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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

GILES LUCAS, M. D.
    In a thorough preparatory course and later in postgraduate work, Dr. Giles
Lucas laid the foundation for the success and progress which he has attained as
a practitioner of medicine and surgery. For twenty-eight years he has followed
his profession in Van Buren, at all times keeping in touch with the advancement
that is being made by those who are regarded as leaders in this field. He was
born in Harnett county, North Carolina, in 1860, a son of Alfred Lucas and
Penelope (Giles) Lucas. His father was a successful turpentine producer and upon
the outbreak of the Civil war enlisted in the Confederate army, serving
throughout that conflict.

    Dr. Giles Lucas was one of twelve children, six boys and six girls, and at
the age of fourteen years he left the parental roof. For sometime he wandered
ahout, working on farms for six dollars a month and following other occupations
and he secured enough money to further his education by teaching in the country
schools. He had early .determined upon a medical career and in 1884 enrolled in
the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, graduating from that
institution with the M. D. degree in 1887. Two years later he came to Arkansas
and for two years resided at Alma, Crawford county. In 1893 he graduated from
the Missouri Medical College, which is now a part of the Washington University
in Missouri. In that same year he came to Van Buren and has resided here ever
since. In 1895 he took a postgraduate course at the New Orleans Polyclinic. Dr.
Lucas is ever careful in the diagnosis of his cases and his judgment is sound
and reliable. His work has commanded the respect of his professional brethren,
for he displays keen ability in the administration of remedial agencies. His
time is not only taken up with his general practice but he is now serving as
city health officer and he has likewise large farming and stock interests.

    Dr. Lucas was first married in 1879, near Fayetteville, Cumberland county,
North Carolina. He has one son by that marriage, William Erich Lucas, who is in
the National Bank of Commerce at Seattle, Washington.

    In 1900 occurred the second marriage of Dr. Lucas, when he wedded Miss Lucy
Jane Pool of Hiattville, Bourbon county, Kansas, and to their union one child
has been born: Lucy Jane, sixteen years of age. Dr. Lucas is a member of the
city council and is interested in any plan for the development of Van Buren and
the promotion of its material interests. He displayed the elemental strength of
his character in his efforts to obtain an education and the same spirit of
determination and laudable ambition have characterized him in his later life
work, bringing him to a creditable position as a representative of the medical
profession in Van Buren and throughout the state.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922



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