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EDWIN B. LANCASTER, attorney and school teacher, Mt. Oreb. James Lancaster, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in January, 1821, in Virginia; his parents were Thomas and Susan Lancaster. His youthful days were spent in Virginia, devoting most of his time to agricultural pursuits, to which he ever afterward adhered. In his twenty-seventh year, he emigrated to Ohio, Brown County, and one month after his arrival, he married Mary T. Evans, born in December, 1822, and whose acquaintance he had formed in Virginia. The wedding was solemnized on April 5, 1848; her parents were Anthony and Mary A. Evans, with whom, when fifteen years old, she came to Brown County. They settled in Green Township, where they remained until their decease. A short time after their marriage, Mr. Lancaster and wife settled about one mile east of Mt. Oreb, Green Township, where he remained until his decease, January 29, 1860, and where his widow now resides. To them were born five children, viz., our subject, John R., a physician at Mt. Oreb, born August 19, 1855; William A., born February 27, 1858; Thomas C., born February 6, 1849, and died August 1, 1849; and Pauline E., born January 29, 1853, and died April 15, 1868. Mr. Lancaster was of a retiring, unassuming nature, and respected by all who knew him; he was a member of the M. E. Church, and left to his widow, who resides on the homestead, forty-one acres of land. Edwin B. Lancaster, our subject, was born July 29, 1850, in Green Township, Brown County. His mother being a widow, necessity demanded him at home to see that the wants of the family were provided for, he being the mainstay of the family; hence he attended school very irregularly till he reached his eighteenth year. When twenty years old, he attended, for two terms, a normal school taught by Profs. Vance and Mitchell at Georgetown. He has since then been connected with the educational interests of our county unto the present time; he has taught school many years, and for six years has been Principal of the Mt. Oreb Graded School. In 1881, he was chosen a member of the Executive Committee for the Brown County Teacher’s Institute, and at the close of the year was elected President of the same, in which capacity he now officiates. He has served as Clerk of Green Township five years, also as Treasurer five years, and for three years as Mayor of Mt. Oreb. On June 24, 1877, he celebrated his wedding, leading to the marriage altar Miss Mary E. Lukemire, who was born June 1, 1851, daughter of William B. and Hannah Lukemire. This union has been blessed with one child — Mary, born February 22, 1880. We take pleasure in representing this gentleman with the many worthy men who have biographies in this work.