Andrew Jackson Luce (1833 - 1923)

Born 24 Apr 1833 in North Haven Island, Knox County, Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Melinda Eliza Jane (Franklin) Luce — married about 1864 in Oregon

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1923 at age 89 in Alma, Lane, Oregon, United States

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Andrew became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.

Andrew Luce was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

Andrew Jackson Luce. Given Name: Andrew Jackson. Surname: Luce. ^[1]

Born 24 Apr 1833. North Haven Island, Knox County, Maine. ^[2][3]

Immigration: 1848 or 1849 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.

Andrew Jackson Luce was born on 24 April 1833, in Vinalhaven, Hancock, Maine, United States.

At the time of his Birth, his father, Ephraim Luce, was 33 and his mother, Lydia Maria Macomber, was 34.

Andrew married Melinda Jane Franklin in 1864. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters.

Andrew Jackson Luce Passed Away on 25 January 1923, in Linslaw, Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Oregon, United States.

Notes

He was named for U.S. President Andrew Jackson, a popular president who favored western expansion and Indian removal.

He came to Utah in 1848 or 1849. His father was in the 1851 Cummings Company. His mother and the children came to Utah in 1848 or 1849. Church records prove they arrived before 7 April 1850, his sister Ester Ann Luce received a patriarchal blessing in Salt Lake. Ester Ann appears in the 1850 Utah census. Another sister, Caroline, was married in Utah February 1851 and the children are on the 1856 Utah Census. (Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database.).

He was re-baptized 24 April 1850 in Salt Lake City by Byran Nowlin, and confirmed by Bryan Nowlin and H. S. Eldridge.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ McCourt, 520.
2. ↑ McCourt, 520.
3. ↑ McCourt, 520
4. ↑ Early church history card file.

• Early church history card file, LDS Family History Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.

• Martha Fletcher McCourt,American Descendants of Henry Luce of Martha's Vineyard (1994).

• Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: Andrew Jackson Luce.

• 1840..U.S. Census Bureau, 1840 U.S. Census, population schedule. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration. Township 67, Lee, Iowa, United States, p. 204 (back)..https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYL-936V?i=4&wc=31SV-PYB%3A1588666013%2C1588666055%2C1588666303%3Fcc%3D1786457&cc=1786457

• 1880..A. J. Luce Census • United States Census, 1880.."United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch..(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNC2-BGK : 14 January 2022), A. J. Luce, Middle Fork Election Precinct, Lane, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm

• 1910..Andrew J Luce..Census • United States Census, 1910.."United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLB4-Z88 : accessed 2 May 2023), Andrew J Luce in household of George W Luce, Spencer, Lane, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 158, sheet 4B, family 69, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1282; FHL microfilm 1,375,295.

• 1923..Oregon State Library, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008. Ancestry.com, entry for Andrew Jackson Luce (25 Jan 1923); citing Oregon State Library, "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," image 1752...https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/5254/40176_257663-00967?pid=2664562&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DcMN20%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3Dordeath%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3DAndrew%2520Jackson%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3DLuce%26gsln_x%3D0%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3Degc%26pcat%3D34%26fh%3D0%26h%3D2664562%26recoff%3D8%25209%252010%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=cMN20&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true