sketch by Sherryl Guthrie Miller
"Tucks' family decided to move to Arkansas to homestead land. He went to tell his girlfriend, Lou, good-bye, to quote the story told by him, "Lou started crying, and... I told her not to cry but to come on... let's get married and then you can come with me!" And that is what happened. So, Lou Bracken became his wife.
After getting a yoke of oxen and a cart, they loaded up their possessions. They were given quilts, meat, pillows, a feather bed, and cookware. Off they went, for the land of opportunity.
This was their wedding trip. He was 17, she was 14. The Kuykendall family also came to Arkansas at this time."
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