Lorenzo Dow Luker was born on 25 Feb 1836 in Clarke, Alabama, United States, son of William Luker (1798 - 1878) and Mary Lucas (Johnson) Luker (1804 - 1878).
He married:
Sarah J. James, 15 Feb 1861 in Clarke, Alabama.
Susiana "Susan" Hart.
He was a Confederate soldier during the Civil War.
Lorenzo died on 26 Oct 1904 aged 68.
Sources
"Alabama, Confederate Pension Applications, ca. 1880-1930's," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7KQ2-CXT2 : 3 November 2019), L D Luker, 18 May 1898; citing Pension, Clarke, Alabama, United States, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery; 008496490.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M98Q-9JM : accessed 15 May 2022), Lorenso D Lukes in household of Henry C Lukes, Precinct 20 Bashi, Clarke, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 42, sheet , family , NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm .
"Alabama, Confederate Pension Applications, ca. 1880-1930's," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7KS9-HBZM : 3 November 2019), L D Luker, 12 Jul 1900; citing Pension, Clarke, Alabama, United States, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery; 008496490.
Alabama, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1969: Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1969 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Ancestry Record 7838 #2179559
Alabama, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1814-1935: Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1814-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: WPA Indices to Marriage Records, by County, 1814-1935. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama. Ancestry Record 60922 #93125
Alabama, U.S., Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908: United States, Bureau of Land Management. Alabama, U.S., Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: United States. Bureau of Land Management. Alabama Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patent and Cadastral Survey Plat Index. General Land Office Automated Records Project, 1996. Ancestry Record 2069 #76712
1860 United States Federal Census: Year: 1860; Census Place: Clarke, Alabama; Roll: M653_6; Page: 602; Family History Library Film: 803006 Ancestry Record 7667 #13428182
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58462854/lorenzo-d-luker : accessed 14 May 2022), memorial page for Lorenzo D. Luker (1825–unknown), Find A Grave: Memorial #58462854, citing Bashi United Methodist Church Cemetery, Clarke County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by A. Cook (contributor 47077777) .
Is Lorenzo your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lorenzo by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree: