co., (see Chappelear line), and died in Richmond, May 16, 1922. She was married at her father's home, "Woodside", in Fauquier Co. William Ambrose took his bride to his old homestead at Pleasant View, in Amherst County. There theylived about five years. On May 19, 1884, he sold his farm of 373 acres on Horsley's Creek, given him by his fathr, having already moved to Fauquier Co., to "Ridgeville", near Delaplane, on a farm given to his wife by her father, Benjamin Chapelear. "Ridgeville", now owned by Williams youngest son, Bayard Ambrose Rucker, is a mile distant from "Woodside". William A. Rucker joined the army at the beginning of the war and was sent at once to Fairfax. He was in the 2nd Virginia Cavalry, Company E, under Col. Radford, later under Col. Thomas E. Mumford. The original officers were Edgar Whithead as Capt; Thomas Whitehead and Valentine Rucker, 1st and 2nd Lieutenants, and William Ambrose Rucker, sergeant of company E. William A. Rucker was in both battles of Manassas and in the Valley Campaign under Stonewall Jackson. He was a Master Mason, belonging to the Warren Lodge, No. 33, of Amherst County. The writer has his letter of transfer from his lodge, dated April 29, 1872, to Fauquier Co.,

  
  

• Sources

  [S397] Sudie Rucker Wood, compiler, Rucker Family Genealogy w/ Their Ancestors, Descendants & Connections, (Old Dominion Press, Richmond VA MCMXXXII ,), p 54-55 (Reliability: 0). [S397] Sudie Rucker Wood, compiler, Rucker Family Genealogy w/ Their Ancestors, Descendants & Connections, (Old Dominion Press, Richmond VA MCMXXXII ,).