Robert Lancaster

Brief Life History of Robert

When Robert Lancaster was born on 8 March 1828, in Virginia, United States, his father, Thomas Lancaster, was 34 and his mother, Susan Chapman, was 32. He married Octavia Underwood on 16 December 1858, in Franklin, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Floyd, Floyd, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Little River District, Floyd, Virginia, United States for about 30 years. He died on 29 December 1906, in Floyd, Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Pine Creek Cemetery, Floyd, Floyd, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Lancaster
1828–1906
Octavia Underwood
1835–1914
Marriage: 16 December 1858
Attaway Eliza N Lancaster
1862–1889
Serena Elma Sylvia Lancaster
1864–1934
Caroline Evelina D. Lancaster
1870–1890
Tazewell Lancaster
1872–
Robert Tazewell J. Lancaster
1872–1925
Albert C Lancaster
1875–
Dr Albert W. Chapman Lancaster
1875–1923

Sources (23)

  • Robert Lancaster, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Robt., "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Robert Lancaster, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

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.

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

Name Meaning

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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