Evening star., 1934-11-25

Cation, Dupont and Meigs on what is now
Alabama avenue. Forts Stanton, Snyder, Car
rol and Cradle were to the south OF the town.
William Marbury, early owner of the site
Of AnacoSta, came to the Capital from Anna
polls Md, in 1899, when he appointed
naval purchasing agent by President John
Adams and upon the verge of the retirement OF
that President from Office Mr.. Marbury was
appointed one of number of justices Of the
peace for the District of Columbia. but Presi-
dent Jefferson ignored the wishes of his prede-
cessor and had his Secretary of State, James
Madison hold up the commissions, which the
United States Supreme Court declared it was
his duty to deliver, but did not tell him to do so.
Later MI. Jefferson sent in group of new
nominations for these Offices and what seemed
to be a victory for Mr.. Marbury in the end
proved an empty one.
Shortly after Mr.. Marbury came to Washing
ton he acquired the Forrest property on Falls
CMD street. Georgetown, and built large
house there. adjoining the one already erected.
and combining the two In 1919 he was one
of the members of the Navy Yard Bridge Co.
CNOCH TUCKER, who bought the Chichester
= tract of 24o acres from Marbury, later
known as the Tucker farm is said to have
a
However, this statement may be error and
James Tucker master blacksmith at the Navy
Yard in 1843, is probably the one intended.
Enoch Tucker the same year and subsequently,
in partnership with his merchant
tailors on the north side of Pennylvania ave-
nue. between Sixth and Seventh streets, near
Sixth street northwest, and had his home on
the north side of street between John
Marshall place and Sixth street The farm was
probably purchased as an investment.
He was born on the Severn River near An
napolis, Md. in 1870. was the of Thomas
Tucker, a revolutionary soldier who for aught
the writer knows may have been the Identical
little Tommy Tucker who sang for his supper,
of whom we, children, heard much But,
however this may be, when grown to manhood
Thomas Tucker married and reared family
of children, including Abel William, Ann Tor
Nancy, Francis, Silas Enoch, Joseph, Samuel
and Sallee.
Abel Tucker was born in 1871 and died in
1921. In 1904 he married Mary Tydings, also
of Anne Arundel County Md They had an
old-time family of nine children some of whom
settled in the District of Columbia. John Henry
Tucker of this branch married Sarah A. NC
Pherson of Georgetown, D. c. He will be re-
called as one Of the first penny posts Of this
city, and as a pioneer settler Of THE Island"
One of his daughters, Ann Olivia, married Will
liam S. Thompson, who kept drug store for
many years on Fifteenth street, near New York
avenue
Charlotte Clear Tucker a daughter of Abel
Tucker, married Samuel Crown, who gave the
alarm Of fire at the time of the destruction Of
the Blodget Hotel, December Is, 1886, the
building then being owned by the Government
and occupied by the Post Office Department,
the City Post Office and the Patent Ofhce. The
loss particularly in the latter was irreplaceable.
It the first hotel building erected in WASH
ington, in 1898, and was on the north side OF
street. between Seventh and Eighth streets
northwest. The Crown descendants are also
numerous here
Ann Cor Nancy Tucker, daughter of Thomas
Tucker, married in 1907, William Duval, and
many of her descendants reside here. The late
Andrew Brown Duvan, once corporation counsel
Of the District, was grandson Of Ann (Tucker)
Duvau
Another Of our well known citizens and