Person:William Lucas (27)

Information on William Lucas

Edward's brother, William Lucas, was just as prominent as he. At an early age, he graduated from Tucker Law School and was immediately accepted to the bar. He set up his practice in Shepherdstown but moved in 1830 to the county seat. In 1838 to 1839, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates and was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-Sixth and Twenty-Eighth Congress. In 1850 he was elected to the Virginia Constitutional Convention and at one time was considered as governor of Virginia. In 1836 William built another beautiful home, "Rion Halltt and became the father of Daniel Bedinger, who is best remembered for his poem, "The Land Where We Were Dreaming".

[Source: "Cold Spring", National Register of Historic Places, Nominiation Form, www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/jefferson/73001917.pdf]