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     William Nelson Tucker was born on 16 November 1831 at Auburn Township, Crawford Co., OH. He was the son of Hosea Tucker and Catherine Garrison. William Nelson Tucker married Rachel Windle, daughter of Peter Windle and Elizabeth Smith, on 27 September 1857 at Whitley Co., IN. William Nelson Tucker died on 23 April 1912 at Albany, Whiteside Co., IL, at age 80.

     Tucker was born on 10 April 1894. He was the son of Chauncy Tucker and Nancy Belle Keith.

     Tucker was born on 4 March 1900. He was the son of Chauncy Tucker and Nancy Belle Keith.

     Tucker died in 1906 at Smith Center, Smith Co., KS. He was born in 1906 at Smith Center, Smith Co., KS. He was the son of Arthur Fillmore Tucker and Vivian Lenora Munsinger. Tucker was buried in 1906 at Fairview Cemetery, Smith Center, Smith Co., KS.

     Bruce Anthony Tudor was also known as "Tony". He was born on 3 September 1956 at Manchester, Delaware Co., IA. He was the son of Charles Brutus Tudor and Marie Ileanna Dye. Bruce Anthony Tudor lived in 2007 at Cedar Rapids, Linn Co., IA. He died on 27 April 2010 at Cedar Rapids, Linn Co., IA, at age 53

Obituary -- ( www.murdochfuneralhome.com ):

“Tony” Bruce Anthony Tudor, 53, of Cedar Rapids, passed away Tuesday morning surrounded by his loving family, after a long courageous battle with cancer. Services: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 1, 2010, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids by Pastor Nick Longworth. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial: Center Point Cemetery, Center Point, Iowa.

Those left to honor his memory include his wife, Claudia; his daughter, Jessi and his “special little buddy”, grandson, Blayden; his step-children, Grumpy, Sam, and Mandy; and his 4-legged friend, Moxie Moo.

Also surviving are his brother, Mike (Deb) Tudor; sister, Teedee (Jack) Guarino; half-brother, Gordon Merritt; mother and father-in-law, Mary Lou and Claude Pierce; sisters-in-law, Cathy (Chuck) Smith, Cynthia Shanahan, Connie (Jim) Curtis, Cheryl (Rick) Schemmel, Carolyn (Brian) Seemann, Chris (Brian) Moody, Carmen Pierce (Javier); and numerous other relatives.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two half-brothers, Ronald and Raymond Merritt.

Tony was born September 3, 1956, in Manchester, Iowa, to Charles “Bud” Tudor and Marie Dye. He grew up in North St. Louis before moving to Cedar Rapids in his early teen years. He attended Franklin Junior High and Washington High School. He was united in marriage to Claudia Pierce on March 1, 2003. Tony worked for Barron Motor and City Automotive before retiring from CRANDIC Railway after 16 years of service.

Tony was a huge Cardinals Fan and avid NASCAR “Tony Stewart” Fan. He also enjoyed Hawkeye Football. He truly enjoyed the special time he got to spend with his “little buddy”, grandson, Blayden.

Tony always enjoyed singing karaoke, drinking a cold Busch, and grilling for all his family, friends and the “Boys”, friends since Jr. High School.

In recent years, Tony really looked forward to the Wednesday lunch breaks with his best friend of 40 years, Jon Fawcett.

The family would like to thank Dr. David Zenk and staff and Susan with St. Luke’s Hospice for all of their special care.

In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established in Tony’s memory.

To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Bruce Anthony "Tony" Tudor please visit our Sympathy Store.

He was buried in 2010 at Center Point Cemetery, Center Point, Linn Co., IA.

     Charles Brutus Tudor was also known as "Bud". He was born on 14 July 1928 at Liberty, Buchanan Co., IA.¹ He was the son of Ernest M. Tudor and Alice Emily Scott.¹ Charles Brutus Tudor began military service WW II service, U.S. Navy. He married Marie Ileanna Dye, daughter of William Melvin Dye and Ruth Carman, in July 1955.
Note: Newspaper Article -- the Daily Nonpareil; Council Bluffs, Iowa, Thursday, January 5, 1956, p.19 (Genealogybank.com):

To File Charge In Slaying Of Iowan

INDEPENDENCE, AP -- Authorities planned Thursday to file a charge of second degree murder against Charles Tudor, 27, of Winthrop in the slaying of Gordon Merritt, 32, of Walker.

County Attorney William G. Klotzbach said the charge will be filed in Justice Court.

Tudor gave himself up and was brought here Wednesday. He is being held in the Buchanan County jail. The slain man formerly was the husband of Tudor's wife and was father of her two small boys.

Sheriff Emery Hart said Tudor admitted he shot Merrill early Wedneday morning as Merritt sat in his car in front of the Tudor home with Mrs. Tudor. The children were asleep in the house at the time.

Hart quoted Tudor as saying that he did not intend to kill Merritt but only to scare him.

The sheriff also said Tudor told him that Merritt had frequently bothered his wife since they were married last July.


Man Held in Shooting
Ex-Husband of Woman Slain in Car

Gordon Merritt Is Victim

Winthrop - A 32-year-old man was shot to death as he sat in his car with his former wife here early Wednesday.

Authorities were holding the woman's present husband in connection with the case. Buchanan County Sheriff Emery Hart said Gordon Merritt, Walker, was shot in the forehead by a bullet from a 32 caliber target pistol.

No Charges

The sheriff identified the man being held as Charles Tudor, 27, Winthrop.

No charges had been filed.

Hart said the shooting occurred in front of the Tudor home here. After the shooting, he said, Tudor went to the home of a neighbor, Loras Hefferman, and asked that the sheriff's office in Independence be called.

The sheriff said Merritt had brought his former wife, who married Tudor last July, home about 12:45 a.m.

Before Midnight

Tudor said Merritt came to their home just before midnight and Tudor decided to "scare him away" with a pistol that shots "soft nose" hollow bullets.

Tudor told the sheriff he shot just once.

Tudor was taken to Independence and jailed.

Mrs. Tudor has two small boys from her marriage to Merritt. The children were asleep in the Tudor home when the shooting occurred.

Note: There were three boys from the marriage of Marie Ilena Dye to Gordon Ray Merritt: Gordon Lee Merritt (age 11), twins Ronald Dee Merritt and Raymond Dean Merritt (age 8).


-- The Courier; Waterloo, Iowa; Friday, April 13, 1956; Page 1 (Newspapers.com)

Mrs. Tudor Relates Shooting Incidents (by Harry Grove, Courier Staff Writer)
INDEPENDENCE -- The events of Jan 3 up to the fatal shooting of Gordon Merritt, 32, Walker, were related here by Mrs. Marie Tudor, 29, wife of the man on trial for second degree murder.

Mrs. Tudor was the only witness Friday morning as the trial of Charles Tudor, 27, Winthrop, moved into its third day.

She recalled the day spent with Merritt, which began at about 10:30 a.m. and ended about 12:45 a.m. the next day with the fatal shooting.

Merritt picked her up the morning of Jan. 3, she said, for a pre-arranged trip arranged by letter to Cedar Rapids. Purpose of the trip was to switch the income tax dependency of their three children from Merritt, her former husband to Tudor.

SHE TESTIFIED that they drove first to Quasqueton and stopped at a tavern where Merritt drank some beer. They stopped again at another tavern near Cedar Rapids.

She said Gordon told her at that point that "there's no need to go to the courthouse" because "it would just be a bunch of red tape."

They then drove to Marion and Mrs. Tudor reported she told Merritt she had to go home and he said he would take her.

They then stopped at a Marion tavern where they remaind from about 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. After leaving Marion, Merritt drove her to a farm of one of his uncle's near Waubeek. He drank some more beer with his uncle.

After departing from the farm, Mrs. Tudor said they drove to Central City and another tavern. She said she again mentioned that she had to get home.

MERRITT MET a friend of his who accompanied them from Central City to another tavern at Prairieburg. She said it was about 11 p.m. when they left that tavern and returned to Central City to drop off Merritt's friend.

They then started to drive home.

Mrs. Tudor testified that after they pulled into the driveway at the Tudor home in Winthrop, she "asked Gordon to come in and tell Bud where we had been."

She said she had her hand on the doorhandle and when the door was opened, she saw her husband standing in the doorway of the car.

She quoted Tudor as shouting, "Damn it, Merritt!"

She said she reached up to pull the gun Tudor was holding away from her face and the gun went off.

MRS. TUDOR RAN into the house and then to a neighbor's home where she heard Tudor say outside that "Marie grabbed the gun."

She said she shouted at that time that she didn't grab the gun because "I didn't want to think I was responsible for a death."

In cross examination Friday morning Mrs. Tudor told Louis Beecher that on Apr. 10 she was taken to a psychiatrist and there recalled that she had grabbed the gun.

Her testimony followed that of Tudor's Thursday in which he illustrated how his wife grabbed the gun before it went off.

He said he had not cocked the gun before arriving at the car and that a broken trigger spring prevented the gun from being fired unless the trigger was first pushed forward. He said it "would have to be a severe blow" on the gun hand to set off the gun with the hammer down.

MRS. TUDOR FRIDAY said that on one of her trips to Independence Jan. 7 after the shooting she went to a doctor, who took a piece of metal from the middle finger of her right hand.

Tudor said in direct examination Thursday that he had noticed a laceration of his wife's finger when she had visited him Jan. 5 at jail.

In testimony Wednesday, a gunsmith and Tudor explained that Tudor's revolver was defective. They said when the revolver was fired, small shavings from the bullet often would break off and fly out through the cylinder.

When asked in cross ecamination Thursday by Beecher if he recognized his wife under the domelight of the car when the door was opened, Tudor replied, "Yes, I suppose I did."

TUDOR TESTIFIED that he wanted to scare Merritt because "I wanted to tell him it was all right to see my wife while I was home but not while I was not at home."

"Why did you take the gun out to the car," he was asked.

"I didn't want any argument."

"Did you expect any argument?"

"If I was bringing another man's wife home in the middle of the night, I would expect an argument."

Tudor also testified under cross examination that he had a fight with Merrit at Walker in 1953, partially over Marie, who was then Mrs. Merritt.


-- The Courier; Waterloo, Iowa; Sunday, April 15, 1956; Page 20 (Newspapers.com):

Tudor Trial May Climax Tuesday (By Harry Grove, Courier, Staff Writer)
INDEPENDENCE -- The second degree murder trial of Charles Tudor is expected to reach the jury late Tuesday, according to indications at the 3 p.m. Friday adjournment of district court here.

Defense attorneys Robert Carson, of Independence, and Paul Kildee, of Waterloo, will resume examination of witnesses at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.

A previous commitment for Monday by Judge Blair Wood necessitated the long adjournment.

Tudor, a 27-year-old Winthrop mechanic, is accused of murder in the Jan. 4 shooting of Gordon Merritt, 32, of Walker, the former husband of Mrs. Tudor.

Merritt was killed by a single shot from a .22 calibre revolver as he sat with Mrs. Tudor in his car in front of the Tudor home about 12:30 a.m. According to testimony by Mrs. Tudor, 29, she had accompanied Merritt on a planned trip to Cedar Rapids to switch dependency of her and Merritt's three sons from Merritt to Tudor.

SHE TESTIFIED Friday that Merritt did not drive to Cedar Rapids because, he insisted, it would involve "just a bunch of red tape." Merritt stopped at taverns in Quasqueton, Marion, Central City and Prairieburg before returning to Winthrop, Mrs. Tudor testified.

The defense is contending that Tudor kept a loaded revolver in his home as a precaution against prowlers and that his wife grabbed the gun, discharging it accidentally as Tudor opened the door of Merritt's car.

In the crowded courtrooom Friday, a Chicago spectrochemist demonstrated that his analysis indicated identical metallic composition of particles removed from Mrs. Tudor's finger after the shooting and slugs from cartridges of the type used in the Tudor revolver.

TUDOR AND a Waterloo gunsmith testified earlier that Tudor's defective gun often allowed slug shavings to escape between the cylinder and barrel chamber when fired.

The defense is attempting to link Mrs. Tudor's finger wound as corroboration of her and Tudor's testimony that she grabbed the cylinder portion of the gun the instant she saw her husband at the door of Merritt's car.

A psychiatrist is expected to testify Tuesday concerning Mrs. Tudor's cross examination testimony Friday that she recalled through hypnosis Apr. 10 that she had hit the gun.

Under earlier cross examination, she admitted screaming, "I didn't" when she overheard her husband say she grabbed the gun during his explanation on the night of the shooting.

A JURY OF five women and seven men will be called on to return verdicts either of second degree murder or manslaughter or absolve Tudor of criminal guilt in the incident.

Conviction of second degree murder would mean a penitentiary sentence of from 10 years to life. The maximum penalty for manslaughter is eight years in prison and $1000 fine.

Prosecutors Louis Beecher of Waterloo and William Klotzbach, Buchanan county attorney, rested the state's case Thursday.


-- The Courier, Waterloo, Iowa; Tuesday, April 17, 1956; Page 2 (Newspapers.com):

Tudor Case to Jury Wednesday (By Harry Grove, Courier Staff Writer)
INDEPENDENCE -- Testimony in the second degree murder trial of Charles Tudor ended at 1:35 p.m. Tuesday in district court here.

Attorneys will present final arguments before the court at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, and the trial will then be sent to the jury.

Dr. James Cromwell, superintendent of the Mental Health Institute here, was the first witness for the defense Tuesday morning.

In spite of an hour and 40-minute conference in Judge Blair Wood's office Tuesday morning, and a recess at noon, the trial was expected to reach the jury late Tuesday.

As first witness at 9:30 a.m., Dr. Cormwell identified himself on the stand and said that he had examined Mrs. Tudor on April 10.

AT THAT POINT the judge and the defense and prosecution attorney's left the courtroom to confer on the limitations of Dr. Cromwell's testimony. They were out in conference about one hour and 40 minutes.

Tudor, a 27-year-old Winthrop mechanic, is accused of murder in the Jan. 4 shooting of Gordon Merritt, 32, of Walker, the former husband of Mrs. Tudor.

Merritt was killed by a single shot from a .22 calibre revolver as he sat with Mrs. Tudor in his car in front of the Tudor home about 12:30 a.m. According to testimony by Mrs. Tudor, 29, she had accompanied Merritt on a planned trip to Cedar Rapids to switch dependency of her and Merritt's three sons from Merritt to Tudor.

THE DEFENSE is contending that Tudor kept a loaded revolver in his home as a precaution against prowlers and that his wife grabbed the gun, discharging it accidentally as Tudor opened the door of Merrit's car.

When the judge and attorneys returned, Dr. Cromwell took the stand again and Judge Wood overruled an objection by the state for any further testimony by Dr. Cormwell.

He was limited, however, to the stipulations made in that conference.

Under defense questioning, then, at that point Dr. Cromwell said on his Apr. 10 examination of Mrs. Tudor he found she was suffering from "hysterical amnesia," and described that as "the inability to remember, a memory loss due to emotional or psychological causes rather than injury."

HE TESTIFIED further that he had used hypnosis as a method of treatment on Mrs. Tudor and testified that he thought she was now cured.

Under earlier cross examination, Mrs. Tudor admitted screaming, "I didn't" when she overheard her husband say she grabbed the gun during his explanation on the night of the shooting.

The defense then called Loras Heffernen, who testified earlier for the state. He is the operator of the Winthrop service station-tavern to which Tudor ran after the shooting.

The only thing he said for the defense was that he recoalled Tudor telling him that he had dozed before his wife got home that evening.

THE NEXT DEFENSE witness, Floyd Dye, of Cedar Rapids, a brother of Mrs. Tudor, said that he was called to Winthrop on the night of the shooting and described Marie as "hysterical."

He also testified to seeing "a large red area like a burn on her finger."

Friday a Chicago spectrochemist demonstrated that his analysis indicated identical metallic composition of particles removed from Mrs. Tudor's finger after the shooting and slugs from cartridges of the type used in the Tudor revolver.

Tudor and a Waterloo gunsmith testified earlier that Tudor's defective gun often allowed slug shavings to escape between the cylinder and barrel chamber when fired.

THE DEFENSE is attempting to link Mrs. Tudor's finger wound as corroboration of her and Tudor's testimony that she grabbed the cylinder portion of the gun the instant she saw her husband at the door of Merritt's car.

The defense called four witnesses who all called Tudor's reputation "good." They were Dr. A. J. Murphy, Winthrop veterinarian; Mrs. Amanda Harrington, wife of the Winthrop newspaper publisher; I. L. Hand, Winthrop implement dealer, and George Brubaker, Winthrop postmaster.

A fifth character witness was heard Tuesday afternoon for the defense. Harrison Mast, who operates an implement shop in WInthrop where Tudor is currently employed, said of Tudor's reputation that it was 'good."

A jury of five women and seven men will be called on to return verdicts either of second degree murder or manslaughter or absolve Tudor of criminal guilt in the incident.

Defense attorneys are Robert Carson, Independence, and Paul Kildee, of Waterloo. Prosecutors Louis Beecher of Waterloo and William Klotzbach, Buchanan county attorney, rested the state's case Thursday.


-- The Des Moines Register; Des Moines, Iowa; Friday, April 20, 1956; Page 4 (Newspapers.com)

DISMISS JURY IN TUDOR CASE
INDEPENDENCE, IA (AP) -- The jury in the Charles Tudor second degree murder trial was discharged early Thursday after the foreman reported that it was hopelessly deadlocked.

The case went to the jury at 4:45 p.m. Wednesday and District Judge Blair Wood discharged the jurors at 3 a.m. Thursday. He set retrial of the case for the September term of court here.
Tudor, 27, Winthrop mechanic, was tried for the fatal shooting of Gordon Merritt, 32, Walker, early the morning of Jan. 4.

Merritt was shot as he sat in his parked car with Mrs. Tudor in front of the Tudor residence. She was his former wife. Merritt had picked her up about 10:30 a.m. Jan. 3 for a business trip to Cedar Rapids.

Mrs. Tudor testified Merritt spent the day stopping in taverns in various towns and never made the Cedar Rapids business stop.

Tudor testified Merritt was shot accidentally. He said his old revolver discharged when Mrs. Tudor grabbed the cylinder after he opened the door of the parked car. The state contended the shooting was deliberate and that Mrs. Tudor merely threw up her hands to protect herself.


NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - Quad-City Times; Davenport, Iowa; Friday, September 21, 1956; Page 29 (Newspapers.com):

Iowan Gets Parole In Slaying Case

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (UP) -- Charles Tudor, 27, Winthrop, Thursday received a bench parole from an eight year prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the killing of a Walker, Iowa, man last January.
Tudor's attorneys met with District Court Judge Blair Wood Thursday and agreed to the lesser charge of manslaughter. Tudor had been tried for second degree murder in April but the jury failed to reach a decision.

The meeting between Wood, Tudor's attorneys and Buchanan County Atty. William Klotzbach came before a new trial could be scheduled.

Tudor had been charged with killing Gordon Merritt, Walker, while Merritt was sitting in a car in front of Tudor's house with Tudor's wife Marie. Mrs. Tudor was divorced from Merritt.

Wood sentenced Tudor to eight years in the Anamosa Reformatory and then issued a bench parole and fined him $500 and court costs.

He told Tudor, who became the father of a baby girl last month "he had learned his lesson through the long deliberations since the shooting.

Charles Brutus Tudor died on 1 March 1997 at Cedar Rapids, Linn Co., IA, at age 68

Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

Charles "Bud" Tudor was born July 13, 1928 in Winthrop, Ia., the son of Ernest B. and Alice Scott Tudor.

He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1945 and served during WWII.
Charles B. "Bud" Tudor 68 of Cedar Rapids, formerly from Olin died March 1, 1997 from a long struggle with Emphysema at St Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Survivors include a daughter Meryl Lynn "Teede"Guarino and husband Jack of Holiday, FL, two sons, Bruce A. "Tony" Tudor and wife Marcia of Cedar Rapids, Michael G. Tudor and wife Sue of Beaver Dam, WI, eight grancdhildren, one brother Melvin Tudor of Cedar Rapids, five sisters, Mary Lou Shimp of Dunkerson, Velma Jean Tudor of Cedar Rapids, Laura Benzine of Princeton, TX Donna Knight of Las Vegas, NV, Verna Miller of Waverly and one step brother Bob Ball of Dubuque.

He was preceded in death by his mother Alice Ball, step-father Frank Ball, his father Ernest Tudor, a sister Betsy Gritton and a step-sister Jean Norcott.

Burial on March 5, 1997 at Fairview Cemetery, Winthrop, IA.

He was buried in March 1997 at Fairview Cemetery, Winthrop, Buchanan Co., IA, Findagrave #111757453.

     Ernest M. Tudor was born on 1 October 1902 at Shirley, McLean Co., IL.¹ He married Alice Emily Scott on 31 December 1925 at Manchester, Delaware Co., IA. Ernest M. Tudor died on 19 July 1985 at Manchester, Delaware Co., IA, at age 82. He was buried in July 1985 at Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, Hazleton, Buchanan Co., IA, Findagrave #168908847.

     Dr. Frederic J. Tudor was also known as Frederic J. Burgess His mother changed his birth surname of Burgess to Tudor after her divorce from his father. In adulthood, he is listed both as Frederic Burgess and also as Frederic Tudor. He was born on 3 September 1906 at Marblehead, Essex Co., MA.¹ He was the son of William Starling Burgess and Rosamond Tudor. Dr. Frederic J. Tudor was graduated; Harvard class of 1929, Harvard Medical School. He married Mary Allerton Cushman, daughter of Robert Cushman and Mary Reed Poland, in 1934. Dr. Frederic J. Tudor lived on 2 April 1940 at 51 Randolph Avenue, Milton, Norfolk Co., MA, medical doctor.² He died on 11 April 1985 at Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, at age 78

Obituary -- The Boston Globe, Boston, Massachusetts; Monday, 15 APR 1985, p.49 (Newspapers.com):

Dr. Frederic Tudor
Was hospital's chief of staff

Dr. Frederic Tudor, 78, of Braintree, a retired physician and member of the staff at Massachusetts General Hospital more than 25 years, died Thursday in Elihu White Nursing Home in Braintree.

Dr. Tudor ahd been chief of staff at Milton Hospital for several years and was the Norfolk County medical examiner more than 20 years..

A graduate of Harvard University in 1930, he graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1933.

Dr. Tudor, a resident of Milton more than 40 years, was a Red Cross volunteer.

He was a member of the st Botolph Club of Boston and of the Fox Club of Cambridge. He was a boating and photography enthusiast.

Dr. Tudor leaves two daughers, Rosamond vander Linde of Old Bennington, Vt., and Mary Tudor of Seattle; two sons, Federic Tudor of Tokyo and Robert of New York City; a sister, Tasha Tudor of Vermont; and 12 grandchildren.

A memorial service will be conducted in St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Milton, at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge.

He was buried in April 1985 at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, Findagrave #21310584.

     Frederick Albert Tudor was born on 11 February 1845 at Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.¹ He married Louise Simes. Frederick Albert Tudor lived on 5 June 1880 at 4 Washington Square North, New York City, New York Co., NY, Civil engineer.¹ He died on 28 October 1902 at Lincoln, Middlesex Co., MA, at age 57. He was buried in 1902 at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, Findagrave #182552758.

     Mary Ann Tudor was born on 23 March 1834 at Campbell Co., TN.¹ She married Francis Jefferson Reese on 23 October 1855 at Kaufman Co., TX. Mary Ann Tudor died on 14 March 1906 at Comanche Co., TX, at age 71.

     Occupation: Portrait painter, used her maiden name professionally. Rosamond Tudor was born on 20 June 1878 at Bourne, Barnstable Co., MA.^1,2 She was the daughter of Frederick Albert Tudor and Louise Simes.¹ Rosamond Tudor married Alexander Henry Higginson in 1899. Rosamond Tudor and Alexander Henry Higginson were divorced. Rosamond Tudor married William Starling Burgess, son of Edward Burgess and Caroline Louisa Sullivant, in 1904. Rosamond Tudor and William Starling Burgess were divorced in 1925. Rosamond Tudor died on 26 June 1949 at Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, at age 71. She was buried in June 1949 at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, Findagrave #21310463.

     Tasha Tudor was also known as Starling Burgess her birth name, which she legally changed to Tasha Tudor. She was born on 28 August 1915 at Boston, Suffolk Co., MA. She was the daughter of William Starling Burgess and Rosamond Tudor. Tasha Tudor married Thomas Leighton McCready Jr. in 1938 at Boston, Suffolk Co., MA. Tasha Tudor died on 18 June 2008 at Marlboro, Windham Co., VT, at age 92

Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

Author, Illustrator. Tasha Tudor received notoriety as a 20th century American author and illustrator, publishing nearly two dozen children's books and illustrating another one hundred books. Her first book, “Pumpkin Moonshine,” was published in 1938, while the last being her 2003 “Corgiville Christmas.” The successful “Pumpkin Moonshine” was still in print more than fifty years after its original publication. Her most famous book was the 1971 “Corgiville Fair,” which featured a dog with human traits. Twice, she was the recipient of the Randolph Caldecott Medal, which is awarded annually in recognition of the preceding year's most distinguished American picture book for children: for “Mother Goose in 1945 and “1 is One” in 1957. For her contribution to children's Christian literature, she was the recipient in 1971 of the Regina Medal, which is awarded by the Catholic Literary Association. In 1941 for her book “A Tale for Easter,” she received the Children's Spring Book Festival Younger Honor, which was awarded by the “New York Herald Tribune.” She drew illustrations for Hans Christian Anderson's “Fairy Tales” published in 1945, for Robert Louis Steven's “ A Child's Garden in 1947 and most recently in 2002, Clement Clarke Moore's “The Night Before Christmas.” Her illustrations were of 19th century scenes with children, flowers and animal painted in soft watercolors and using delicate colored pencils, which resembles those of 19th century English illustrators, Beatrix Potter and Kate Greenway. Besides being a book illustrator, she created illustrations for Christmas cards, Advent calendars, Valentines, and posters to name a few items. She published the “Tasha Tubor Cookbook”, which contained 19th century recipes and “Tasha Tudor's Garden,” which offered gardening tips for antique flowers. She lived a very non-traditional life-style, especially for the first half of the 20th century. Born to a prominent New England family, her father was William Sterling Burgess, a yacht designer and aviation pioneer, and her mother, Rosamund Tudor, was a portrait painter. Her original birth name, Starling Burgess, was changed by her father to Natasha, with Tasha being the short version of the name. During World War I, her family relocated to Maryland, where her father was a naval architect. After her parents' divorce when she was nine years old, she used her mother's surname of Tudor instead of Burgess, thus her name became “Tasha Tudor.” At the age of ten, she was sent to live with a couple, “Aunt Gwen and Uncle Michael,” in Connecticut. After being exposed to the theater and other art sources as a child, she attended the Boston Museum Fine Arts School. She married for the first time to a colleague illustrator in 1938, became a mother of four children, divorced her husband, and changing the children's surname to Tudor. After the first marriage, the family moved back to New England, where they lived in a matter similar to the 19th century without any forms of technology. This meant no running water for a bathroom, no washing machine for dirty clothes, gathering eggs from their chickens, growing vegetables, milk from goats, making soap, cooking every meal over an open fire, and even making cloth on a spinning wheel for their clothing. Leaving this life style when her youngest child was five years old, she had a brief second marriage ending in divorce, legally changing her surname to Tudor, and eventually, returning to her 19th century way of life. With her children taking her with “a grain of salt,” she remarked often that she was a reincarnation of a sea captain’s wife from the early 19th century. Before her death, she had disinherited three of her four children, leaving the bulk of her $2,000,000 estate to one son and his son. The will was contested by the other children, and after two years, an agreement was settled out of court. Two of her daughters, Bethany and Efner, became illustrators. A large collection of her books, correspondence, and original art work are archived at the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. She wrote her autobiography in 1951 and in 1992 “The Private World of Tasha Tudor.” With her children being indecisive, a judge ordered her ashes to be divided, with half being buried in her rose garden and the rest in her beloved pet corgi's grave.

Bio by: Linda Davis.

     Edward Soles Tuey was born on 14 December 1882 at Lathrop, Clinton Co., MO.¹ He married Hattie Myrtle Koger circa 1920.¹ Edward Soles Tuey and Hattie Myrtle Koger were divorced before April 1940; Hattie was remarried to Wilbur Arnold by the time the 1940 census was taken.

Edward Soles Tuey died on 13 September 1956 at Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO, at age 73. He was buried in September 1956 at Lathrop Cemetery, Lathrop, Clinton Co., MO, Findagrave #17630258.

     Glen Edgar Tuey was born on 31 October 1925 at St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO.¹ He was the son of Edward Soles Tuey and Hattie Myrtle Koger.¹ Glen Edgar Tuey began military service on 9 February 1944 WW II service, enlisted, discharged 20 JUN 1947. He died on 6 February 2009 at Harrisonville, Cass Co., MO, at age 83. He was buried in February 2009 at Strasburg Cemetery, Strasburg, Cass Co., MO, Findagrave #33621647.

     Richard E. Tuey was born on 12 January 1948 at Missouri. He was the son of Glen Edgar Tuey. Richard E. Tuey died on 14 April 1967 at Missouri at age 19. He was buried in April 1967 at Strasburg Cemetery, Strasburg, Cass Co., MO, Findagrave #127789879.

     Daisy May Tuft was born on 26 May 1873 at Elkton, Cecil Co., MD.^1,2 She was the daughter of Dr. Reuben Hinchman Tuft and Anna Rebecca Moore.¹ Daisy May Tuft married Clarence Perkins, son of John Perkins Jr. and Georgianna Virginia Roberts, on 5 August 1896 at Camden, Camden Co., NJ. Daisy May Tuft died on 7 October 1949 at Elkton, Cecil Co., MD, at age 76. She was buried in October 1949 at Elkton Cemetery, Elkton, Cecil Co., MD.

     Dr. Reuben Hinchman Tuft was born on 11 September 1839 at Maryland.¹ He married Anna Rebecca Moore. Dr. Reuben Hinchman Tuft died on 19 August 1885 at Cecil Co., MD, at age 45. He was buried in August 1885 at Head of Christiana Church Cemetery, Newark, New Castle Co., DE, Findagrave #14423054.

     Esther T. Tufts was born in 1898. She married Frank Henry Behringer. Esther T. Tufts died in 1965. She was buried in 1965 at Bayside Cemetery, Sturgeon Bay, Door Co., WI, Findagrave #116500068.

     John Tuley married Annalie (?).¹ John Tuley was born circa 1830 at Prussia.¹

     Leroy Tuley was born in January 1879 at La Porte Co., IN, Birth date based on the Roy Tuley found in the 1900 census of Lake County, Indiana, North Township, p.244.¹ He was the son of Simeon R. Tuley and Leanna Windle.¹

     Simeon R. Tuley was born circa 1848 at Indiana Both parent born Prussia, per 1880 census info.² He was the son of John Tuley and Annalie (?)² Simeon R. Tuley married Leanna Windle, daughter of John A. Windle and Brittania E. (?), on 27 March 1878 at La Porte Co., IN.¹

     Margaret Isabel Tull married LeRoy Herron.

     Randall Keith Tull was born on 30 June 1954 at Princeton, Mercer Co., MO. He married Pamela Hayes, daughter of Elwood Phillip Hayes and Mary Elizabeth McNew, on 1 April 1999 at Eureka Springs, Carroll Co., AR. Randall Keith Tull died on 5 February 2013 at Columbus, Boone Co., MO, at age 58

Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

andall Keith Tull, 58, of Sedalia, died Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at University Hospital in Columbia.

He was born June 30, 1954, in Princeton, a son of Willie Lee and Donna (Parkhurst) Tull. On April 1, 1999, in Eureka Springs, AR, he married Pamela Brown, who survives of the home.

He was a graduate of North Harrison High School, Eagleville. Randy was a member of Memorial Baptist Church where he served as a deacon. He was a truck driver for 30 years, and worked the past ten years as a heavy equipment operator for the Pettis County Road and Bridge Department. He enjoyed listening to Christian music.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by his parents, Willie Lee and Donna Tull; two daughters, Melissa Beasley (Bryan), and Joy Bissenden (Chris), two step-sons, Kevin Hayes (Whitney), and Robert Brown (Stephanie), two siblings, Douglas Tull (Carol), and Denise Briner, sister-in-law, Susie Tull, and eight grandchildren, Megan, Mikayla, Melodie, Ryan and Brennon Beasley, Alexis Brown, Connelly Counter and Carter Hayes.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Larry Tull, and grandparents, Willie M. and Lillian Tull, and Clarence and Doris Parkhurst.

     Alonzo Pearl Tuller was born on 22 July 1880 at Wayne Co., IA. He was the son of Walter Clinton Tuller and Adelaine Langloise. Alonzo Pearl Tuller married Eltha Belle McLaughlin, daughter of Arlando Clinton McLaughlin and Nancy Emeline Hayworth, on 10 December 1908 at Decatur Co., IA. Alonzo Pearl Tuller died on 19 December 1948 at Ottumwa, Wapello Co., IA, at age 68. He was buried in December 1948 at Shaul Cemetery, Ottumwa, Wapello Co., IA.

     Anawanna M. Tuller was born circa 1913 at Decatur Co. (probably), IA.¹ She was the daughter of Sidney Merl Tuller and Elsie Elizabeth Lentz.¹

     Ann Tuller was born circa 1869 at Jefferson Co. (probably), IA. She was the daughter of John Chester Tuller and Susannah Hitchcock Hayworth. Ann Tuller died before 3 June 1880 at Jefferson or Wayne Co., IA.

     Carrie L. Tuller was born in October 1891 at Missouri. She was the daughter of Walter Clinton Tuller and Adelaine Langloise.

     Cyrus E. Tuller was born in November 1862 at Jefferson Co. (probably), IA. He was the son of John Chester Tuller and Susannah Hitchcock Hayworth.

     Elva Tuller was born circa 1916 at Decatur Co. (probably), IA.¹ She was the daughter of Sidney Merl Tuller and Elsie Elizabeth Lentz.¹

     Eugene C. Tuller was born circa October 1859 at Jefferson Co. (probably), IA.¹ He was the son of John Chester Tuller and Susannah Hitchcock Hayworth.¹