Tilman Achilles Lancaster, 1858–1925 (aged 66 years)
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- Tilman Achilles /Lancaster/
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Text: Eastern Star symbol |
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Text: "Dear parents, though we miss you much...", Masonic symbol |
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| father |
1831–1898
Birth: April 16, 1831
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— Hickman Co. TN Death: November 28, 1898 — Henderson Co. TN |
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| mother |
1833–1897
Birth: February 19, 1833
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— Tennessee Death: July 11, 1897 — Henderson Co. TN |
| elder sister |
1856–1937
Birth: November 18, 1856
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— Tennessee Death: December 24, 1937 |
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1858–1925
Birth: November 23, 1858
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— near Sulphur Well, Hardin Co. TN Death: November 9, 1925 |
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1861–1930
Birth: February 1861
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— near Sulphur Well, Hardin Co. TN Death: between 1920 and 1930 — Texas |
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1864–1950
Birth: January 27, 1864
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— near Sulphur Well, Hardin Co. TN Death: February 10, 1950 |
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1867–1962
Birth: January 26, 1867
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— Tennessee Death: July 26, 1962 — Mercedes, Hidalgo Co. TX |
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1869–1961
Birth: November 3, 1869
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— Decatur Co. TN Death: March 7, 1961 — Jackson, Madison Co. TN |
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1858–1925
Birth: November 23, 1858
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— near Sulphur Well, Hardin Co. TN Death: November 9, 1925 |
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| wife |
1872–1952
Birth: March 14, 1872
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— Missouri Death: March 27, 1952 |
| Marriage | Marriage — October 16, 1895 — Henderson Co. TN |
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Lancaster, Tillman Achilles (1858-1926) HOUSE, 52nd General Assembly, 1901-03; representing Henderson County; Republican. Born near Saltillo, Hardin County, Nov.23, 1858; son of Jesse Johnson and Susan E. (Wells) Lancaster. Attended public schools; McTyeire School for Boys, McKenzie, Carroll County; graduated, 1885, from Southern Normal University, Carbondale, Ill., graduated in law, 1891, from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Wilson County; admitted to bar. Married in October, 1895, to Julie Graper; no children of own but reared nephew, Wenefred Henry Lancaster. Came with family to Lexington, Henderson County, early in 1895; began career by teaching at Decaturville, Decatur County, and at Chattanooga, Hamilton County, for three years; began practice of law at Jackson, Madison County, but after one year moved back to Lexington, where he practiced until early 1926; attorney for Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railway twenty years; made vice-president Bank of Lexington, 1906; and president, 1908; a director in Citizens Bank of Lexington. Gave much time to promotion of schools; member both county and city boards of education over span of more than twenty years; serving at times as chairman of both; county judge, 1904-08; resigning to become referee in bankruptcy for six consecutive terms; appointed, 1926, U.S. District Attorney for Western District of Tennessee but died soon thereafter. Chairman county Republican Executive Committee ten years; member Republican State Executive Committee, 1904-08; presidential elector, 1888, on Republican ticket of Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton; and again, 1908, on Republican ticket of William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman. Member Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Died at Lexington Nov. 9, 1926; buried in Lexington Cemetery. Brother-in-law of James Lemuel Jones; uncle of Julian Lancaster Jones, sometime members Tenn. General Assembly. Sources: Nashville American, Feb. 7, 1901; Lexington Progress, Nov. 27, 1903; Aug. 12, 1904; Apr. 6, 1906; Dec. 9, 1908; July 9, Nov. 2, and Nov. 19, 1926; Mar. 28, 1952; Powers, History of Henderson County, 34, 130-31; Moore and Foster, Tennessee, Volunteer State, III, 79, IV, 217; Henderson County Will Book No. 3, 1895-1932, pp. 343-47; Henderson County Bible Records and Tombstone Inscriptions, 5. |
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