Mary Elizabeth Hunter

Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth

When Mary Elizabeth Hunter was born in May 1828, in Virginia, United States, her father, William Hunter, was 36 and her mother, Barbara Lugar, was 32. She married William Saunders Lucas on 28 December 1844, in Gallia, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Elk, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States in 1880 and Elk District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States in 1900. She died on 30 May 1901, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Lucas Cemetery, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Saunders Lucas
1816–1862
Mary Elizabeth Hunter
1828–1901
Marriage: 28 December 1844
Frances Cornelia Lucas
1845–1919
Biddy Ann Lucas
1847–1896
Barbara Hellen Lucas
1849–1920
William Henry Lucas
1851–1932
Joel Edgar Lucas
1853–1919
Arwilla R. Lucas
1856–1941
Andrew Lucas
1859–1933
Victoria Lucas
1861–1951
Robert E Lee Lucas
1863–1918

Sources (21)

  • Margaret Lucus, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mary Lucas, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Mary Hunter, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

Name Meaning

Scottish and northern English: occupational name from Middle English hunter(e) ‘huntsman’ (see Hunt ).

Irish (Antrim and Derry): adopted for Gaelic Ó Fiaich (see Fee ) due to confusion with the word fiadhach ‘hunt’.

History: A Scottish family of this name (see 1 above) has been established at Hunterston (Ayrshire) since the 13th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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