Co H 130th IL Inf - US marker; enlisted 25 Oct 1862; best guess: Where born: ca 1825 IL; census says 17 Oct 1827 IL Where died: 15 Aug 1904 Wabash Son of: F Robert Lucas (ca 1794 KY-Jan 1850 Wabash) & Susan Williams (ca 1805 NY) Married 1st: Nancy (ca 1824/6 Mt Carmel) Married 2nd: 15 May 1856 Redwood City CA Louisa Poole Kilgore (19 Nov 1835 IN-29 Feb 1908 OR) Lived at: 1850 Mt Carmel 1860 Gilroy CA 1870-80 East Dalles OR 1900 John Day- Grant Co OR: ch: Mary (ca 1847/9 Mt Carmel) & Thomas S (ca 1849/50 IL) & Adelia L (21 May 1857 CA-22 Jun 1951 OR) & Sarah Jane (26 Oct 1861 CA-1897 OR) & William Edward (20 Sep 1867 OR-8 Aug 1934 OR) & Martha Emma (1871-1933) & Minnie Violet (22 Jul 1874 OR-1949 OR) & May (ca 1875 OR) & George Washington (Jul 1877 OR-1928);Note: 1900 family in Wamic- Wasco Co OR and George in John Day- Grant Co OR
* indicates buried with George Washington Lucas in Sand Hill Cemetery.
About Sand Hill Cemetery:
Sand Hill Cemetery is the oldest large cemetery in Mt Carmel IL, predating Highland Memorial Cemetery and Rose Hill Cemetery. There was no subdivision of lots in Sand Hill Cemetery. People were buried in the order of their death. New burials were prohibited in Sand Hill Cemetery after 1932. Burials: 1254 Location: 730 West 3rd Street, Mt Carmel, Illinois - Wabash County
