Samantha TUCKER
1863 - 1952 (88 years)
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Name Samantha TUCKER Born 7 Oct 1863 Doddridge Co, (W)VA 
[1, 2] - According to documents in her father's Civil War file, following his death and the remarriage of her mother, Semantha (sic) Tucker, b. Oct 7 1862 (sic), was made a ward of Charles C. Davis (1831-1910). Relationship, if any, of Charles C. Davis to the Tucker or Stout family is not known.
(NOTE: Samantha Tucker's birth date is given in the 1900 Census as Oct 1863, and the date on her headstone is also 1863.)
Gender Female Census 1880 West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census 1900, 1910, 1920 Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Residence 1924 Wood Co, WV [3] Census 1925, 1930 Crawford Co, KS Residence 1935 Edison, Crawford Co, KS [4] Census 1940 Edison, Crawford Co, KS Census 1950 Pittsburg, Crawford Co, KS - Listed as Samantha Weekly, 86, b. WVa, widowed, one of eight elderly "lodgers" of a "rest home."
Died 1952 [2] Buried Girard Cemetery, Crawford Co, KS [5] Person ID I94727 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 17 Jul 2023
Father Grove S. TUCKER, b. CA 1843, Harrison Co, (W)VA , d. 9 May 1864, Pulaski Co, VA (Age ~ 21 years) Mother Virginia STOUT, b. Apr 1844, d. 1916 (Age ~ 71 years) Family ID F26804 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Israel WEEKLY, b. 18 Apr 1860, Tyler Co, (W)VA , d. 1943 (Age 82 years) Married 3 Jul 1881 Doddridge Co, WV [6] Notes - 1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated in June 1900:
Isreal Weekly, 40, b. Apr 1860, farmer, married 19 yrs; wife Samantha, 36, b. Oct 1863, married 19 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); son Gustus, 18, b. Feb 1882, single, farm laborer; son Bruce, 16, b. Dec 1883, single, farm laborer.
1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 16 1910:
Israel Weekley, 50, farmer, married 29 yrs (1st marriage); wife Samantha, 47, married 29 yrs (1st marriage), mother of 2 children (both still living); son Augustus, 28, single, farm laborer; son Bruce, 26, single, steam shovel cranesman.
1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated in late January 1920 at Cairo Road:
Isreal Weekly, 59, farmer; wife Samantha, 56; son Augustus, 36, single, farm laborer; servant Frank H. Owens, 26, single, servant on farm.
1925 Kansas State Census, Crawford Co, Kansas (Washington Twp):
Isareal Weekley, b. 65, W.Va., farmer; wife Samantha, 60, b. W.Va.
1930 Census, Crawford Co, Kansas (Washington Twp), enumerated on Apr 15 1930 at Camp 51 R.R. 3:
Israel Weekley, 69, b. W.Va., truck farmer; wife Samantha, 66, b. W.Va.
1940 Census, Crawford Co, Kansas (Washington Twp, Town of Edison), enumerated on Apr 9 1940:
Israel Weekly, 79, b. W.Va., resided at same place in 1935; wife Samantha, 76, b. W.Va., resided at same place in 1935.
Children 1. Augustus WEEKLY, b. 15 Feb 1882, Doddridge Co, WV + 2. Bruce Robert WEEKLY, b. 8 Dec 1883, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 6 Apr 1978 (Age 94 years)Family ID F40925 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- According to documents in her father's Civil War file, following his death and the remarriage of her mother, Semantha (sic) Tucker, b. Oct 7 1862 (sic), was made a ward of Charles C. Davis (1831-1910). Relationship, if any, of Charles C. Davis to the Tucker or Stout family is not known.
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Sources - [S2105] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District).
- [S638] Headstone (year only).
- [S2201] City Directory.
- [S127] 1940 Census.
- [S934] Findagrave.com.
- [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 38 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11789802&Type=Marriage.
Identified as Israel Weekly, age 21 as of Apr 18 1881, b. Tyler Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Samantha Tucker, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Jul 3 1881 "at the residence of Virginia Archer" by F. J. Ashburn, a Baptist clergyman.
- [S2105] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District).