Mary M. (Bonsack) Tucker (1823-1905)

BONSACK, TUCKER, BOITNOTT, HARSHBERGER

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 1/15/2012 at 14:02:32

From Story County Watchman September 15, 1905

Maxwell Tribune

Mary M. Bonesack was born in Boteourt county, Va., December 11, 1823, and died at Maxwell, Iowa, September 15, 1905.

She was married on the 18th of January, 1841, to Nicholas B. Tucker, she died June 13, 1854. She has most of the time since then made her home with her sister, Mrs. G. W. Boitnott, and in whose home she died.

SUBMITTER'S NOTE: "Mrs. G. W. Boitnott" was Saloma Brubaker who was married to George Washington Boitnott. She was Mary's half-sister. Catherine Harshberger, Mary and Saloma's mother, married firstly Jacob Bonsack on 22 November 1819 with whom she had Elizabeth Bonsack and Mary Bonsack. She married secondly Joseph Brubaker on 24 November 1825 with whom she had 9 children, among them Saloma.