Frederick Goddard  TUCKERMAN

1821 Birth
4 February 1821
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography
Frederick G. Tuckerman, born in Boston, February 4, 1821, married Hannah L., the only child of General David S. Jones, and settled in Greenfield in 1847. He was educated at the Boston Latin School, Harvard College and the Harvard Law School. He read law in the office of Edward D. Sohier of Boston and was a member of the Boston bar. Having abundant means he spent some time in Europe, and in 1855 was the guest of Alfred Tennyson at Farringford, Isle of Wight. At this time the poet laureate presented him with the original manuscript of Locksley Hall. Mr. Tuckerman was a man of scholarly tastes and habits, and being a deep lover of nature, abandoned his profession and gave himself largely to the pursuit of his favorite studies. He was a skillful botanist and was acknowledged authority upon the flora of'Franklin county. He was an occasional contributor to Littell's Living Age and the Atlantic Monthly. He wrote a hymn for the dedication of Green River cemetery and an ode which was sung at...Read MORE...

Death
Name: Frederick G. Tuckerman
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 09 May 1873
Death Place: Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts
Age: 52
Birth Date: 1821
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Father's Name: Edward Tuckerman
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Mother's Name: Sophia Tuckerman
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01842-5
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 250327
Reference ID: 39

'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FHB7-7JF : 10 December 2014), Frederick G. Tuckerman, 09 May 1873; citing Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, reference 39; FHL microfilm 250,327.'