Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-06
death CLAIMS
PHILEMON H. TUCK
Native Of Annapolis Passes Away
In Calvert County While
On Visit.
ALUMNUS OF ST. JOHNS
Mar land Land Owner and Lawyer =
Retired From Active Practice,
After Paralylic Stroke, Is
Months AGO.

Friends in Annapolis, of which he
was native. a graduate OF old st.
Johns, and where he frequently visit
ed were shocked to hear of the death
of Philemon II. Tuck. lawyer and club
man, and member of one of the Oldest
families in Southern Maryland. who
died at 8 o'clock yesterday morning
at Buena Vista. Calvert county. where
he had been visiting for several
months. He was about 6S years old
Mr. Tuck had not practiced law or
been active in business since he suf
fered paralytic stroke about rs
months ago,
He was the son of the late Judge
William Hallam Tuck, of the Mary
land Court Of Appeals. His home, for
many years was in Annapolis He al
tended ST Johns College He studied
law at the University of Maryland.
and engaged in practice in Baltimore,
with offices in the Calvert Building.
Lending money on land i'm Southern
Maryland was large part OF his
practice. and he had interests in
many great tracts of land in that part
of the State. He maintained sum
mer home on West River
In one transaction. the sale of his
estate in St Mary's county. known as
Cedar Point, Mr.. Tuck disposed OF
753 acres lying on the Chesapeake
Bay at the mouth Of the Patuxcnl
river. That was in 1911. and the
transaction involved over 1000.
which was said al that time to have
been the largest price paid for a
Southern Maryland farm since the
Civil War The purchaser was Gen
James A. Buchanan, u. s. A. The
property had been country seat of
Lord Baltimore.
Mr. Tuck was a brother of Judge
Somerville r Tuck, Deputy President
of the Mixed Tribunals of Egypt.
whom he visited in that country in
1906. Upon his visit TO Rome, after
the trip to Egypt he was received by
the Pope, and he presented letter
from Caridanal Gibbons Mr. Tuck
had attended a service at st. Peters.
and was in the immediate neighbor-
hood when the bomb outrage against
the Cathedral was committed in that
year.
Mr.. Tuck was married twice. His
first wife was Miss Grace Devries. of
Baltimore who died several years ago.
In February, 1908. he married Miss
Dorcas V. Jamison a native of Can
ada and a descendant Of the Scotch
clans OF Campbell Kinloch and
Meiche Mrs. Tuck had graduated
from the training school for nurses at
Johns Hopkins Hospital after COM
pleting her earlier education in Eng.
land
For many years Mr.. Tuck was
President OF the Alumni Association
of St Johns College. and member
OF the board Of trustees He was
member of the Maryland and Univers-
ity Clubs. and a vestryman in Christ
Protestant Episcopal Church. lie was
also a member of the Society OF Colo
nial Wars. His home In Baltimore was
at 926 Cathedral street, but he had
not lived there for some time.
Besides his wife, Mr. Tuck is sur
vived by three daughters Mrs j.
Purviance Bonsal. who Is now in
Maine; Mrs Alfred r. Devereux. Of
Philadelphia, and "a little daughter.
Dorcas Tuck about years old. He
was a cousin Of George weems VIII
Jams, the lawyer, and a nephew OF
Judge r. b. b. Chew, of Marlboro.
The funeral will take place from st.
Anne's Church tomorrow afternoon a.
o'clock the Acting Rector. Rev.
John d. Ridout, officiating assisted by
Rev. r. 3. Niver, Rector Of Christ
Church, Baltimore and the Rev.
George X. Savage Rector OF St
Stephens, Millersville Interment
viii be in ST Anne's Cemetery