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The Lucas Line

Much of my information on the Lucas line comes from the prior research done by H.F. Ellithorpe and published about 1976. I have continued with my mother's research and am still looking for any information on George Lucas and his early life. I may have discovered the name and marriage date of his first wife. This isn't verified yet but I have somewhere to search at least.

Any Lucas cousins out there please contact me to update information on your lines. If you can add anything to this information please contact me at [email protected]

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Descendants of George (LUCAS)

Generation No. 1

1. GEORGE 1. He married MARY.

Child of

GEORGE and MARY is:

Notes for

GEORGE LUCAS:
George: Private, under Captain Samuel Hawkins in Captain Samuel Hawkins Company of Riflemen, 4th Regiment, Virginia Militia, detatched from the 13 th Regiment, Shenandoah County; served in the War of 1812, when already 40 years of age, March 2, 1814 - June 17, 1814; enlisted at Mount Pleasant, Shenandoah Co., Virginia; discharged at Camp Nemo, 3 miles north of Norfolk, Virginia; complete pay for 3 months and 9 days was $26.33; discharge states that distance from place of discharge to home is 300 miles and time allowed to return home is 15 days. He applied for bounty land on May 12, 1851, listing his age as 77. On April 28, 1855, he applied for land again, giving his age as 81. At the time of his enlistment he was a farmer; his height was 6' 1", and he had black hair, blue eyes, and a fair complexion.

Children of GEORGE LUCAS and UNKNOWN(?HARRIETT HALL?) are:
   i. NATHAN 3 LUCAS.
   ii. JOHN LUCAS.
   iii. GEORGE LUCAS.
   iv. SON LUCAS.

Data obtained from George Lucas' War record, Bounty land applications, Virginia Census of 1810, marriage record, and grave markers. 1850 U.S. Census, Franklin County, Indiana, Sheet 6, Lines 35-41, Ray township; also the 1860 U.S. Census.

More About GEORGE LUCAS:
Fact 1: Data obtained from 1850 US Census, Franklin Co. Ind. sheet 6, line 35-41, Ray Tw

Notes for ELIZABETH:
Elizabeth's first husband, John Davis, died about October 5, 1851. They had two sons: Lewis K., born about 1836 in Ohio and Cornelius born about 1838 in Ohio.

Elizabeth, Micaju, Reuben, Cornelius, and Cynthia A. and her husband were listed in the 1860 Census for Ray Township, Franklin Co., Indiana, but George was not listed with the household.

Following the Civil War, Elizabeth moved to Kansas to live with her son, Lewis Davis, and his children: Bob, Joe, Jim, and Em, on a farm two miles east and two miles north of Xenia, Kansas. From 1878 until her death, she recieved a pension from George Lucas' service in the War of 1812.

George and Elizabeth lived in Ray Township, Franklin Co., Indiana, in November 1850 and in Salt Creek Township in November 1860. Township lines were changed so they may have continued to live in the same location. In 1860, Peppertown was their Post Office, but in 1863, it was Stipps Hill.

More About ELIZABETH:
Fact 1: Buried Mapleton, Kansas Mapleton Cemetary
Fact 2: Was married toJohn Davis first marriage

Children of GEORGE LUCAS and ELIZABETH are:
3.  v. CYNTHIA ANN 3 LUCAS, b. September 10, 1845, Camden, Ohio; d. May 13, 1926, ElDorado Springs, MO..
4.  vi. MICAJU (CAGER) LUCAS, b. March 14, 1847, Camden, Ohio; d. June 30, 1924, LaHarpe, Kansas.
   vii. REUBEN LUCAS, b. March 1850, Franklin Co., Indiana; d. Abt. 1866, Franklin Co., Indiana.

Generation No. 3

3. CYNTHIA ANN 3 LUCAS (GEORGE 2, GEORGE 1) was born September 10, 1845 in Camden, Ohio, and died May 13, 1926 in ElDorado Springs, MO.. She married JAMES HARDY Abt. 1860 in Franklin Co., Indiana.

Notes for CYNTHIA ANN LUCAS:
James and Cynthia Ann lived north of Uniontown, Kansas for many years. After James died, Cynthia Ann moved to El Dorado Springs, Missouri.

James and a daughter, Sarah J., are buried in Kansas, in the Walnut Hill Cemetery. Cynthia Ann and a son, William, are buried at El Dorado Springs, Missouri. Mary Hardee (Kellar) Brown is buried at El Dorado Springs, Missouri. Elizabeth Hardee Birch is buried at Kansas City.

Data obtained from: Joan (Lucas) Appleby; Independence, Iowa; 1976

Children of CYNTHIA LUCAS and JAMES HARDY are:
   i. WILLIAM 4 HARDY, b. December 05, 1865; d. November 08, 1894, ElDorado Springs, Mo..
   ii. SARAH J. HARDY, b. March 20, 1868; d. December 12, 1890, Uniontown, Kansas.
   iii. MARY HARDY, d. El Dorado Springs, Missouri; m. (1) UNKNOWN KELLAR; m. (2) UNKNOWN BROWN.
   iv. ELIZABETH HARDY, d. Kansas City; m. UNKNOWN BIRCH.

4. MICAJU (CAGER)3 LUCAS (GEORGE 2, GEORGE 1) was born March 14, 1847 in Camden, Ohio, and died June 30, 1924 in LaHarpe, Kansas. He married (1) MARTHA JANE DINKINS February 11, 1866 in Franklin Co., Indiana. He married (2) MARY J. CRILL October 03, 1869 in Franklin Co., Indiana. He married (3) CATHERINE MARTIN April 18, 1871 in Franklin Co., Indiana, daughter of NATHAN MARTIN and CAROLINE THOMAS.

Notes for MICAJU (CAGER) LUCAS:
Micaju (Cager) served in the union Army during the Civil War, as a private in Captain John A. Merrill's Company (B), 123rd Regiment of the Indiana Infantry volunteers. He enrolled on the 1st day of December, 1863, to serve three years, or during the war, and was discharged on the 25th day of August, 1865, at Lexington, North Carolina.

He was of English descent. Cager, Catherine, and their four children came to Kansas from Franklin County, Indiana in the spring of 1880. They traveled by train to Fort Scott, Kansas and walked to Uniontown, approximately 15 miles west of Fort Scott, and a short distance north of Uniontown, to the home of Cager's sister, Cynthia Ann, and her husband James Hardy. The two older children walked and the younger ones were carried by their parents.

Later they walked to the home of Lewis K. Davis, Cager's half-brother, who lived four miles west of Mapleton, Kansas on the NW 1/4 of Section 25, T 23 S, R 22 E, Bourbon County, Kansas. Their mother, Elizabeth Davis Lucas had moved to Kansas to live with her son, Lewis K. Davis and his children following the Civil War.

In a short time, Cager farmed all of the NE 1/4 of Section 24, T 23 S, R 22 E, Franklin Township, in Bourbon County, Kansas. The family was living there when Lola Melvina was accidentally killed in 1896, and continued living there until 1906 when Mr. and Mrs. William Ellithorpe bought the farm.

Data obtained from: Joan Appleby; Independence, Iowa; 1976
and Mr and Mrs Arthur B. Dennis; Topeka, Kansas; 1976

More About MICAJU (CAGER) LUCAS:
Fact 1: Buried Mapleton, Kansas Mapleton Cemetary
Fact 2: birth place may be Preble Co., Ohio or Saltcreek Twp. Franklin Co., Ind.
Fact 3: Marriage date may be 1872

Notes for CATHERINE MARTIN:
All of the Lucas descendents have always understood that there was American Indian blood in their history. The understanding was it came from Catherine Martin's side of the family. Catherine once said she remembered the women of her family wearing blankets.

More About CATHERINE MARTIN:
Fact 1: Buried Mapleton, Kansas Mapleton Cemetary

Child of MICAJU LUCAS and MARTHA DINKINS is:
   i. EPHRAM D.4 LUCAS, b. January 30, 1867, Franklin Co., Indiana; d. January 1867, Franklin Co., Indiana.

More About EPHRAM D. LUCAS:
Fact 1: Died at birth.

Children of MICAJU LUCAS and CATHERINE MARTIN are:
5.  ii. LEWIS EDWARD 4 LUCAS, b. April 11, 1872, Greensburg, Indiana; d. May 13, 1939, Mapleton, Kansas.
6.  iii. ELIZABETH CAROLINE LUCAS, b. January 12, 1874, Franklin Co., Indiana; d. February 17, 1953, Ft. Scott, Kansas.
7.  iv. GEORGE NATHAN LUCAS, b. March 28, 1876, Franklin Co., Indiana; d. July 26, 1952, Ft. Scott, Kansas.
8.  v. JAMES MADISON LUCAS, b. August 18, 1878, Franklin Co., Indiana; d. September 05, 1948, Lewiston, Idaho.
9.  vi. ISAAC NEWTON LUCAS, b. September 15, 1880, Bourbon County, Kansas; d. January 21, 1960, Coeur D'alene, Idaho.
10.  vii. WILLIAM ELLSWORTH LUCAS, b. November 07, 1882, Bourbon County, Kansas; d. February 23, 1931, Mapleton, Kansas.
11.  viii. CHARLES FRANKLIN LUCAS, b. January 30, 1884, Bourbon County, Kansas; d. May 11, 1954, Iola, Kansas.
12.  ix. WALTER ROY LUCAS, b. February 01, 1886, Bourbon County, Kansas; d. February 01, 1976, Ft. Scott, Kansas.
13.  x. ELMER FRANCIS LUCAS, b. March 04, 1889, Bourbon County, Kansas; d. December 24, 1968, Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa.
14.  xi. CLARA IVA LUCAS, b. August 22, 1891, Bourbon County, Kansas; d. January 22, 1985, Oklahoma.
   xii. LOLA MELVINA LUCAS, b. October 25, 1895, Bourbon County, Kansas; d. October 05, 1896, Mapleton, Kansas.

More About LOLA MELVINA LUCAS:
Fact 1: Buried Mapleton, Kansas Mapleton Cemetary

   xiii. ZINA OLA LUCAS, b. June 20, 1899, Bourbon County, Kansas; m. FRANCIS GERRY STANFORD, March 25, 1919.

Notes for ZINA OLA LUCAS:
Data obtained from: Zina Ola Stanford; La Harpe, Kansas; 1976

Frank and Zina had no children

   xiv. BEULAH ANN LUCAS, b. February 22, 1902, Bourbon County, Kansas; d. December 06, 1918, Mapleton, Kansas.

More About BEULAH ANN LUCAS:
Fact 1: Buried Mapleton, Kansas Mapleton Cemetary

Generation No. 4

For information on the other children of Micaju and Catherine go to The Other Branch of the Lucas Line.

13. ELMER FRANCIS 4 LUCAS (MICAJU (CAGER)3, GEORGE 2, GEORGE 1) was born March 04, 1889 in Bourbon County, Kansas, and died December 24, 1968 in Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa. He married WINNIE HAAG June 27, 1915 in Sumner, Bremer County, Iowa, daughter of LEONARD HAAG and PHOEBE ROCKDASCHEL.

Notes for ELMER FRANCIS LUCAS:
Data obtained from: Mrs Joan Appleby; Independence, Iowa; 1976

More About ELMER FRANCIS LUCAS:
Fact 1: Buried Sumner, Iowa Wilson Grove Cemetary

More About WINNIE HAAG:
Fact 1: Buried Sumner, Iowa Wilson Grove Cemetary

Children of ELMER LUCAS and WINNIE HAAG are:
   i. WILLIS GLENN 5 LUCAS, b. February 10, 1916, Sumner, Bremer County, Iowa; d. October 10, 1916, Sumner, Bremer County, Iowa.

More About WILLIS GLENN LUCAS:
Fact 1: Buried Sumner, Iowa Wilson Grove Cemetary

   ii. REX BURTON LUCAS, b. May 12, 1917, Sumner, Bremer County, Iowa; m. LAURA JEAN TRELOAR, June 28, 1940, Sumner, Bremer County, Iowa.

Notes for REX BURTON LUCAS:
Data obtained from: Mrs Jean Lucas, Sumner, Iowa; 1976

More About LAURA JEAN TRELOAR:
Fact 1: Buried Sumner, Iowa Wilson Grove Cemetary

   iii. JOAN PHOEBE LUCAS, b. April 16, 1919, Sumner, Iowa; d. June 13, 1998, Independence, Iowa; m. ERNEST CHARLES APPLEBY, November 23, 1939, Independence, Iowa.

Notes for JOAN PHOEBE LUCAS:
Data obtained from: Mrs Joan Appleby; Independence, Iowa; 1976

More About JOAN PHOEBE LUCAS:
Fact 1: Buried Sumner, Iowa Wilson Grove Cemetary

More About ERNEST CHARLES APPLEBY:
Fact 1: Buried Sumner, Iowa Wilson Grove Cemetary

   iv. LEON LINDBERG LUCAS, b. June 10, 1927, Sumner, Bremer County, Iowa; m. (1) MARGE CONLON, April 10, 1955, Cambridge, Massachusetts; m. (2) NORMA MILLER, Aft. 1960.

Notes for LEON LINDBERG LUCAS:
Data obtained from: Joan Appleby; Independence, Iowa; 1976