Making a leap from Barbara Frank Lucas’ ancestors to Newton Lucas’ more recent ones – Mattie (1878-1942) , Sadie (1879-1965) and Jessie (1883-1973) Lucas.

Mattie, Sadie, Jessie

They were the daughters of Ethan Allen Lucas, Newton’s brother, and his wife Leora. They lived their whole lives in Timewell, IL, and I believe they were close to Barbara, Ruth, and Lizzie Lucas as they appear in many pictures together. Sadie was a schoolteacher, but I don’t know if Mattie and Jessie were. Their mother died when they were little and their father married Mary Ratcliff.

I remember our grandparents Mabel and Clyde Roper (Mamie and Pappy), visiting them often in the 1950’s and 60’s. Sadie was the namesake of Gram’s donkey, and Jessie of one of her dogs.

The picture above is so sweet of them as young ladies. I wonder if they had a bolt of the plaid fabric and made their dresses – so creative and well-made.

Jessie Lucas, Blanche Bratcher, Mabel Roper, Ruth Lucas Fornwalt (behind), Lizzie Lucas, Sadie Lucas (in back). Probably in the early 1960s

Mattie, Sadie and Jessie Lucas

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