Brief Life History of David Wesley
When David Wesley Lucas was born on 18 May 1834, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Rev. Wesley W. Lucas, was 25 and his mother, Jane Covey, was 28. He married Martha Lawson about 1855, in Madison, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Perry, Tennessee, United States in 1850. He died on 11 November 1892, in Wesley, Madison, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Wesley Cemetery, Wesley, Madison, Arkansas, United States.
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Sources (9)
- David W Lucas in household of Wesly Lucas, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: David Lucas - Published information: birth-name: David Lucas
- David W Lucas, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1834–1892 Male
1843–1906 Female
Children (7)
1861–1935 Male
1863–1952 Male
1867–1952 Male
1869–1937 Male
1872–1969 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1809–1874 Male
1806–1880 Female
Siblings (5)
1834–1892 Male
1839–1914 Male
1839–1897 Female
1841– Male
1844– Female
World Events (8)
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
Age 1
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 2
1854
Age 20
Name Meaning
English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch: from the Latin personal name Lucas (Greek Loukas) ‘man from Lucania’. Lucania is a region of southern Italy thought to have been named in ancient times with a word meaning ‘bright’ or ‘shining’ (compare Lucio ). The Christian name owed its enormous popularity throughout Europe in the Middle Ages to Saint Luke the Evangelist, hence the development of this surname and many vernacular derivatives in most of the languages of Europe. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Greek Loukas , Hungarian Lukács (see Lukacs ), German, Dutch, etc. Lukas , Polish Łukasz, Czech and Slovak Lukáš, Czech Lukeš, Slovenian and Croatian Lukež (see Lukes ). Compare Luke .
Scottish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lùcais (see McLucas ).
History: Jacques Lucas dit Lépine from Port-en-Bessin-Huppain in Calvados, France, married Françoise Capel in Trois-Rivières, QC, in 1653.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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