Ida Annette (Champion) Lucas

Ida Annette was born on December 22, 1866 at New Bethlehem, PA.

She was left an orphan in 1879. She attended the Dayton Soldiers' Orphans School until she reached the age of 16. She is listed as a "Sixteener" in the 1883 Report.

She married William Montgomery "Bill" Lucas in 1883.


Ida and Bill had five children:

Carrie E.  1885-1971

Jennie V.  1887-?

James Theodore  1888-1943

Mary E.   1891-?

Margaret Estella  1893-1950

William H.  1907-?