Reuben Lancaster

9 July 1828–19 October 1896 (Age 68)
Kenton, Kentucky, United States

The Life of Reuben

When Reuben Lancaster was born on 9 July 1828, in Kenton, Kentucky, United States, his father, Thomas James Lancaster, was 27 and his mother, Margaret Green, was 21. He married Sally Pribble about 1850, in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Kentucky, United States in 1870. He died on 19 October 1896, in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Peach Grove, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Reuben Lancaster
1828–1896
Sarah Melvina Fryer
1827–1889
Marriage: 1 October 1850
Thomas Lancaster
1851–1926
Eliza Jane Lancaster
1854–1926
Horace Lancaster
1855–1920
Flora Belle Lancaster
1857–1952
William W. Lancaster
1860–1881
Elizabeth Lancaster
1863–1930
James M Lancaster
1865–1867
Sarah M. Lancaster
1867–1867

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
1 October 1850
Pendleton, Kentucky, United States
children

(8)

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Parents and Siblings

    Thomas James Lancaster

    Male1801–1859Male

    Margaret Green

    Female1807–1859Female

siblings

(9)

    Charlotte Lancaster

    Female1827–1919Female

    Reuben Lancaster

    Male1828–1896Male

    Reuben Lancaster

    Male1830–1896Male

    Martha Jane Lancaster

    Female1831–1924Female

    William Lancaster

    Male1832–Male

+4 More Children

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 2

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens

Age 2

The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1846

Age 18

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Anglo-Saxon: Land, ground, earth, field, and ceaster, a camp, a castle, city, fort, meaning an earth fort

Sources (3)

  • Reuben Lancaster in household of Thomas Lancaster, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Reuben Lancaster, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Reubin Lancaster, "United States Census, 1880"

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