WILLIAM
B. RUCKER
BIO Pen Pictures
SURNAMES : BROWN, HARBERT, McCARLEY, FULLER
WILLIAM B. RUCKER, who is
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, was born in Santa Clara County in
1857. His parents, J. E. and Susan (Brown) Rucker,
came to California in 1853, from Missouri, and settled at once in the
Santa Clara Valley. The subject of this sketch attended the public
schools of San Jose until he attained the age of sixteen years, when he
attended the University of the Pacific for a short time. In 1875 he
went to San Benito County and took charge of his father's ranch there;
he remained until February, 1886, when he returned to San Jose, and
received the appointment of Deputy Recorder of this county, which
office he filled one year and was the appointed Deputy County Clerk and
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, which office he still occupies.
In April, 1882, he was united in
marriage to Miss Mollie McCarley, also
a native of this State and county. Her parents, Samuel W. and Hannah
(Harbert) McCarley, came to California in the pioneer days of its
settlement. Mr. and Mrs. Rucker have one child, a son, born June 27,
1885, who bears the name of George A. Mrs. Rucker has one sister and
four brothers. Her sister Annie is the wife of D. B. Fuller, of
Evergreen, this county, who is engaged in fruit-raising. Her brothers,
W. B. and Albert, are in partnership in the livery business. Frank J.
McCarley is in the United States mail service, and Samuel W., Jr., is
now attending school in San Jose. Mr. Rucker is a member of Mt.
Hamilton Lodge, No. 43, A. O. U. W., of San Jose; he is also a member
of Palo Alto Parlor, No. 82, N. S. G. W., and is District Deputy Grand
President for Santa Clara County, and Recording Secretary of Company
B., Fifth Infantry, Second Brigade, N. G. C., to which company he
belongs.
SOURCE: Pen Pictures From The Garden of the
World or Santa Clara County, California, Illustrated. - Edited by H.S. Foote.-
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1888.Transcribed by Carol
Lackey- page 261
SANTA CLARA COUNTY BIOGRAPHIES
SANTA CLARA
COUNTY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY