Pleasant Ballard Tucker Sr.

Pleasant B. Tucker, Sr., farmer of Washington County, Ark., was born in

Hawkins County, Tenn., July 12, 1817. His mother was born and reared in

Greene County, Tenn. Her maiden name was Mary D. Burkhart. She married

Davis Howell. and they moved to Hawkins County, Tenn., and by him she

reared five children, four of whom are living. He served under Ja.::kson in the

Indian War, and returned home and died in a short time. His mother then

married Flemon Tucker, and P. B. Tucker, their onlv child, was born to them.

When he was about three or four months old his father and mother separated.

Sbe remained at home and reared her child until he was twelve years old. She

then removed to Kentucky, and located in HarJin County; then to Indiana in

1836 or 1837, and died at the home of her son, S. D. Howell, in Vermilion

Countv, in 1845. Pleasant B. Tucker made his home with his mother until nineteen

years of age, and then started out to fight bis way through the world. He

worked on afarm and flat-boated out of the Wabash River to New Orleans, and

in the sprini:r of 1840 came to Arkansas and located in Washington County.

There he followed the occupation of teaming with James E. Howell. In 1845

he enlisted in the Mexican War, but his company was not needed. and he returned

to Washington County, and for several years he was engaged in the

tanning business in different parts of the State. In 1850 he went overland to

California, and after two years spent in mining in that State he returned home,

and settled on a farm, which he bad purchased before going West. In May,

1852, he was married to Lucinda H. Crawford, a daughter of John Crawford,

the pioneer of Washington County, and to them were born ten children, seven

of whom are living: James P., Squire D., Pleasant B., Amasa H., Flemmon R.,

Edward E. and Eldalena. At the beginning of the late war he joined the

Southern army as a minute-man. After the battle of Elkhorn he moved with

his family to Bell County, Tex .. where he worked at his trade until the close of

the war. He then returned to Washington County, and began life anew on his

farm of 291 acres of fine land. He has 135 acres under cultivation, and has a

good, comfortable home. He and his family attend th~ Methodist Episcopal

Church, South.