Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-03-07
Obituary..
From the Burlington Free Press.

From the Burlington Free Press.
Capt. N. A. Tucker, whose death oc-
Cured in this city on the 25th inst, was
born in Milton, Mass, in 1914. He ear
ly showed fondness for the sea, and
when lad of Is or 16, obtained the
sent of his parents to become sal
lor. He began before the mast was pro-
NOTED to be mate and then captain, and
was for several years ship master, WIN
ming favorable opinion by his capacity
and fidelity. The title of Captain" thus
gained, was thereafter his familiar title,
being hardly superseded among his
friends by his subsequent higher militia
nv rank. In 1912 he married Miss Ma
ria Deming of Burlington, left the sea
and thenceforwsrd made Burlington his
home He was engaged for time with
his hrother-in-law, Mr.. Cutler, in paper
making at Hubbell's Falls, and was sub
seguently for a time a partner in the
mercantile house of Bradley, Garfield
IL Co., in "the stone store" on Water
street. In the spring of 1853 he was ap-
pointed Inspector of Ordinances, in the
army, and was stationed at Reading, Pa.
He held this Office, capably performing
its duties, for year and a-half, when he
received from President Lincoln an APP
pointment as Paymaster in the army.
with rank as Major. His duties in this
capacity were at Norfork and with our
forces in the Carolinas. At the close of
the war, he received an appointment at
Washington in the Beureau of preferred
claims, of the War Department, which
he held for several years, receiving bre-
vet as Lieut.-Col. for faithful service.
In January, 1871, Major Tucker suffered
stroke of paralysis, from which he re-
covered, but which was folio wed by a Sc
verer one, several months later. From
that time onward, he was an invalid CON
fined most of the time to the house, his
powers failing by successive strokes till
the vital powers we're invaded. For two
weeks before his death he lay motionless
and speechless, yet perfectly conscious,in n
dicating by his eyes and feeble motions of
his lips, his recognition of his friends
and of the attentions shown him. He
bore his suferings with unexampled pa
thence, accepted the offices and consola-
tions of religion, and passed away at last
without struggle. He was received in
to the Catholic church, at Chambly, p
O., in October, 1S47, by Rev. Father
Migmault, and died in the faith and
communion of that church.
Captain Tucker was man of wide &C
quaintance 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 an
ecdote and conversation, which with his
genial temper and kindly humor, made
him delightful companion. His integ-
rity and frankness won him the respect
of all who k,ew him, and few citizens
of Burlington were ever more missed
than he, when his patriotic duty and sub
sequent disease withdrew him from daily
intercourse with out community. He
will long be held in kindly remembrance;
and his devoted wife, who for eight
months has hardly left his side, and who
was the tenderest OF nurses through all
his prolonged illness, will, with the other
mourners, have the sincerest sympathy
of our community.