Reuben Black Lucas, for over fifty years a resident of Douglas and Converse County, died quietly at his home on South Fourth Street Wednesday morning. Death ended a long period of ill health which forced him to retire from active work nearly ten years ago and prevented his leaving his home the past fourteen months. He was the son of Cornelius Birdine Lucas and Rebecca Black Lucas. Part of his youth was spent in Colorado and when a young man he trailed cattle into Wyoming and remained to make his home here. He worked up from a ranch hand to manager and foreman of many of the famous cattle and sheep outfits of the county. He worked side by side with the late Senator John B. Kendrick when both were young men. He started an outfit of his own and built up an extensive ranching and sheep growing business on Antelope Creek in northern Converse County. On November 10, 1892, he was united in marriage to Miss Lena Sarah Madison, to which union four children were born, three of whom survive him. Left to mourn his passing are his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Emma Merritt of Sacramento, Calif., and Mrs. Margaret LeVasseur of Douglas; one son, Cecil Lucas of Gillette; a sister, Mrs. Virginia Wyatt of Denver; a brother, Ed Lucas of Wheatland and five grandchildren. (Information was obtained from his obituary in the Douglas Budget Dec. 21, 1939 and cemetery records.)
Reuben Black Lucas, for over fifty years a resident of Douglas and Converse County, died quietly at his home on South Fourth Street Wednesday morning. Death ended a long period of ill health which forced him to retire from active work nearly ten years ago and prevented his leaving his home the past fourteen months. He was the son of Cornelius Birdine Lucas and Rebecca Black Lucas. Part of his youth was spent in Colorado and when a young man he trailed cattle into Wyoming and remained to make his home here. He worked up from a ranch hand to manager and foreman of many of the famous cattle and sheep outfits of the county. He worked side by side with the late Senator John B. Kendrick when both were young men. He started an outfit of his own and built up an extensive ranching and sheep growing business on Antelope Creek in northern Converse County. On November 10, 1892, he was united in marriage to Miss Lena Sarah Madison, to which union four children were born, three of whom survive him. Left to mourn his passing are his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Emma Merritt of Sacramento, Calif., and Mrs. Margaret LeVasseur of Douglas; one son, Cecil Lucas of Gillette; a sister, Mrs. Virginia Wyatt of Denver; a brother, Ed Lucas of Wheatland and five grandchildren. (Information was obtained from his obituary in the Douglas Budget Dec. 21, 1939 and cemetery records.)
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