William Henry Lancaster, 18641950 (aged 86 years)

Name
William Henry /Lancaster/
Birth
Birth
about 1864 32 30
Birth
about 1867 35 33
Occupation
Judge
Birth of a brother
Source: Headstone
Birth of a brother
Death of a maternal grandfather
Census
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Birth of a brother
Census
Marriage
Citation details: 53
Text:

R. S. Swift, M. G.

Birth of a son
Death of a son
Source: Headstone
Text:

"Aged 7 Ms. 7 Ds., Son of W. H. & M. P. Lancaster"

Death of a paternal grandfather
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Death of a son
Source: Headstone
Text:

"Son of W. H. & M. P. Lancaster"

Birth of a daughter
Death of a mother
Source: Headstone
Text:

Eastern Star symbol

Death of a father
Source: Headstone
Text:

"Dear parents, though we miss you much...", Masonic symbol

Census
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Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Census
Residence
Birth of a son
Marriage of a son
Source: 1930 Census
Text:

Age at first marriage - 20

Marriage of a daughter
Census
Residence
Death of a brother
Source: Headstone
Death of a brother
Death of a sister
Death of a son
Source: Headstone
Text:

"Son"

Death of a wife
Source: Headstone
Text:

"Mother"

Marriage of a son
Burial of a father
Burial of a mother
Death
February 10, 1950 (aged 86 years)
Source: Headstone
Text:

"Father"

Burial
Family with parents
father
18311898
Birth: April 16, 1831 24 25 Hickman Co. TN
Death: November 28, 1898Henderson Co. TN
mother
18331897
Birth: February 19, 1833 20 17 Tennessee
Death: July 11, 1897Henderson Co. TN
elder sister
18561937
Birth: November 18, 1856 25 23 Tennessee
Death: December 24, 1937
2 years
elder brother
18581925
Birth: November 23, 1858 27 25 near Sulphur Well, Hardin Co. TN
Death: November 9, 1925
2 years
elder brother
18611930
Birth: February 1861 29 27 near Sulphur Well, Hardin Co. TN
Death: between 1920 and 1930Texas
3 years
himself
18641950
Birth: January 27, 1864 32 30 near Sulphur Well, Hardin Co. TN
Death: February 10, 1950
3 years
younger brother
18671962
Birth: January 26, 1867 35 33 Tennessee
Death: July 26, 1962Mercedes, Hidalgo Co. TX
3 years
younger brother
18691961
Birth: November 3, 1869 38 36 Decatur Co. TN
Death: March 7, 1961Jackson, Madison Co. TN
4 years
younger brother
1873
Birth: about 1873 41 39 Tennessee
3 years
younger brother
1875
Birth: about 1875 43 41 Tennessee
Family with Mary Priscillia White
himself
18641950
Birth: January 27, 1864 32 30 near Sulphur Well, Hardin Co. TN
Death: February 10, 1950
wife
18671943
Birth: July 30, 1867 32 18 Tennessee
Death: December 14, 1943
Marriage MarriageDecember 25, 1887Decatur Co. TN
9 months
son
18881940
Birth: September 18, 1888 24 21 Henderson Co. TN
Death: April 27, 1940
son
son
18921895
Birth: November 21, 1892 28 25
Death: March 14, 1895
17 months
son
1894
Birth: March 1894 30 26 Tennessee
2 years
daughter
1896
Birth: April 1896 32 28 Tennessee
4 years
daughter
1900
Birth: March 1900 36 32 Tennessee
21 months
son
19011970
Birth: December 2, 1901 37 34 Tennessee
Death: October 18, 1970
3 years
son
19041975
Birth: December 31, 1904 40 37 Tennessee
Death: January 1975
4 years
son
19081951
Birth: 1908 43 40 Tennessee
Death: 1951
Marriage
Citation details: 53
Text:

R. S. Swift, M. G.

Death
Source: Headstone
Text:

"Father"

Shared note

Tennessee: The Volunteer State 1769-1923
(Chicago, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1923)

JUDGE WILLIAM HENRY LANCASTER
(pp. 217-218)

Judge William Henry Lancaster is one of this state's native sons and representative citizens. He is a prominent member of the state bar and has practiced in Lexington for many years. The Judge was born in Hardin county, Tennessee, on the 27th of January, 1864, a son of Jesse Johnson and Susie (Wells) Lancaster, both natives of this state. His paternal great-grandfather, Benjamin Lancaster, came to this country from England and located in North Carolina, from which state he moved to Williamson county, Tennessee, during the latter part of the eighteenth century. The paternal grandfather, David L. Lancaster, was born in Tennessee and was one of the foremost men of his day. He was born in 1807 and died in 1894, after a life of successful achievement. For some years he was colonel of militia of Williamson county. Woodson Wells, the grandfather on the maternal side, was likewise born in this state. He and three of his sons enlisted in the Confederate army upon the outbreak of the Civil war and all died from measles, which they contracted during service. Woodson Wells was a man of high literary attainments and a leader in his community. He was prominently known throughout central Tennessee. Jesse Johnson Lancaster died in 1898. His wife's death occurred in 1897.

In the acquirement of his early education William Henry Lancaster attended the public schools of Decatur county and subsequently became a student at Clifton Academy in Wayne county. He then entered the Southern Normal University at Carbondale, Illinois, and that institution conferred the B.A. degree upon him in 1885. He immediately returned to Decaturville and taught school for two terms, farming at the same time. In 1887 he went to Chattanooga and taught there until 1891 when, having made and saved several thousand dollars, he entered business for himself. He met with misfortune in this undertaking and found himself with a growing family and an indebtedness of several thousand dollars. This misfortune strengthened his determination for success, however, and in 1897 he came to Lexington and established himself in the general mercantile business. He likewise bought and sold real estate, doing a general trading business and in two years' time he was able to pay off all his debts, having a substantial sum left over. During that time William Henry Lancaster diligently studied law at night and in 1909 he took the Lebanon Law School examination and out of a class of fifty-two passed a three per cent higher examination than the other fifty-one. He immediately returned to Lexington for the practice of law and he has met with well deserved success. He was elected county judge of Henderson county but declined reelection upon the expiration of his term of service. In 1893 he was an elector for the McKinley ticket. He has always been a stanch republican and has been intensely interested in national as well as state tickets. He has done much campaign work for his party and is recognized as one of the leading political speakers of this section of the country.

In Henderson county, in 1887, occurred the marriage of Judge Lancaster to Miss Mary Priscilla White, a daughter of Richard A. and Elizabeth (McCollum) White, natives of Tennessee. Her grandfather, Squire A. F. McCollum, was born in Henderson county and lived to the age of ninety years. He was for many years a magistrate and was known by practically every one in this section of the state, for he was a very active and progressive man. Richard A. White was a successful miller, operating several grain and flour mills during his lifetime. He served in defense of the Confederacy during the Civil war under General Cheatham's command. He participated in most of the strategic battles of the war but was neither captured nor wounded. Judge and Mrs. Lancaster are the parents of nine children: Mather Hawkins; Grady, who died in childhood; Thomas Talmage; Willie Mae Lancaster Drake; Dewey, who died in infancy; Achilles Lancaster Finch; Jesse Richard; Winfred; and Witt.

The Judge is a consistent communicant of the Methodist church and fraternally he is identified with the Free Masons. He has been one of the most energetic and resourceful promoters of Lexington's advancement. His public spirit is a stimulus and inspiration; his patriotism is genuine, practical and Intense and he is liberal to all worthy agencies at work for the good of his community, the county and the state

In 1932, William Lancaster was an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention from Tennessee.

April 29, 1931
LEXINGTON MANSION BURNS

LEXINGTON, Tenn., April 30 - Wednesday night at 11:30 o'clock the old home of Judge William H. Lancaster on Church Street was completely destroyed by fire. It was one of the show places of the town, being a 10-room, two-story residence.

The place was occupied by Rush Oakley and family, who were in Moro, Ark., at the time of the fime, where Mr. Oakley is farming. The house was valued at $6,000, partially insured. Household effects of Mr. Oakley valued at $3,000, with small insurance coverage, also were destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown.