Thomas Talmage Lancaster, 1894–…

Name
Thomas Talmage /Lancaster/
Birth
Alias
Chalk Lancaster
Death of a brother
Source: Headstone
Text:

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

Birth of a sister
Death of a paternal grandmother
Source: Headstone
Text:

Eastern Star symbol

Death of a paternal grandfather
Source: Headstone
Text:

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

Census
Birth of a sister
Birth of a brother
Birth of a brother
Birth of a brother
Death of a maternal grandmother
Death of a maternal grandfather
Birth of a brother
Census
Birth of a brother
Marriage
about 1914 (aged 19 years)
Source: 1930 Census
Text:

Age at first marriage - 20

Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Census
Occupation
Brakeman, Railroad
1920
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a son
Census
Death of a brother
Source: Headstone
Text:

"Son"

Death of a mother
Source: Headstone
Text:

"Mother"

Death of a father
Source: Headstone
Text:

"Father"

Death of a brother
Source: Headstone
Death of a brother
Source: Headstone
Text:

"Father"

Death of a brother
Source: Headstone
Text:

"Husband"

Burial of a father
Burial of a mother
Family with parents
father
1864–1950
Birth: January 27, 1864 32 30 — near Sulphur Well, Hardin Co. TN
Death: February 10, 1950
mother
1867–1943
Birth: July 30, 1867 32 18 — Tennessee
Death: December 14, 1943
Marriage Marriage — December 25, 1887 — Decatur Co. TN
9 months
elder brother
1888–1940
Birth: September 18, 1888 24 21 — Henderson Co. TN
Death: April 27, 1940
brother
elder brother
1892–1895
Birth: November 21, 1892 28 25
Death: March 14, 1895
17 months
himself
1894–…
Birth: March 1894 30 26 — Tennessee
2 years
younger sister
1896–…
Birth: April 1896 32 28 — Tennessee
4 years
younger sister
1900–…
Birth: March 1900 36 32 — Tennessee
21 months
younger brother
1901–1970
Birth: December 2, 1901 37 34 — Tennessee
Death: October 18, 1970
3 years
younger brother
1904–1975
Birth: December 31, 1904 40 37 — Tennessee
Death: January 1975
4 years
younger brother
1908–1951
Birth: 1908 43 40 — Tennessee
Death: 1951
Family with Jacha ?
himself
1894–…
Birth: March 1894 30 26 — Tennessee
wife
1897–…
Birth: about 1897 — Mississippi
Marriage Marriage — about 1914 —
3 years
son
1916–
Birth: about 1916 21 19 — Lexington, Henderson Co. TN
3 years
son
1918–
Birth: about 1918 23 21 — Lexington, Henderson Co. TN
3 years
daughter
1920–
Birth: about 1920 25 23 — Lexington, Henderson Co. TN
4 years
son
1923–
Birth: about 1923 28 26 — Bruceton, Carroll Co. TN
Marriage
Source: 1930 Census
Text:

Age at first marriage - 20

Shared note

Benjamin Lancaster, paternal great, great grandfather of the late Thomas Talmage (Tom) Lancaster of Bruceton came to America from England during the latter part of the 18th Century. The Lancaster family of England (House of Roses) dates back to at least the 15th Century. Benjamin settled first in NC and then moved to Williamson Co., TN in the late 1700's. Judge W. H. Lancaster, Benjamin's great grandson, settled in Henderson Co. in 1897 and entered the general mercantile business before studying law and becoming a criminal lawyer in a partnership with his brother, Judge T. A. Lancaster. Judge Lancaster had nine children including the late T. T. (Tom) of Bruceton.

Tom or "Chalk" as close friends called him, came to Bruceton in 1922 when the railroad moved from Lexington. He was an avid sportsman, enjoying duck hunting, training Labrador Retrievers, and training and showing TN walking horses for which he won several blue ribbons. His wife, Jacha Lancaster, whose death preceded his, was known for her great piano playing even though she rarely played from written music. She played for silent movies at the theater and at the Baptist Church.

Tom had four children: Kirk, Freda, Billy, and Harry. Kirk, a retired military man, and Freda, an executive secretary, are deceased, but Billy, Harry, and their wives Margaret and Argie along with Miriam, Kirk's widow, reside in Bruceton and are all, with the exception of Argie who teaches piano, retired. The Lancaster's are active in the Methodist and Baptist churches in Bruceton.

In addition to his two surviving children, Billy and Harry, Tom has five living grandchildren: Tony, Bruceton; Barbara, Nashville; Tommy, Hendersonville; Leigh, Arlington, TX; James, Atlanta; and eleven great grandchildren.

The Lancaster family of Carroll Co. is one of the State's native families and has resided in the State for over 185 years, in West TN for over 100 years, and in Carroll Co. for almost 65 years.

  • Submitted by Tommy Lancaster

  • Carroll County, Tennessee, 1821-1886, volume 1