 Birth | October 7, 1856 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 10 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 10 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 12 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 21 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Marriage | Julia Ethel Choate — View this family calculated 1914 (Age 57 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Birdie Monica Lancaster October 31, 1915 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 59 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a son #2 | Forrest Bill Lancaster May 4, 1918 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 60 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 61 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Census | February 18, 1920 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Perline Lancaster March 4, 1920 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Martha Jane “Marvy” Lancaster December 7, 1921 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a wife | Julia Ethel Choate April 11, 1922 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Annie “Louise” Lancaster May 13, 1927 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 72 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 28, 1930 (Age 73 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Barbara Ewing Mannahan March 14, 1937 (Age 80 years) |
| Census | April 16, 1940 (Age 83 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Merriville Ann “Mary” Barnett March 29, 1942 (Age 85 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Shirley Ann Lancaster November 22, 1942 (Age 86 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Jimmie Edward Lancaster November 22, 1944 (Age 88 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 85 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | George Thomas Miller 1945 (Age 88 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Ruth Elaine Barnett April 22, 1946 (Age 89 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Donald Ray Lancaster October 6, 1947 (Age 90 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Jerry Wayne Lancaster May 6, 1949 (Age 92 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Ben Thomas Miller 1950 (Age 93 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Ben Thomas Miller May 30, 1950 (Age 93 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 93 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 89 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | December 17, 1950 (Age 94 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gray Cemetery #1 |