When Richard Gideon Lancaster was born on 19 April 1883, in Alabama, United States, his father, John William Bassett Lancaster, was 38 and his mother, Eliza Harriett Thaxton, was 30. He had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Lurena Bailey. He lived in Vinemont, Cullman, Alabama, United States in 1920 and Election Precinct 19 Kings, Cullman, Alabama, United States for about 10 years. He died on 10 April 1963, in Alabama, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Etha Baptist Church, Cullman, Alabama, United States.