HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes,
Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, Vol. III,
p. 1175. [Franklin County]

MASON BROWN LUCAS--Few people are better known in the locality than
Mason Brown Lucas, county jailer of Franklin county, a descendant of
pioneer Kentuckians, and the professor of an extremely interesting Civil
war record.  Mr. Lucas is a native of the state, having been born in
Stamping Ground, Scott county, May 16, 1843.  His parents were LeGrand and
Luticia (Jones) Lucas, the father a native of the county which also gave
his son birth and the mother, of Franklin county.  LeGrand Lucas was for
many years a hotel keeper at Stamping Ground and as a natural outcome both
of his vocation and his genial personality was known for miles about.  The
grandfather, Stephen Lucas, was a native of the Blue Grass state, who
shared its romantic history in the early days, and the great-grandfather,
Thomas Lucas, was a native of England, who crossed the Atlantic and became
one of the state's pioneers.  The mother's family has likewise been
identified with Kentucky for a number of generations.  The father was
Feeland Jones and the mother bore the maiden name of Betsy Greenwald, and
was a member of a prominent family.
     Mason Brown Lucas was reared in his native place and attended its
public schools.  At the age of seventeen he left the parental home and came
to Franklin county, which was to prove the scene of his subsequent career.
Shortly afterward, although so young, he enlisted in the service of the
Confederate army in the secret service corps under a Mr. Williams, from
whom he became separated and of whom he quite lost track.  In 1861 he
joined the forces of General John Morgan, being a member of the Third
Kentucky Cavalry, whose colonel was Richard M. Ginnolt, and served until
the end of the war.  He was captured at Buffington's Island in the Ohio
River at the time of General Morgan's raid into Indiana and Ohio and was
taken to Camp Morton, Indianapolis.  Four months later he was transferred
to Camp Douglas at Chicago, where he languished for fifteen months.  Being
subsequently exchanged he went to Chesapeake Bay and near Richmond re-
entered the service, in which he continued until Lee's surrender.  He
served in the body guards of General John C. Breckinridge and President
Jefferson Davis, and went with Davis to Washington, Georgia, where his
forces were disbanded.  At the latter place he was paid off with thirty-two
Mexican dollars, this princely sum representing his compensation for four
years' service to the Confederacy.
     Mr. Lucas returned home and went to work on the farm, receiving for
his labors one dollar a day, which compared favorable indeed with his
previous compensation.  A year later he began farming on his own account
in Franklin county, and he has since then engaged successfully in the
cultivation of the soil and particularly has dealt in tobacco.  Mr. Lucas
gives allegiance to the Democratic party and for four years was in the
revenue service under President Cleveland.  In 1909 he was elected county
jailer by a majority of seven hundred and twenty.
     Mr. Lucas laid the foundation of a home on October 22, 1867, when he
was united in marriage to Miss Julia Polk Head, a native of Franklin
county and the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Head.  To this union were born
six children (two of whom are deceased), as follows: Zeb Stewart; John
Mason; Thomas Jefferson, who was killed; Luticia; Sally, deceased; and
Mattie.  The death of the wife and mother occurred in 1902.  Mr. Lucas is
a member of the Baptist church.

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