NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11505 BOYLE CO DR. DE WITT C. TUCKER Tucker, Kennett, Crownover, Magoffin 11505 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V Battle Perrin Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. (Boyle Co). DR. DE WITT C. TUCKER was born near Lebanon, Ky., October 3, 1832, and is the eleventh child of four sons and eight daughters (eleven of whom lived to be grown) born to James H. and Nancy (Kennett) Tucker. James H. was born in Virginia in 1787, and was brought to Kentucky about 1790 by his parents; he located in Marion County; was an extensive farmer, and soldier of 1812, and died in 1870. He was a son of Rev. John Tucker, a Methodist Episcopal minister who was born in Virginia, and immigrated to Adair County, Ky., about 1790 and settled on Green River, northeast of Columbia in a fort. While the boys were out hunting, Mr. and Mrs. Tucker took a stroll around the fort and were both killed by the Indians. A negro, Stepny, who came with them, took the children and remained out in the cane till the next day; one of them, an infant, seemed to know by instinct its situation and kept perfectly quiet during the night. The six children Matthew, Edmond, James Hall, Clarinda, Polly and Frances were taken and reared by different parties. Edmond when grown moved to Mississippi; Matthew and Clarinda after marriage moved to Missouri. DeWitt C.s mother was born in Maryland, and died about 1856 at the age of sixty-four years. She was a daughter of John and Ann (Crownover) Kennett. They came from Maryland, and were the earliest settlers of Rolling Fork; the father was said to have been the best Indian trailer known in that country, and was of German extraction. The Doctor was reared on a farm, and received his education at St. Marys College; at the age of twenty commended the study of physic under his brother, James H. In 1864 located at Danville, and has succeeded in building a large and extensive practice. At the age of twenty-four graduated at the Kentucky School of Medicine; in 1865 at Louisville University; in 1866 at Bellevue, New York; in 1867 attended Louisville Medical College. He is a member of the County Medical Association, also of the State and American Medical Association, of central Kentucky Medical Association; also a member of Boyle County Board of Health; owns three farms southeast of Rolling Fork, in Marion County, containing 800 acres of productive land, and an elegant residence in Danville, Ky.; and is largely interested in real estate in the Northwest. He married Miss Annie Magoffin, a daughter of ex-Gov. Beriah Magoffin, January 10, 18672, and their offspring are Anna Imogene, De Witt Clinton, Virginia Gertrude, and Beriah Magoffin. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church, he ia a Mason and Knight Templar. He is a Democrat and his first presidential vote was for the Democratic ticket. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx