Robert Edward Lucas (1781 - 1853)

Born 1 Apr 1781 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza (Brown) Lucas — married 1810 in Denver, Colorado, United States

Husband of Friendly (Sumner) Lucas — married 1816 in Denver, Colorado, United States

Died 7 Feb 1853 at age 71 in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States

Preceded by 11th Governor Duncan McArthur Iowa Territory organized July 4, 1838

Robert Lucas 12th Governor of Ohio 1832—1836 1st Governor of Iowa Territory 1838—1841

Succeeded by 13th Governor Joseph Vance 2nd Territorial Governor John Chambers

Biography

Robert Lucas is Notable.

Robert Lucas was born in Appalachia, in Virginia (now West Virginia).

This profile is part of the Shepherdstown, West Virginia One Place Study.

• Three states have named counties in Robert's honor. They are Iowa, Ohio, and Virginia.

• Fact: Occupation (1801) Surveyor
• Fact: Occupation (1808) Ohio House of Representatives
• Fact: Military Service (1812) Brigadier General War of 1812
• Fact: Occupation (from 1814 to 1818) Ohio State Senator
• Fact: Residence (1820) Piketon, Pike, Ohio, United States
• Fact: Residence (1830) Seal, Pike, Ohio, United States
• Fact: Occupation (from 1832 to 1836) Governer of Ohio
• Fact: Occupation (1838) Supt of Indian Affairs, Territory of Iowa
• Fact: Residence (1850) Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States
• Fact: Burial (February 1853) Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States
• Fact: Occupation (through 1853 (died in office)) Governor, Territory of Iowa
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Robert Lucas (April 1, 1781 – February 7, 1853) was the 12th Governor of the U.S. state of Ohio, serving from 1832 to 1836. He served as the first Governor of Iowa Territory from 1838 to 1841.

Lucas was born in 1781 in what was then Mecklenburg, Virginia (his birthplace's location in modern times is known as Shepherdstown, West Virginia). He was the son of William Lucas and Susannah Barnes. Lucas came from a Quaker family whose roots stretched back to 1679 in Pennsylvania, though the family had recently relocated to Virginia.

Lucas' father, an American Revolutionary War veteran, owned slaves and large amounts of land. According to family legend, Robert's uncle, Joseph Barnes, built a steam-powered boat long before Fulton's invention. Robert received some early schooling in mathematics and surveying, skills which would prove invaluable to his future work.[2]

Around the age of nineteen, Lucas moved to the Scioto Valley of the Northwest Territory, now Ohio. He was preceded by other family members, including two older brothers and a cousin. One brother would later become a general, while his other brother and his cousin would become Ohio legislators. The family bought large parcels of land; eventually the nearby town of Lucas was named for them. For his skill in recruiting troops for the Army during the increasing hostilities between England, France, and the U.S., Robert Lucas was made Captain in 1807. He was elected to the Ohio General Assembly for the first time in 1808 as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He was married to Elizabeth Brown, his landlord's daughter, in 1810. Lucas and his wife had a daughter, Minerva, in 1811. Through complex political maneuvering, Lucas was made a Brigadier General in 1810.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lucas_(governor)

Robert was born in 1781. He passed away in 1853.

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 01 May 2020, 15:42), entry for Robert Edward Lucas(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K419-8SD); contributed by various users.
• Find A Grave Memorial# 7669857
• Robert Lucas on Wikipedia

Find A Grave: Memorial #7669857 Oakland Cemetery, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA