Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-02-28
Obituary..

ODuuhry.
Capt. n. A. Tucker, whose death occur
red in this city on the 25th inst, was born
in Milton, Mass, in 1914. He early showed
fondness for the sea, and when lad of Is
or l6, obtained the consent of his parents to
become sailor He began before themast,
was promoted to he mate and then cap
tain, and was for several years ship-mas
ter, winning favorable opinion by his capac-
ity and fidelity. The title of % Captain"
thus gained, was thereafter his familiar
title, being hardly superseded among his
friends by his subsequent higher military
rank. In 1912 he married Miss Maria
Deming of Burlington, left the sea and
thenceforward made Burlington his home.
He was engaged for time with his brother
in-law, Mr.. Cutler, in paper making at
Hubbell's Falls, and was subsequently for a
time partner in the mercantile house of
Bradley, Garfield q Co., in g the stone
store" on Water street. In the spring of
1863 he was appointed Inspector of Ord
nance, in the army, and was stationed at
Reading, Pa. He held this Office, capably
performing its duties, for year and half,
when he received from President Lincoln an
appointment as Paymaster in the army,
with the rank of Major. His duties in this
capacity were at Norfolk and with our
forces in the Carolinas. At the close of the
war, he received an appointment at Wash
ington in the Bureau of preferred claims,
Of the War Department, which he held for
several years, receiving a brevet as Lieut.
Col. for faithful services. In January, 1871,
Major Tucker suffered a stroke of paralysis,
from which he recovered but which was
followed by a severer one, several months
later. From that time onward, he was an
invalid, confined most of the time to the
house, his powers failing by successive
strokes, till at last the vital powers were
invaded. For two weeks before his death
he lay motionless and spec chless, yet per-
fectly conscious, indicating by his eyes and
feeble motions of his lips, his recognition Of
his friends and of the attentions shown
him. lie bore his suferings with unex-
ampled patience, accepted the Offices and
consultations Of religion, and passed away
at last without a struggle. He was received
into the Catholic church, at Chambly, P.
O., in October. 1867, by Rev. Father Mig
nault, and died in the faith and communion
of that church
Captain Tucker was man Of wide ac-
quaintanee with men and things, of quick
and generous sympathies, and an interested
and intelligent observer of public affairs.
He was fond of society and gifted with
uncommon powers of anecdote and CONVEX
sation, which with his genial temper and
kindly humor, made him delightful com
panion. His integrity and frankness won
him the respect Of all iwho knew him, and
few citizens Of Burlington were ever more
missed than he, when his patriotic duty and
subsequent disease withdrew him from daily
intercourse with our community. He will
long be held in kindly remembrance and
his devoted wife, who for eight months has
hardly left his side and W 10 was the tender
est of nurses through all his prolonged i'll
ness, will, with the other mourners, have
the sincerest sympathy of oar community.