Nelson Alexander LancasterAge: 85 years1853–1938
- Name
- Nelson Alexander Lancaster
- Given names
- Nelson Alexander
- Surname
- Lancaster
 Birth | April 10, 1853 24 21 |
 Birth of a brother | Joseph Elijah Lancaster January 16, 1856 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Franklin Marion “Frank” Lancaster April 30, 1859 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | July 31, 1860 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ellen Lancaster January 28, 1862 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 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 |
| Birth of a brother | Robert Lee Lancaster July 3, 1866 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 13 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 13 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Sallie Mary Lancaster 1869 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 15 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 |
| Census | August 1, 1870 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Eva Lee Lancaster November 7, 1872 (Age 19 years) |
 Religious marriage | Angeline “Annie” Henley — View this family December 26, 1878 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 24 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Nettie B Lancaster October 1879 (Age 26 years) |
| Census | June 15, 1880 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Hettie May Lancaster May 1881 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | George Walter Lancaster December 1884 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Herschel Gerome Lancaster November 1888 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Berlin Q Lancaster March 1897 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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 |
| Census | June 23, 1900 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sallie Mary Lancaster April 13, 1903 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Norman Franklin Lancaster September 14, 1908 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a father | Elijah Lancaster October 5, 1908 (Age 55 years) Cause: Asthma |
| Census | May 4, 1910 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy Ann Lancaster June 7, 1911 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Clauson July 8, 1916 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 62 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 63 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 64 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 | January 31, 1920 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 76 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 15, 1930 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a sister | Eva Lee Lancaster July 7, 1930 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a brother | Joseph Elijah Lancaster August 11, 1931 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Clauson Lancaster February 1, 1936 (Age 82 years) Cause: Asthma |
| Burial of a brother | William Clauson Lancaster February 2, 1936 (Age 82 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount View Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery |
| Death of a brother | Franklin Marion “Frank” Lancaster December 9, 1936 (Age 83 years) |
 Death | June 23, 1938 (Age 85 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Elijah Lancaster Birth: February 14, 1829 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: October 5, 1908 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Clauson Birth: July 19, 1831 26 22 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 8, 1916 — District 7, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: April 22, 1846 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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-1 months elder brother |
William Clauson Lancaster Birth: March 21, 1846 17 14 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 1, 1936 — District 7, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years elder sister |
Nancy Ann Lancaster Birth: September 15, 1850 21 19 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 7, 1911 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years himself |
Nelson Alexander Lancaster Birth: April 10, 1853 24 21 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 23, 1938 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Joseph Elijah Lancaster Birth: January 16, 1856 26 24 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 11, 1931 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Franklin Marion “Frank” Lancaster Birth: April 30, 1859 30 27 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 9, 1936 — Republic, Kansas, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Ellen Lancaster Birth: January 28, 1862 32 30 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 26, 1952 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Robert Lee Lancaster Birth: July 3, 1866 37 34 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: September 28, 1950 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Sallie Mary Lancaster Birth: 1869 39 37 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 13, 1903 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Eva Lee Lancaster Birth: November 7, 1872 43 41 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 7, 1930 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Angeline “Annie” Henley |
| himself |
Nelson Alexander Lancaster Birth: April 10, 1853 24 21 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 23, 1938 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Angeline “Annie” Henley Birth: December 9, 1861 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 3, 1947 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: December 26, 1878 — Crockett, Tennessee, United States |
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10 months daughter |
Nettie B Lancaster Birth: October 1879 26 17 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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20 months daughter |
Hettie May Lancaster Birth: May 1881 28 19 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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4 years son |
George Walter Lancaster Birth: December 1884 31 22 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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4 years son |
Herschel Gerome Lancaster Birth: November 1888 35 26 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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8 years son |
Berlin Q Lancaster Birth: March 1897 43 35 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
Nelson Alexander Lancaster has 8 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (8)
Parents Hamlin Findley Sissell + Eleanor “Ellen” Clauson
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Elijah Lancaster - Household
Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Elijah Lancaster - Household
District 8, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Elijah Lancaster - Household
District 7, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Nelson Alexander Lancaster - Household
Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Nelson Alexander Lancaster - Household
Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Nelson Alexander Lancaster - Household
Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Nelson Alexander Lancaster - Household
Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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