"Nature's Child" by Harrison Campbell Rucker. He is a descendant of Peter Rucker: (Harrison Campbell [9], Dana Henry [8], Dana Henry [7], William Ambrose [6], William Ballenger [5], George [4], John [3], John [2], Peter [1]). This is an example of Mr. Rucker's work. An online search will provide many more images of his artworks.
Subject and artist descend from Peter Rucker. Subject is Dana Henry Rucker,III, age 17, 1943. (Dana Henry [9], Dana Henry [8], Dana Henry [7], William Ambrose [6], William Ballenger [5], George [4], John [3], John [2], Peter [1] Rucker.) Artist is his first cousin, Allen Harrison Rucker Hall. (Allen Harrison [9], William Harrison [8], Dana Henry [7] Rucker, etc.)
Crazy Quilt dated 1893 to 1896, with sixteen names, representing the direct ancestors of siblings Robert [8] Powers Rucker, Claire Augusta Rucker and James Joseph Rucker, of Tennessee. Family line: Peter [1]; John [2]; Benjamin [3]; Gideon [4]; James [5] Harvey; Joseph [6] Ferris; Robert [7] Thomas Rucker. Rucker names begin with James Harvey [5] and end with the eighth generation. There are names of those who married into the Rucker family, too: Stillman; Head; Powers; Jones; Shaw; and Cockerham.
