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Lucas, Daniel Bedinger, lawyer, jurist, author, ptK't. was horn March i«. is.m. in t'harl«Mt8 in law from the Washington Virginia. He began the practice of his profession in college,

Charleston,

W.Va.,

and removed to Richmond. During the civil

war ho served on thv

stair of (ieneral

Honry A. Wiw in the Kanawha valley; and in 18»i7 resumed law in Charleston. He

was democratic

presidential ehctor in 1872, 1870 and 1884; was chosen to the legislature in 1884-86; and in 1887 was appt»inted by the governor to the United States senate. In 18<K) he was nominateil and elected judge of the 8U[trenu' court of appeals; and the followi?ig year was elected president of the c«)urt. Uv is the author of the Memoir of .John Vates Bell; The Wreath of Kghintine, and Other Poems; The Mai<l of Northumbi'rland; Hallads and Madrigals; and other works. Lucas, George Washington, musician, comp«)sei. was born April 12, 1S(M). in (Jlastonbury. Conn. He «lelivered niore than one thousand public lectures; taught more than fifty thousand people to sing: and arranged and conducte«l the music on more than one thousand public occasions. He published much music, including an Ordination Anthem, lie died about I8H» in Hampshire

cd hih establish-

ment

there.

77

he

<»f

the

In

187<5-

was president Camden and

Atlantic railroad company: and is now a director of that company. He is also a director of the Ivlison electric company; and al»o a director of a local bank.

Lucas, John Baptist Charles, lawyer, jurist. lej;iHlator. congressMuui. was 'born in 17«2 in France. In 1702 he was elected to the legislature of Pennsylvania; and served as a ^ju<ige of the court ^^..i V of v., common v pleas for his district. In l80.}-0,5 he was a -

repre.«.ntative frtnn congress. In

eighth judgv*

Pennsylvania he

180.')

was

to

the

district

the

I'nited States district court in iipp«r Ix)uisiana, and removed to St. I^uis. He was also commissioner of land titles in that territory; and held the oflice of ju.ige until 1820. He died Aug. 17, 1842, in St. Louis. .Mo. <»f

Lucas, Robert, soldier. legislator, governor,

was

b.)rn

Aj.ril 1, 1781, in ShepherdsHe wis brigadier-general of Ohio defense of the frontier in 1813. He was a member of the Ohio legislature in 1814. He was the eleventh governor of Ohio

tuwn,

'a.

militia

in

in 1832-36; and first territorial governor of Iowa in 18.38-41. He died Feb. 7, 18,)8, in Iowa City, Iowa. Lucas S. Decatur, educator, college president, was born .March 8. 1860, in (iailatin county. Ky. He has buconie prominent la an iducator; and is the president of the

Davis college of .Minden, La. Lucas, Thomas John, soldier, statesman,

•lefT

was born

Si-pt.

!l.

1826,

in

Lawrenceburg.

Ind. Ho enlisted for the Mexican war as a «irummer-boy in the fourth regiment In•liana v(dnntiH«rs; and rose to be lieutenant and adjutant. In the civil war he was promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers in 18t>4. In 1881-8") he was postmaster of Lawrenceburg. Ind.; and in 1886 was an

unsuccessful «andi«late for congress. Lucas, William, congressman, was

born in irtrinia. In 1831>-41 and 1843-4") he was a representative frtmi Virginia to the twentysixth and twenty -eighth congresses. He dicfl in Virginia. Lucas, William V., soldier, farmer, con-

gressman, was born .July 3, 183.3, in Delphi, IimI. He entered the military service as a private s«ddier in the fourteenth Iowa infantry: and in I8»J3 was promoted to the captaincy of the company. He was mayor of Mason City, Iowa; and was elected auditor of the staU' in 1880. Hi- moviMl to the territory of Dakota in 1883; in 1887 was 'lected treasurer of Brule county; and before his term expired was appointed comnuiudant of the soldiers' home at Hot Springs. S.I).; and in 185»3-n."» he was a representative from S«mtli Dakota to the (ifty-thinl congress as a republican. Luccock, Naphtali. clergyman, author, born Sept. 28. 18.")3. in Kimbolton, Ohio. He IS pastor of the union methodist episcoj.al clmrch of St. Louis, Mo.; and editor of the .American Illustrated Methodist Magazine. He is the author of Christian Citi/enship: and Living Words From the Pulpit.

Luce, Cyrus Gray, state senator, goverwas horn .Inly 2, 1824, in Windsor, In l8.-»4-.-)6 he was a member of the .Michigan state legislature; and was state senator in 186;-. 67. In 1887-!)! he was the fwenti.th governor of Michigan. He died nor,

Oliio.

March

is.

liKl,-,.

in

Luce, Moses A.,

Coldwater. Mich. soldier,

lawyer, jurist.

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