My Genealogy Hound

WILLIAM H. LANCASTER was born November 29, 1818, and grew to manhood on the farm. At the age of twenty-four be began business for himself as a mechanic, in which he was quite successful. He accumulated considerable means, purchased some good land and engaged in farming. He married, January 6, 1848, Mary A. Hill, who was born December 28, 1829, and is the daughter of Middleton and Elizabeth (Cunningham) Hill. To our subject and wife were born eight children: Samuel L., William L. (deceased), Orison E., Naomi, Ella R., Mary L., William R. and Martha C. Our subject’s wife was faithful in her Christian duty and died November 25, 1867. In 1868 Mr. Lancaster was married to Margaret M. Caskey, a native of Maury County, born September 22, 1827, who bore him two children: William R. and Martha C. Our subject is a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, in which he has been a deacon for twenty-five years. In 1861 he enlisted in Company A, Forty-eighth Tennessee Regiment, and served nine months. He became disabled, received an honorable discharge and came home. Michael and Susan (Anderson) Lancaster, our subject’s parents, were born 1780 and 1781, respectively. Michael Lancaster was the son of Nathaniel and Hope Lancaster, and was a mechanic by trade. He was married in Buckingham County, Va., and came to Tennessee in 1808, locating in Maury County. He was in the war of 1812 and was a brave soldier. He died in 1862. The mother lived to see her children all grown. She died November 5, 1876.