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Judge John Austin Lancaster Sr.
5 Dec 1838 – 6 Mar 1901
| Birth | 5 Dec 1838 |
| Death | 6 Mar 1901 |
| Cemetery | Wetumpka City Cemetery Wetumpka , Elmore County , Alabama , USA |
| Added by | Naomi Snider (Yocom) McFadden on 30 Jun 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54267956 |
Bio
History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume III. LANCASTER, JOHN AUSTIN, was born December 15, 1839, near LaGrange, Ga., and died March 6, 1901, at Wetumpka; son of Capt. William and Martha Ann (Goss) Lancaster, the former a North Carolinian, who moved to Tallapoosa County in 1837, served in the C. S. Army, and died in service; grandson of Jesse Hamilton and Mary Ann (Haygood) Goss, who lived near Vernon Ferry and LaGrange, Ga.; great-grandson of Benjamin and Susannah (Davis) Goss, Virginians, who moved to Wilkes County, Ga., 1803, and later to Newton County, Ga.; great-great-grandson of Jonathan and Lucy (Gibbs) Davis, the former the founder of that branch of the Davis family in the United States, who was kidnapped in England in childhood, and brought to this country, was married in Virginia, and settled in Orange County, Va. The Lancaster family is descended from two brothers, younger sons of a branch of nobility of that name in England, who came to Virginia during the early colonization of that state. The Goss family settled in Virginia pior to 1661, having been driven from Germany, their native country, by religious persecutions. Mr. Lancaster received his education in the public and private schools of Troup County, Ga., and Tallassee; volunteered at the outbreak of the War of Secession, as a private; became first lieutenant, Co. I, Seventeenth Alabama regiment; was dangerously wounded at Franklin; was elected captain and was acting as such, though without commission, at the end of the war; taught school after the war for a short time; engaged in planting and stock raising in Elmore County; was elected sheriff of Elmore County in 1870, the first Democrat to be elected to a public office in that county after the war; was elected probate judge of that county in 1874, and was continuously re-elected to that office until his resignation in 1890 before the expiration of his term; was the owner, though not the editor, of several weekly newspapers published in Elmore County, 1874- 1900. He was a Democrat; a Methodist; and a Mason. Married: March 1, 1866, in Elmore County, to Frances Aldora, daughter of Robert Pinckney and Minerva (Ramsey) Lett, who lived near Good Hope, the former a Georgian, who served in Co. A, Thirty-fourth Alabama regiment, C. S. Army, and was severely wounded near Chattanooga. Her greatgrandaugther was a captain in the Revolutionary War. Children: 1. William Lycurgus (q v ) ° A,Eulala Viola" m- John R- Gamble; 3. Jessie Aldora, m. Robert Tyler Goodwyn (q. v.); 4 Minnie Lee, m. Dr. T. H. Street; 5. John Austin, m. Ida M. McCullers; 6. Effie Lena, m. H S Taylor. Last residence: Wetumpka.
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Siblings
- Mary Mahala "Mollie" Lancaster Clemons 1842–1917
- Pvt William Gibson Lancaster 1847–1901
- Martha Elizabeth "Mollie or Mattie" Lancaster Holifield 1850–1923
- Sarah Permelia Lancaster Harrington 1853–1932
- Charles Alonzo Lancaster 1858–1887
- Henry Josephus Lancaster 1864–1915
Children
- William L. Lancaster 1869–1926 FaG
- Eulala Viola Lancaster Gamble 1871–1948 FaG
- John Austin Lancaster Jr 1878–1934 FaG
- Minnie L. Lancaster Street 1880–1954 FaG
- Effie Lena Lancaster Taylor 1884–1973 FaG
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