When Sumner B Lancaster was born on 31 October 1835, in Maine, United States, his father, Sumner Lancaster, was 30 and his mother, Hannah Bradford, was 30. He married Mary Elizabeth Lancaster on 9 April 1861, in Penobscot, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Stetson, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years and Dexter, Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1870. He died on 4 June 1907, in Newport, Penobscot, Maine, United States, at the age of 71.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
An international incident referred to as the Aroostook War or "Pork and Beans War". The conflict resulted as part of an international boundary dispute between the United States. Although several British soldiers were captured, nobody was killed during the war. In fact, local militia units did not engage in any significant combat. One of the most dramatic events was actually when two Canadian militia were injured by Black Bears.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English: habitational name from Lancaster in northwestern England, which is recorded as Loncastre in 1086. The place takes its name from the river Lune + Old English ceaster ‘city, Roman fortification’ (from Latin castra ‘legionary camp’). The river name is probably British, perhaps related to Gaelic slán ‘healthy’, ‘salubrious’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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