Albert, was b. 31 JAN 1812, in NY. He moved to LaPorte Co., IN with Moses and Anna Blood in 1830. He was the oldest son of Eber and Eunice (Woolworth) Lucas.
Laura LUCAS, oldest child of Eber and Eunice (WOOLWORTH) LUCAS, had five younger brothers and one sister. Laura married Abel R. Blood on Oct 26, 1828 in Shelby County, IN. Her oldest brother, Albert married Catherine Robertson on March 13, 1836 in LaPorte Co., IN. Then in 1839, Horace, another brother Albert followed the Bloods to Boone Co, IL bought much of their land from Abel R. Blood, their brother-in-law. By 1860 Albert had moved back to La Porte Co, where he spent the rest of his life. His and his family appear in the 1860 and 1870 census for La Porte County, Indiana. In about 1875 he purchased land in Westville.
Most of Albert's 10 children made their homes in La Porte Country, also.
Eight of Albert and Catherine's children were:
Thomas Jefferson, Daniel,
Calvin R., Charles T., John P., Charlotte A, Samantha J., and William A.
There is also a Catherine, age 13 that appears in the 1850 census for Boone Co., ILL, but this may be his wife with the incorrect age shown.
Albert's oldest son, Thomas Jefferson, was born one year before they moved on to Boone Co., IL. He m. a JANE ARMINDA SHANNON, and they remained in Boone Co. Illinois.
Their second son, Daniel, first studied law at Belvidere academy. He
then decided to become a minister, and m. Mary Ellen Longley, the daughter of a
pioneer minister of the Christian church, from La Fayette Co., IN. Daniel
founded and edited the Benton County Tribune at Oxford, IN, while pastoring the
church there, as well as serving as postmaster. Daniel R LUCAS Enlisted as a
Lieutenant 2nd Class on 18 August 1862 Commission in Company C, 99th Infantry
Regiment Indiana on 22 August 1862. Transfered on 27 September 1862 from
company C to company S Promoted to Full Chaplain on 27 September 1862 effective
27 September 1862 He then resigned Company C, 99th Infantry Regiment Indiana on
16 January 1864.
Then from 1864 - 65, he was in the service of
the Provost Marshall, La Fayette Co., IN. From 1870 -76, he was an evangelist,
holding meetings in 10 states and baptizing 1,912 persons. In 1876, Dr. LUCAS
was pastor of Central Christian, Des Moines for five years. for the next two
years, Rev. LUCAS worked with G.T. Carpenter and F. M. Drake to plan to build
Drake University. He considered this work to be the greatest and most lasting
work of his life. In 1886, the university was so well established that he
became pastor of the Omaha church. But the next year, he returned to Des
Moines, and reenters the evangelistic field for a year. Then he was pastor of
Central Christian church of Indianapolis, Christian church of Rockford, and
Seventh Christian church of Indianapolis. In 1882, Daniel introduced a
prohibition plank in the Republican platform in Iowa. He was much loved by all
whom, he served. (SOURCE: Daniel Lucas Memorial Book, Seventh Christian church
of Indianapolis).
Calvin R. LUCAS fought in the Civil War from 14 JUN 1861 - 25 JUN 1864, in Co. G, 15th Regiment and the B 4 US Vet Volunteer Infantry. On Nov 29, 1879 his mother, Catherine, filed for Civil War Pension benefits after his death.
Charles T. Lucas enlisted as a Private on 07 February 1865 into Company A, the 151st Infantry Regiment Indiana on 07 February 1865. He was then mustered out of Company A, 151st Infantry Regiment Indiana on 19 September 1865 in Nashville, TN
Charlotte A Lucas m.Edgar D. Crumpacker 19 Apr 1879 in LaPorte County, Indiana.
John P. Lucas and sister Samantha J. Lucas went out to live in Colorado. Samantha Jane Lucas is last noted in the 1930 census Colorado Springs, El Paso, CO
Land records show that Albert LUCAS bought two town lots in the town of La Porte, one two blocks east of the courthouse, on a corner, and the other west of the courthouse, on grounds where a church now stands. Census figures showed that Moses BLOOD was living a few miles NE of La Porte, which is now called Rolling Prairie. A log school was built the same year they all arrived.
The cemetery pictures taken at Westville show a flag on George's grave, as he fought in the Civil War, from 7 SEP 1865 - 19 SEP 1865. He was a private in Co. A, 151st Regiment, Indiana Militia. There may not be a corelation between George and the other Lucas family members.
After Albert returned to La Porte Co, he was a charter member of the Old Settlers' Association. You were eligible if you had settled before 1836. After just one year. the association had over 500 members. Albert is buried in Westville Cemetery.
Information on the Blood family.
At the 10th reunion, in 1879, George LUCAS' name was included in the Roll of the Dead. At the time that Moses , his family, and the Lucas family moved to La Porte, there were only 15 houses in the town of La Porte, but by 1874, there were 8,000 residents.
Information on the Blood family.
Moses BLOOD was the son of Rev. Caleb BLOOD, and was b. in Weston, MA in 1779. He and Anna COLE were m. in Shaftsbury, VT, where they both grew up. they moved on to NY with the COLE clan in 1808, then on to Connorsville, IN in 1819, and to Hanover, IN, which they founded - the family bought up over 1,000 acres between them-- and founded the first school and church there.
Moses BLOOD and his wife Anna (COLE) BLOOD left Hanover, Shelby County, Indiana in about 1830, and went to LaPorte County.
Their son, Abel Russell BLOOD m. Laura LUCAS, whose parents died just before their marriage. So when the BLOODS moved to LaPorte County, their grasndson, Albert LUCAS and a couple of his brothers followed.
Albert bought two lots in LaPorte. But the BLOODS moved out to what was later Rolling Prairie by 1835. Anna soon died, however, 12 NOV 1835. date and place from a Bible record. Meanwhile, after her death, Moses moved on to Boone County, IL, where his son Abel had already gone, following his brother, Arthur, who had bought up a large amount of land south of Belvidere, IL. The LUCAS family followed, but later, Albert moved back to La Porte, and he bought land in Westville, and was bur. there in 1872. His wife, Catherine Teeple (ROBINSON) LUCAS also died in Westville and was bur, there, according to my records, the same day as her husband, but that could be a mistake. There was a George LUCAS bur. with them and he had a veteran's flag on his grave, but is not listed on this site.
Moses BLOOD, b. 11 JUL 1779, Weston, MA, son of Rev. Caleb and Anna (HILL) BLOOD, m. Anna COLE, b. 20 OCT 1782, Shaftsbury, VT, dau. Benjamin and Prudence (HARD) COLE. they were m. 1 MAR 1801, Shaftsbury. Anna 's death was given above. He d. Bet. 1854 - 1859, Gratiot, WI. They had 7 children, b. in Shaftsbury, Rodman, NY, and Hanover, IN. Only one of their children went to La Porte with them. Albert LUCAS, b. 31 JAN 1812, Pinkney, Lewis Co., NY, son of Eber and Eunice (WOOLWORTH) LUCAS, m. Catherine Teeple (ROBINSON) LUCAS, b. 22 JAN 1817, Charlestown, Clark Co., IN. They were m. 13 MAR 1836, LaPorte Co., IN. He d. 10 AUG 1872, and she the same day (?) both at Westville, IN. Albert had several brothers who followed the BLOODS on to Boone county, IN from La Porte. Albert was the only one who returned to La Porte Co.
After Anna (Cole) Blood d. in Rolling Prairie, Moses went on to Boone
Co., IL, and then in 1850, he and his new wife, Hannah Goodale (m. 17 Jan 1838
Tazewell County , Illinois) moved up to Gratiot, WI, just two miles out of
Warren, IL on the stage coach trail. There is no record of his death, but
Hannah sold all the land in 1859, and moved to IA to live with a grandson, so
we have to assume he died between 1954, when he is last mentioned at the
church, and 1859. there was a cemetery on the land of his son, also Rev. Caleb
BLOOD, but the cemetery has been removed, the stones thrown away, and there is
no record, so he is probably buried there. I was very happy to find out that
there has been a tradition that a "Mrs. BLOOD" was bur. at Rolling Prairie,
.
(SOURCES: Packard, Jasper, History of La Porte Co., IN, LaPorte, IN: S.H.
Taylor & Co., Steam Printers (1876), pp. 44 - 46; p. 379; pp. 451 - 52,
474, and Combined Atlases of La Porte, IN, (1989), pp. 3 and 63).