Ruth Rehretta Lucas (1875-1960) was the second child of Newton and Barbara Lucas and was born in Timewell. She married Allen Fornwalt in 1929 when she was 49. She lived with her mother Barbara it seems like before that after her father died in 1917. Our grandparents Mabel and Clyde Roper (Mamie and Pappy) visited “Aunt Ruth” in Timewell in the 1950s and 60s.

Ruth

Ruth and Minnie

William Daniel (Willie) Lucas 1873-1950

Willie was the third child of Newton and Barbara. He was born in Scotland Missouri, but moved back to Timewell with his family as a child. He married Lizzie McPhail (1874-1956) in 1897 and they had two children, Laura Lucille (1898-1984), and Harold M. (1900-1990) Willie was a farmer his whole life in Timewell as was his son Harold. Laura moved to Alton, Illinois and was a school teacher there. Neither Laura or Harold married. Here is an excerpt about Willie and Lizzie when they were teenagers in a letter Barbara wrote to Minnie:

… he goes over some Sunday nights and takes Lizzie to church but has not been there for dinner for a long while …there was awhile he would take her some place one or two nights out of a week I told him that was entirely too often for as young a boy as he was … but he said he was going to get the inside track for there was two three other fellows ready to step in there and he wanted to keep ahead and did so now he has slacked off a little.

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Willie

Ruth? Aunt Mary? Laura, Lizzie and Willie Lucas

Willie, Lizzie, Laura, Sadie, Ruth, Barbara at their house in Timewell

Blanche Lee and Laura in Timewell

Harold and Blanche Lee in Timewell.

Blanche was probably good friends with her cousins Laura and Harold as she was the same age as Harold and two years younger than Laura. Laura was a faithful postcard sender to Blanche when they were children. Here is a cute postcard sent by Harold to his grandpa Newton probably about 1910.

Ruth and Willie Lucas

great grand aunt and uncle

2nd great grand aunt and uncle

3rd great grand aunt and uncle

Laura and Harold Lucas

1st cousin twice removed

1st cousin 3x removed

1st cousin 4x removed