Sullivan County PA Archives Biographies.....LUCK, J. W. 1861 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
      J. W. LUCK, the affable, genial proprietor of Lopez's flourishing
  confectionery and grocery store, was born in Tioga county, New York, February 6,
  1861, and is of English and German parentage. His father, William Luck, was born
  in England, coming to America when a young man and locating in the state of New
  York. His wife, to whom he was married in Broome county, that state, was Lucy M.
  Councelman, daughter of David Councelman, who was of German descent and died in
  Tioga county, at the age of eighty-three years. William Luck was a farmer of
  Tioga county, and died when our subject was but three years of age. The children
  were Edward, who died in boyhood; Olive, living with her mother in Tioga county;
  J. W. and Julia, twins, the former the subject of this sketch, the latter the
  wife of George Lull of Owego, New York; and Ozias F., foreman of the bridge
  division of the Erie Railroad, at Paterson, New Jersey.
  
      After receiving an education in the common schools Mr. Luck began to earn a
  living for himself, working for the farmers in his neighborhood, and later
  worked in the lumber woods in New York and Pennsylvania. From the lumber regions
  of New York he came to Sullivan county and embarked in lumber jobbing at
  Ricketts and Lopez. He spent three years as foreman in the Standard
  kindling-wood factory, and in May, 1897, he decided to try a more congenial
  business and opened his present stand, where he deals in confections, groceries
  and cigars. Into this, as in all his business, he throws his best efforts, and
  he enjoys a large and lucrative patronage, which is accorded him as much for
  this kindly, pleasant manner of treating his patrons as for the superior
  excellence of his goods.
  
      He was married in Maine, Broome county, New York, to Miss Berdena Ballard,
  and this union resulted in the following children: Ina Belle, born November 22,
  1885, and Hazel, born September 3, 1893. Mrs. Luck is a most estimable lady, and
  is a communicant of the Evangelical church of Lopez.
  
      Her maternal grandfather was Amos Ballard, who was born in the state of New
  York, where he resided for a number of years and where he married Cornelia
  Curtis. They finally moved to Pennsylvania, where they lived until the death of
  his wife. Seven children were the fruits of the union. The mother was laid to
  rest at the age of thirty-six. He then enlisted in the late war of the
  Rebellion, and died at Washington, at the age of forty years. Gardner Ballard,
  the grandfather on the father's side, was a resident of New York state and
  married Keziah Haines. Six children were born to them. One of the sons, Leroy,
  was killed in the Civil war at the battle of Weldon Railroad. Gardner Ballard
  was a veteran in the late Civil war and died at the age of seventy-four years.
  He was also a devout Christian.
  
      John O. Ballard, father of Berdena Ballard, was born in the state of New
  York, was a lumberman in early life, and married his cousin, Olive Ballard, at
  Centre Lisle, Broome county, New York, in 1868. He enlisted in Company B, One
  Hundred and Ninth Regiment United States Volunteers, and served three years in
  the Civil war. Olive Ballard, his wife, was born near Herrick, in Pennsylvania,
  in 1850. She was left an orphan at an early age. She lived several years in the
  family of a physician, and was launched on the sea of matrimony while in her
  'teens. Three children were born to them, only two, Berdena and Edna, reaching
  maturity.
  
      Mr. Luck favors the Democratic party, but in minor elections always gives
  his support to the candidate he thinks will fill the office in the most
  acceptable manner.
  

      Additional Comments:
                Extracted from: 
                  
                History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
                by Thomas J. Ingham
                  
                Compendium of Biography
                  
                The Lewis Publishing Company
                Chicago: 1899
  
  
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