Marjorie.... There were some Luces in Cattaraugus County NY - I don't know if they are connected to you or not, but I am sending you the bios just in case..... UCIUS T. LUCE, born in Barre, NY, 1813, married MARY ELIZABETH BENSON in Wyoming County and in 1857 settled on the old Harrison Payne farm. He was a farmer in New Albion, Dayton, Persia, Little Valley, and Salamanca, and eventually gave his property to his son OBADIAH LUCE, with whom he died in Dayton Feb. 18, 1890. He was a member of the M. E. (Methodist Episcopal) Church. Mrs. Luce survives and resides in Dayton. E. AUGUSTUS LUCE, their fourth child, was born in Washington County in 1846, and in 1864 enlisted in Co. A, 13th N.Y.H.A. He was in five general engagements and at the final evacuation of Petersburg. He was discharged in 1865. He was confined in the hospital 6 weeks with typhoid fever. Since his return he has been engaged in farming, market gardening, and fruit growing. In 1868 he married ESTHER A. PICKETT, of Salamanca. Children of Augustus and Esther: CHARLS H. LUCE JOSEPH N. LUCE MARY LUETTA LUCE Contributed by Laura Greene Carlsbad, CA Bio from Hist. Gazetteer and Biog. Memorial of Catt. Co., pub 1893 Town of Persia Page 993