At 08:11 PM 8/17/98 EDT, you wrote: >I'am new at this and was hoping maybe someone out there would reconize this >name. My grandma's name was Mary Norah (Lucas) Smith. I found our a couple of >weeks ago that her father was Thaddeus Lucas. I was wondering if anyone could >help me with the name Thaddeus Lucas and get me started. He was married to >Lucinda Eleanor Burch > >Thank-you >Terry Smith Silvernail >E-Mail AUNTIE4332 Welcome to my family. Thaddeus' father is Thomas Hartzell Lucas, who is also my ancestor. Here is an excerpt from the Lucas Family History (originally by Helen Lucas Wallace, and updated by myself): Thaddeus Lucas, son of Thomas H. and Sarah H. (Davidson) Lucas, was born on August 21, 1856, in Polk Co., Oregon, and died March 14, 1928, in Oregon. He married on October 10, 1886, Lucinda Eleanor Burch. born on November 1, 1861, and died October 14, 1919. Issue: Lucas. 1. Leslie Burch Lucas m. Bernice Johnson. 2. Sarah Josephine Lucas m. Henry Diehl. 3. Oren Franklin Lucas m. Lena Trout. 4. Ralph Ford Lucas m. Bonnie Sherwood. 5. Mary Norah Lucas m. 1st. Roy Ivan Napes, m. 2nd. George Clark Smith. 6. Eva Verena Lucas m. Cornelius Sylvester Ward. Here is the excerpt for Thomas and Sarah: Thomas Hartzell Lucas, son of Marsham and Cynthia Ann (Whitman) Lucas, was born August 27, 1824, in Hart Co., Kentucky, and died April 24, 1908, in Monmouth, Oregon, and is buried in the Davidson/Butler cemetery there. He married 1st. on December 11, 1844, in Monmouth, Illinois, Sarah H. Davidson, daughter of Elijah, Sr. and Margaret (Murphy) Davidson. She was born May 23, 1825, in Kentucky and died November 10, 1882, in Monmouth, Oregon. She was the youngest of six sisters. Thomas Hartzell Lucas married 2nd. on July 5, 1887, in Knox Co., Illinois, Arminta Trulissa Foster, b. 1850 and d. January 9, 1937, in Monmouth, Illinois, and is buried there. Thomas and Sarah Lucas went to Oregon in 1850 with the family of Elijah Davidson. They traveled by covered wagon, leaving Monmouth, Illinois on March 29, 1850, settling at what was to become Monmouth, Oregon. Thomas H. Lucas, and others including Elijah Davidson, Albert W. Lucas, Squire S. Whitman, John E. Murphy, and Ira F. M. Butler founded Monmouth College (now Western Oregon State College). The children of Thomas H. and Sarah H. (Davidson) Lucas were: 1. Smith W. Lucas m. Eviline E. Huffman. 2. Amanda Lucas b. May 2, 1848 d. October 12, 1857, never married. 3. Marsham Albert Lucas m. 1st. Martha Jane Gibson. m. 2nd. Margaret Adeline Richardson. 4. William Lucas b. April 7, 1852 d. July 27, 1906, never married. 5. Thaddeus Lucas m. Lucinda Eleanor Burch. 6. Benjamin Franklin Lucas m. Sidney Katherine Nelson. 7. Orren Lucas b. Feb. 17, 1862, d. July 22, 1863. The children by 2nd wife, Arminta Trulissa (Foster) Lucas were: 8. Ralph Lucas b. 1890 in Stuttgart, Arkansas, d. 1918 or 1919. Buried in Monmouth, Illinois, never married. I am descended from Marsham Albert Lucas and Margaret Richardson. I have lots and lots and lots of information on this family from Thomas back (and Marsham to current, but not much on Thaddeus), including many of his and Sarah's ancestors. If you send me your address, I can send you a quick folder of material with more later (this is the heart of my busiest season of work). Just to wet your appetite, I have lists of the 1850 and 1852 wagon train members and their goods, copies of letters, copies of photographs, etc. Lance Mackey lamackey@sns-access.com Researching the following lines: Paternal: Mackey, Swisegood (Schweissguth) // Glenn, Woods // Warren, Troy, Smith, Welsh // Murphy, Delap // Helmstetler, Waggoner // Mayer, Magdelena, Harmon // Girsius, Augst // Martin, Ottmann, Schaeffer // Lengin, Strohl // Schadlin // Mayher Maternal: Lucas, Kinzer // Lee, Paul // Richardson, Hartman, Compton, Mundorff // Davidson, Young, Casen, Starr, Wolf, Sumpter, Elliott, Amon // Whitman, Murphy, Thompson, Roark, Kelston, Souders, (Mc)Gregory, Schoffner, Prather // Phelps, Brunk, Bridges, Cooke, Griffith, Hammet, Roberts, Reddick, Dowler, Powers, Mayse, Oakes // Guy, Moore, Hodge(s), Greene, Quattlebaum, Fletcher, Dillion // McDonald, Laybourne, Herkandall, Wilson // Marchant