Lucas M Luce (1818 - 1892)

Born 3 Mar 1818 in New York, USA

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Died 13 Feb 1892 at age 73 in New Albion, Cattaraugus, New York, United States

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Biography

Lucas was born 3 Mar 1818^[1][2] in the state of New York, He was the son of Joseph and Betsey (Hartwell) Luce.^[1]

On 13 May 1826 he married Harriet N. Wait^[1] in Springfield, MA.^[3] The couple would have eight children in their 65 years of marriage.^[1][4]

He would spend most of his adult life farming in the vicinity of New Albion, NY. He passed away on 13 Feb 1892^[2] in New Albion,^[5] and is buried in the Snyder Hill Cemetery in Cattaraugus, New York.^[2]

Research Notes

Although the marriage record^[3] shows the grooms given and surname, the date, the location and the brides given name, the brides surname is shown as "Charter."

When their daughter, Francelia, married John Adams, the mother's maiden name is shown as Wait.^[6]Was she previously married and one of the surnames is actually a married name from that first marriage? Was there two Lucas Luce's married to a Harriet?

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} The Hartwells of America, a Genealogy of all the Hartwell families of the US and Canada, based largely on the Handbook of Hartwell Genealogy (1887) by Lyman Willard Densmore-the material assembled and arranged in two volumes by John F. Hartwell, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1956
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76137080/lucas-luce: accessed 28 October 2022), memorial page for Lucas Luce (3 Mar 1818–13 Feb 1892), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76137080, citing Snyder Hill Cemetery, Cattaraugus, Cattaraugus County, New York, USA; Maintained by Mickey (contributor 47347061)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 - See Research Notes
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191688512/nelson-l-luce: accessed 28 October 2022), memorial page for Nelson L. Luce (3 Mar 1845–19 Feb 1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 191688512, citing Snyder Hill Cemetery, Cattaraugus, Cattaraugus County, New York, USA; Maintained by Patricia Strong Kelly (contributor 49058707)
5. ↑ New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956, certificate # 10034
6. ↑ New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, county of Cattaraugus, town of New Albion, 1904 - 1914

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