Dr Humphrey Powell Luckett (1846 - 1925) built the historic H. P. Luckett House. He was born May 26, 1846, in St. Charles County, Missouri, a son of Alfred and Susan (Hobbs) Luckett.
On June 28, 1869, in Austin, Texas, he married Frances Travis Haynie, daughter of Dr. S. G. and Hannah Marie (Evans) Haynie, of Austin. As a doctor of medicine, he practiced his profession at Bastrop, Texas. He died there on October 25, 1925; his widow died during February 1930.
One of their five sons was Dr William Henry Luckett [1] . He was commissioned a captain of the Medical Corps and served in France for 14 months as a surgeon with the First Division, Field Hospital no. 12. He was cited for heroic services at the Battle of Soissons (1918), being 60 hours on his feet at the temporary hospital in the Chateau Pierrepont.