Obituary of John Bleeker Luce, Pulaski Co, Ar

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Date: 1 May 2011
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Obituary:John Bleeker Luce-The Struggle Over the Choctaw Claim Hastens His
Demise-John B.Luce, of Arkansas, died yesterday morning at his rooms, 1307 F.
Street, Wash, D.C., after nearly two months illness from general debility and
exhaustion, consequent upon the long struggle over the Choctaw claim. His
brother, Admiral Luce, and his wife and daughter, who came here from Eureka
Springs, Ark., to attend him, were at his bedside when he expired. Dr.Stanton
was the attending physician. Mr.Luce was the principal attorney for the Choctaw
Nation in the claim brought by the latter half a century ago against the United
States for the value of certain lands. He entered the case as far back as 1852
and persistently pushed it until the Supreme Court gave a judgement of nearly $3
million last November in favor of the Choctaws. Mr.Luce’s fee, under a written
contract he had, amounted to $150 thousand. The tedious and protracted contest,
with the excitement of victory, brought on nervous prostration from which, in
his old age, he could not recover. Washington Post, March 13,1887.
Born:Feb.3,1816 Died:Mar.12,1887-Buried:Oak Hill Cemetery, Wash., D.C.

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