Lucas' son Daniel Bedinger Lucas served for two months in 1861 as secretary to General Henry Wise, previously Virginia's governor. Death Lucas survived his wife by many years, as well as the American Civil War, which caused the establishment of the new state of West Virginia. Lucas died at Rion Hall on August 29, 1877. He was buried at Zion Episcopal Churchyard in Charles Town. Rion Hall remains today, as does Zion Episcopal Church, and both are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. References Bibliography External links 1800 births 1877 deaths Bedinger family Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates People from Charles Town, West Virginia People from Shepherdstown, West Virginia Robert Lucas family Virginia lawyers West Virginia lawyers Burials at Zion Episcopal Churchyard (Charles Town, West Virginia) Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia 19th-century American politicians