S. M. TUCKER
S. M. Tucker, who built the first house in Lewis, was the pioneer lawyer of the county. He came in 1853, and practiced his profession whenever occasion required, until he left Lewis. He was married in 1854 to Miss Mary Hitchcock, in this county. Theirs was among the early marriages in the county. Mr. Tucker was shrewd and quick-witted, and was considered a very good lawyer. He left with the rush in 1860, and went to Colorado.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 383.
S. M. Tucker was the pioneer attorney of Lewis, and was the only one for several years, as J. W. Brown, the next to locate in the town for the purpose of practicing law, did not come till 1856.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 390.
