Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1909-07-27
Judge Daniel B. Lucas Dead.

lug last, aScu ~ years. TOT lne past hsc
:. years. Judge Lucas has been practically
retired. practicing but little IN the courts
tof West Virginia aud Virginia. owing to
, his enfeebled condition. He maintained
to the last an interest in the success of
the Democratic party. and last October,
during the presidential campaign, he
made short address before the Bryan
and Kern club of Charles Town. touch
ingly pronouncing it his farewell adj
dress. Judge Lucas. known as the poet
of the Shenandoah Valley. was son of
Hon. William Lucas and a nephew of
Hon Edward Lucas and Hon Henry
Bedinger, all three of whom at different
gress-the latter serving as Minister to
Denmark under President Pierce
He was also great nephew of
Hon Robert Lucas. one of the four gov
errors which Jefferson county gave to
the great State of Ohio Daniel B Lucas
was graduate of the University of Vir
|
was the valedictorian of the Jefferson
Society of the U University in 1886 Later
he graduated at the well known law
school of Judge John w Brockenbrough.
at Lexington, Va. and commenced TO
practice law at Charles Town IN the
spring of 1850. At the beginning of the
following year he removed to Richmond,
and was in the city at the breaking out
of the War Between the States He
joined the staff of Gen Henry "A Wise.
and served under him during his cam
paign in the Kanawha Valley. which ter
minated October I, 1861. Mr. Lucas
poems, many of which were written dur
ing the war, and were filled with mar
tial tone, early attracted attention to their
author as man of genius. He ran the
blockade to Canada. leaving Ric hmond
January I, 1865. in order to assist in the
defence of Capt John Yates Beall, COL
lege friend of his youth. who was tried
as spy and guerrilla. at Governors Is
land. New York. by court-martial, and
convicted and executed February "a.
1865. Capt Beall's defence was conduct
ed by the famous lawyer, James T Brady.
Mr. Lucas not having been permitted by
General Dix, commandant of the depart
ment. to take part IN his school-fellow'
| defence, remained IN Canada for the
next few months. and there wrote, short
ly after the surrender of General Lee,
his celebrated poem, The Land Where
| We Were Dreaming" which was pub
lished first in the Montreal Gazette, and
afterward reproduced in many papers.
both in England and the United States.
Mr. Lucas returned to West Virginia
shortly after the close of the war, but
was excluded from the practice of his
profession by the test oath. until 1870
On resuming practice. be entered into
partnership with that distinguished ju-
president of the Court If Appeals of
West Virginia. Ga the fifth of Decem
Der, 1850, Judge Thomas c Green died,
and Mr. Lucas was appointed to fiji the
vacancy on the b. ch of the Supreme
Court OF Appeals OF his State, and was
reelected bv handsome m io,itv IN
1890. In 1872 Judge Lucas was Demo
cratic presidential e'ector for his con
gressional dIstric', and again in 1876
In 1884 he was elector at large on the
Cleveland ticket in West Virginia He
was regent of the State university for
eight years. of which institution he was
unanimously elected professor of law in
July. 1876, an honor which his large law
practice compelled HIM to decline. Fo:
the same reason he declined IN the same
year the Office of circ;it court Judge OF
his circuit, to which he was appointed
by the governor to fill vacancy caused
by the resignation of Judge Hoge He
received the degree of LII d in 1884 from
the University of West Virginia. Mr.
Lucas was elected to the Legislature of
his State in 1884, and took an active part
in the public business. HIS most nota-
BILE act was his resistance to the caucus
which proposed to re-elect Senator John
son N Camden, president of the Stand
ard OIL Company of West Virginia, to
the United States Senate. and which
resulted in the defeat of Mr. Camden
On March S, 1887. Judge Lucas was ap-
| pointed United States Senator by Cover
nor Wilson The Legislature reassembled
in special session the following April and
elected Charles ! Faulkner Senator. Mr.
Lucas was president of the Rumseyan So
ciety, aud took an active interest in the
project of erecting monument to the
memory of the great inventor. Ia 1900
he was married to Miss Lena Tucker
| Brooke. a great niece of John Randolph.
of Roanoke, and Gov Robert Brooke. of
| Virginia, who with one daughter, Miss
| Virginia. survives him Funeral servl-
ces were held in Zion Episcopal Church
yesterday afternoon. conducted by Rev
] S Afriend, assisted by Rev DR. A c
Hopkins after which the body was in
tered in the Episcopal graveyard The
active pallbearers were Messrs Frank
Beckwith, t Green, Forrest w Brown.
B ID Gibson, Joseph Colbert. DR. James
NJ Ransom, William ii Brown and Thos
R Moore. The honorary pallbearers in
cluded Messrs A w Mcdonald. f Fl
Mcdonald. James NJ Mason. Sr. Cleon
Moore. DR. William Neill, Col K Chew.
James M Woods, of Martnsburg. and
members of the Jefferson county bar.
Judge E Boyd Faulkner and the court