Martha B. Rucker (maiden name unknown) was born around 1809 in Tennessee. She married Samuel R. Rucker, and their son Robert was born on December 3, 1830. They lived in Rutherford County, Tennessee, and her husband worked as a farmer and lawyer. By 1850, they owned $9,000 of real estate. A decade later, they owned $27,500 of real estate and $37,000 of personal property. Her husband died in the 1860s, and she subsequently lived in her son Robert’s household in Rutherford County. She died sometime in the late 1800s.