H.P. Luckett

Last updated April 05, 2019

Dr. Humphrey Powell Luckett (1847–1925) built the historic H. P. Luckett House. He was born May 26, 1847, in St. Charles County, Missouri, a son of Alfred and Susan (Hobbs) Luckett. His medical education was completed in 1867 at the University of Louisville, Kentucky.

The H. P. Luckett House is a Queen Anne style house located in Bastrop, Texas. The 14-room house was built around 1892 for Dr. H.P. Luckett, a prominent citizen who had practiced medicine in the town for almost 50 years. The structure was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978, and designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 2011.

St. Charles County is in the central eastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 360,485, making it Missouri's third-most populous county. Its county seat is St. Charles. The county was organized October 1, 1812 and named for Saint Charles Borromeo, an Italian cardinal. The county executive is Steve Ehlmann, since January 2007.

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On June 28, 1869, in Austin, Texas, he married Frances Trask Haynie, daughter of Dr. Samuel G. and Hannah Maria (Evans) Haynie, of Austin. As a doctor of medicine, he practiced his profession at Bastrop, Texas. He died there on October 7, 1925; his widow died in 1930. (Mrs. Luckett was named for a pioneer school teacher in the Republic of Texas, Frances Trask.)

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One of their five sons was Dr. William Henry Luckett.^[1] He was commissioned a captain of the Army Medical Corps and served in France for 14 months, as a surgeon with the First Division, Field Hospital Number 12. He was cited for heroic services at the Battle of Soissons, First World War, having been 60 hours on his feet at the temporary hospital in the Château de Pierrepont.

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References

↑ The Lucketts of Portobacco, Harry Wright Newman, published privately by the author Washington, D.C., 1938, p.40

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[1] The Lucketts of Portobacco, Harry Wright Newman, published privately by the author Washington, D.C., 1938, p.40