This biographical sketch of Godfrey T. Rucker came from a little booklet "Amherst County Families and History" compiled from Henry Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopaedia first published 1883. Godfrey T. Rucker- is a son of Alexander M. and Mary J. (Toler) Rucker, both of whom were born in Amherst county, and lived here until their decease. He was born in Amherst county, February 22, 1831, and here, on the 28th of November, 1866, he married Mary Jane Old. She was born in Amherst county, May 1, 1836, and their children were born: Ollie V., January 9, 1869; Annie J., October 26, 1870; Mary Ellen, July 14, 1872; George M., October 2, 1873; William G., November 2, 1874. George W. and Jane (Watts) Old, natives of Amherst county and still residents here, are the parents of Mary J., wife of Mr. Rucker. Her father is now seventy-eight years old, and her mother seventy-two. In 1861 Godfrey T. Rucker joined Company E., 2d Virginia Cavalry, and participated in all the battles of that regiment until the close of the war. He was slightly wounded at second Manassas. His brother William R. served in the same company, and another brother, Isaac W., in Kirkpatrick's Battery. William had a finger shot off. John, Robert and Thomas Old, brothers of Mrs. Rucker, were in the Confederate States army. The grandfather of Godfrey T. Rucker, Richard Rucker, was an early and esteemed resident of Amherst county, and died here. Godfrey T. Rucker has an estate of 270 acres in Pedlar district, and his postoffice address is Pleasant View, Amherst county, Virginia.