Dietrich Lucas was born in the province of Hanover, Germany, February 17, 1820. At the age of 27, after several years experience as a clerk in a grocery in his native place, he came to America, first locating in California. After three years spent in the Golden State, he came in 1854, to Perrysburg, and engaged in the retail grocery business.
On June 28, 1850, he married miss Margaret C. Warns, who was also a native of Hanover, born June 8, 1834. Her parents,Poppe and Margaret warns, came from the Fatherland in 1852, and settled in Perrysburg Township, on the Maumee and Western Reserve Pike, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Her father had been a Miller and grain merchant in Germany, but his later years were spent in agricultural pursuits. For many years Mister Lucas was the leading merchant in Perrysburg, retiring into private life in 1890. His career was characterized throughout by frugality and rare judgment in financial matters. On June 14, 1894, he died suddenly from sunstroke. He was a consistent member of the Lutheran Church, and the weight of his influence was always thrown on the side of progress.
He was a Republican in politics, and for several years served as Township Treasurer, besides on the school board a number of terms. Thoroughly domestic in his nature, he devoted much time to his family, and to the study of literature. In German, English, and French he was well-versed, and also a student of Latin, and he continued his studies until the close of his life. As a financier and economist, he had few peers in northern Ohio.
Mrs. Lucas survives her husband, and is a hale and young-looking lady to be a grandmother. Her eldest son, Henry, lives in the suburbs of Perrysburg; Celia married Ferdinand Wenz, a prominent civil engineer, of Perrysburg; Edward is living at home; Julia M.,the youngest child, is one of the most popular ladies in the best circles in Perrysburg.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897, P, 952-3
On June 28, 1850, he married miss Margaret C. Warns, who was also a native of Hanover, born June 8, 1834. Her parents,Poppe and Margaret warns, came from the Fatherland in 1852, and settled in Perrysburg Township, on the Maumee and Western Reserve Pike, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Her father had been a Miller and grain merchant in Germany, but his later years were spent in agricultural pursuits. For many years Mister Lucas was the leading merchant in Perrysburg, retiring into private life in 1890. His career was characterized throughout by frugality and rare judgment in financial matters. On June 14, 1894, he died suddenly from sunstroke. He was a consistent member of the Lutheran Church, and the weight of his influence was always thrown on the side of progress.
He was a Republican in politics, and for several years served as Township Treasurer, besides on the school board a number of terms. Thoroughly domestic in his nature, he devoted much time to his family, and to the study of literature. In German, English, and French he was well-versed, and also a student of Latin, and he continued his studies until the close of his life. As a financier and economist, he had few peers in northern Ohio.
Mrs. Lucas survives her husband, and is a hale and young-looking lady to be a grandmother. Her eldest son, Henry, lives in the suburbs of Perrysburg; Celia married Ferdinand Wenz, a prominent civil engineer, of Perrysburg; Edward is living at home; Julia M.,the youngest child, is one of the most popular ladies in the best circles in Perrysburg.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897, P, 952-3
Dietrich Lucas was born in the province of Hanover, Germany, February 17, 1820. At the age of 27, after several years experience as a clerk in a grocery in his native place, he came to America, first locating in California. After three years spent in the Golden State, he came in 1854, to Perrysburg, and engaged in the retail grocery business.
On June 28, 1850, he married miss Margaret C. Warns, who was also a native of Hanover, born June 8, 1834. Her parents,Poppe and Margaret warns, came from the Fatherland in 1852, and settled in Perrysburg Township, on the Maumee and Western Reserve Pike, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Her father had been a Miller and grain merchant in Germany, but his later years were spent in agricultural pursuits. For many years Mister Lucas was the leading merchant in Perrysburg, retiring into private life in 1890. His career was characterized throughout by frugality and rare judgment in financial matters. On June 14, 1894, he died suddenly from sunstroke. He was a consistent member of the Lutheran Church, and the weight of his influence was always thrown on the side of progress.
He was a Republican in politics, and for several years served as Township Treasurer, besides on the school board a number of terms. Thoroughly domestic in his nature, he devoted much time to his family, and to the study of literature. In German, English, and French he was well-versed, and also a student of Latin, and he continued his studies until the close of his life. As a financier and economist, he had few peers in northern Ohio.
Mrs. Lucas survives her husband, and is a hale and young-looking lady to be a grandmother. Her eldest son, Henry, lives in the suburbs of Perrysburg; Celia married Ferdinand Wenz, a prominent civil engineer, of Perrysburg; Edward is living at home; Julia M.,the youngest child, is one of the most popular ladies in the best circles in Perrysburg.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897, P, 952-3
On June 28, 1850, he married miss Margaret C. Warns, who was also a native of Hanover, born June 8, 1834. Her parents,Poppe and Margaret warns, came from the Fatherland in 1852, and settled in Perrysburg Township, on the Maumee and Western Reserve Pike, where they passed the remainder of their lives. Her father had been a Miller and grain merchant in Germany, but his later years were spent in agricultural pursuits. For many years Mister Lucas was the leading merchant in Perrysburg, retiring into private life in 1890. His career was characterized throughout by frugality and rare judgment in financial matters. On June 14, 1894, he died suddenly from sunstroke. He was a consistent member of the Lutheran Church, and the weight of his influence was always thrown on the side of progress.
He was a Republican in politics, and for several years served as Township Treasurer, besides on the school board a number of terms. Thoroughly domestic in his nature, he devoted much time to his family, and to the study of literature. In German, English, and French he was well-versed, and also a student of Latin, and he continued his studies until the close of his life. As a financier and economist, he had few peers in northern Ohio.
Mrs. Lucas survives her husband, and is a hale and young-looking lady to be a grandmother. Her eldest son, Henry, lives in the suburbs of Perrysburg; Celia married Ferdinand Wenz, a prominent civil engineer, of Perrysburg; Edward is living at home; Julia M.,the youngest child, is one of the most popular ladies in the best circles in Perrysburg.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers, 1897, P, 952-3
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