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26-Austin LUCAS (my GG Grandfather) was born in Delaware in1788 where he spent his boyhood days. Reportedly his father died when Austin was a child and when he was in his teens he made his way to Southwestern Pennsylvania. He later married 27-Charlotte (maiden name unknown) and they raised a family of ten children, six boys and four girls. Those children identified to date include sons David, Freeman (who married Elizabeth Ann SOUTH, daughter of my GG Grandparents 24-Charles SOUTH and 25-“Millie” EVERLY), Alfred L., James B., Valentine, and daughters 13-Margaret (who married my G Grandfather 12-Nicholas SOUTH), Elizabeth and Barbara. The family lived on a farm in Dunkard Township, Greene County.

According to family sources Austin was related to a prominent Ohio LUCAS family where he often visited. A member of the Ohio branch of the family, Robert LUCAS, of the same generation as 26-Austin, was an army Major General at one time, and was Governor of Ohio from 1832 to 1836. Lucas County, Ohio, where Toledo is located, was named after him.

26-Austin died 18 March 1871 and 27-Charlotte 27 July 1874. Both are buried in the Fairview Cemetery at Taylortown, PA.

An unexplained “mystery” concerning the Greene County LUCAS’S concerns an older Austin LUCAS who reportedly was a Hessian soldier who came to America during the Revolutionary War and never returned to Europe. Also, it is reported that an older Austin LUCAS, a Revolutionary War veteran, is among those buried at the Greene Academy in Carmichaels, PA in unmarked graves. Efforts to tie the older Austin Lucas to 26-Austin LUCAS have been unsuccessful.