Person

George D. Rucker (Franklin County, Kentucky, physician)

b. 1819?

Franklin County, Kentucky, Physician. Shelby County, Kentucky, native. Married to Anna Ware Rucker. Father of Leonidas Rucker and Anne Eliza Rucker Vannella. Married Emily Blanta Rucker in Shelby County, Kentucky, in June 1843. Father of Susan Rucker, Lesimicus Rucker, Mahaley Rucker, Plato Rucker, Edward D. Rucker, and Mary Rucker. Physician in Franklin County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 368.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, District 2, p. 509A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henry County, Guestville, p. 295A.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #31273.

Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #34236.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, Film #000259274, p. 1217.

Citation

Rucker, George D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214849 (November 12, 2026).

The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as George D. Rucker (Franklin County, Kentucky, physician). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (1)

People

Organizations

Places

Loading network...

Network Visualized

How to use the visualization

CWGK’s network visualization brings the edition’s documents to life. The network on this page centers around Rucker, George D.. Click on the light blue dot to see the documents in which the entity appears. You can also click on the dark orange dots to see other people linked to Rucker, George D., a light orange dot to see the places connected to Rucker, George D., or dark green dots to see organizations linked to Rucker, George D..

Additionally, the lines between the dots add additional information. The light green lines demonstrate direct connections between Rucker, George D. and another person, place, or organization. The light pink lines highlight that the dots appear in the same document.