CSA Soldier, 62nd Regiment NC Troops, Co. F
RUCKER, ADIN LYNCH, Hospital Steward
Born on May 7. 1842. Enlisted in Rutherford County at age 20, July 14, 1862, for the war. Mustered in as Sergeant. Reported present through June 30, 1863. Appointed Hospital Steward on June 1, 1863. Captured at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, September 9, 1863. Sent to Louisville, Kentucky. Confined at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, September 26, 1863. Paroled and transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland, February 20-21, 1865, for exchange. Exchanged on an unspecified date. Hospitalized at Richmond, Virginia, March 1, 1865, with an unspecified complaint. Furloughed on March 7, 1865. Survived the war.
from " North Carolina Troops: 1861-1865, A Roster" by Weymouth T. Jordan, Jr.; Volumn 15, page 96.

Rutherford County first Superintendent of Schools. Elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1893.

The Rutherford and Spartenburg Railroad was chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly in January, 1877, the incorporators being, J. L. Rucker, A. L. Rucker, A. A. Lynch, E. M. Lynch, B. E. Rollins plus several others. "The History of Old Tryon and Rutherford Counties" by Clarence W. Griffin. Page 359- 360.