Nathan Jesse Lucas (1880 - 1953)

Born 22 Nov 1880 in Cedar Hill, Missouri

Husband of Bertha (Hildebrand) Lucas — married 1 Nov 1901 in Missouri

Died 3 Mar 1953 at age 72 in Mapelwood, St Louis, Missouri

Biography

Nathan Jesse Lucas was born November 22, 1880, near Cedar Hill, Missouri, the son of Jesse A. Lucas and Harriet Elizabeth (Sullens) Lucas. ^[1]

From his registration for the draft, during World War I, Nathan describes himself as short, with a slender build, brown eyes and black hair. ^[2]

On November 1, 1901, Nathan married Bertha Gertrude Helterbrand, daughter of Silas Green Helterbrand. Bertha was born December 22,1884, near Cedar Hill, Missouri and died 1961, in Florida.

Children of Nathan and Bertha are:

• Walter Raymond "Buster" Lucas, born July 18, 1903, in Eureka, Missouri, died Feburary 1, 1977, in Kirkwood, Missouri, married Margaret Kohl

• Garnett Helen Lucas, born November 28, 1905, in Eureka, Missouri, died October 17, 1977, in Texas, married Elmer Ralph Holzmeier (1900-1906)

• Vergie Marie Lucas, born January 8, 1908, in Eureka, died January 21, 1997, in Kirdwood, Missouri, married Cornelius Wilburn "Bill" Dunham (1907-1997)

• Audi May Lucas, born April 5, 1909, in Eureka, died April 26, 1993, in Arizona, married Randolph Matlock (1907-1990)

• Nathan (Norman?) Paul Lucas, born 1911, died 1912

• Otto Burnell Lucas, born Feburary 11, 1915, in Eurka, Missouri, died May 19, 1983, in Festus, Missouri, married Naomi Francis (1921-1998)

Nathan died March 3, 1953, in Maplewood, St. Louis county, Missouri and is buried in the Cdar Hill Baptist Cemetery, in Jefferson county, Missouri. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rootsr/h-21.htm
2. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3TS-NT8 : 12 December 2014), Nathan Jessie Lucas, 1917-1918; citing St. Louis County no 3, Missouri, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,683,926
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Lucas&GSiman=1&GScid=2175149&GRid=16057518&