BIOGRAPHIES - LUCAS, John, Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: 07 Feb 2000 The biographies are taken primarily from William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. Many Bourbon County, Kentucky, researchers have pointed out mistakes and they are notated. Name: John LUCAS _________________________________________ Birth: January 18, 1810, Lucasville, Ohio Father: Samuel LUCAS Mother: Sarah CARTER Spouses _________________________________________ 1: Letitia HARDIN Birth: 1820, Bourbon County, Kentucky Death: February 1864 Age: 44 Marriage: 1840 Children: William; Hardin; Mary _________________________________________ 2: Sophia MORIN Birth: 1830 Father: Joseph MORAN (1787-1869) Mother: Sophia EDWARDS (1793-1883) Marriage: 1865 Children: John M. JOHN LUCAS,1 farmer; P. O. Paris; born Jan, 18, 1810, at Lucasville, Sciota County, Ohio, son of Samuel Lucas, of Jefferson County, Va.; he was a son of William Lucas, who left Virginia at an early day, and settled in Sciota County, and the place was named in honor of him and the family. He had a son, Robert, who became Governor of the State. The mother of our subject was Sarah Carter, a native of Jefferson County, Va., a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Griggs) Carter. Robert Carter located in Fayette County, Ky., about the year 1805. To Samuel Lucas and wife were born five children, viz: William, John, Joseph, Joanna and Alice. Our subject was raised a farmer; his education was limited to that of common school. His father died in 1813, and he came to Fayette County with his grandfather, who brought the family from Ohio. February, 1840, he married Letitia Hardin, a native of Bourbon County, born 1820, daughter of Stull Hardin, of Green River Country. Our subject after his marriage, came to this county; remained about one year; then removed to Harrison County, where he lived until 1842, since then he has been a constant resident of this county ; he has a farm of 301 acres, situated in Paris Precinct. Wife died in February, 1864, having borne him three children: William, Hardin and Mary. In 1865, he married Mrs. Sophia Moore, born 1830 by her he has one son, John M. Her maiden name was Morin, daughter of Joseph and Sophia (Edwards) Morin. Mr. Lucas has been a resident of the farm he now owns, since 1868; he is the only remaining child of his father’s family. His brother William taught school and moved to Harrison County, and engaged in merchandising there, died in 1840; Joseph settled in the same county; was a farmer; he died 1839; Joanna married Thomas Garth, of this County; she died 1880; Alice married Henry Calmes, of Clark County. Mr. Lucas for twelve years was one of the Directors of the Deposit Bank; he was appointed executor of the William Garth estate, who had left his will in care of Mr. Lucas, prior to his starting on that fated trip. Mr. Lucas is a Democrat, and a member of the Christian Church. Sources 1. Perrin, pp. 477-478 ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.