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ANDREW J. LUCAS, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Randolph; born in White Co., Ill., Nov. 7, 1818. His father, William Lucas, was born in North Carolina, April 15, 1787. He emigrated to Illinois and located in White Co. at a very early day, and located in Blooming Grove in 1824, where he died, Dec. 16, 1839. He married Gooden Hendricks; she was born in North Carolina, Jan. 26, 1794, and died in McLean Co., March 26, 1840. They were the parents of ten children, three of whom are now living — A. J., born Nov. 7, 1818; Dorcas, Jan. 19, 1829, now Mrs. Dr. Reeder, of Lacon, Ill.; Benjamin L., Jan. 9, 1831, living in Bloomington. The subject of this sketch removed with his parents to Blooming Grove in 1824, and is among the earliest settlers of McLean Co,, and one of the oldest living settlers of the county. He remained with his father until his death, and, within a period of two months, lost by death his father, mother, two brothers and a sister. In the spring of 1840 he commenced farming for himself, which he continued for two years; then he farmed on shares for three years. His marriage with Elizabeth Simmons was celebrated Dec. 28, 1844; she was born in Virginia, Feb. 5, 1819. They were the parents of six children, of whom four are deceased. The living are — Wilburn E., born July 9, 1847; Benjamin W., July 27, 1852; married and live at home. Mr. Lucas has lived in McLean Co. a period of fifty-five years. He removed upon his present place in January, 1879, where he has 217 acres of land under a good state of cultivation, upon which he has good farm buildings. Mr. L. has been a member of the Christian Church for forty-six years, Mrs. L. and both children being members of the same Church.