Dr. William Horace Lancaster

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Lavaca County, Texas Biographies[http://www.lavacacountyhistory.org/biographies4.htm]

DR. WILLIAM H. LANCASTER is an exceptionally popular and successful physician. He is scholarly and well informed in every branch of his profession, is intelligent and well posted on all matters of public interest, and stands well in the community, both as a citizen and as a professional man. Although he has been a resident of this town only since 1887, he has already given abundant evidence of the ability which qualifies him for a high place in the medical profession. He is a native of Bellefonte, Jackson County, Alabama, born in May 1849, and was the eldest of seven children born to John Nathaniel and Mary A. (Jones) Lancaster, natives respectively of Tennessee and Alabama. The maternal grandfather, Moses Jones, was an early settler of Alabama, and an active man in the various occupations. He settled in Bellefonte, that State, purchased a large tract of land, and in connection, carried on merchandising. For some time, he was Probate Judge, and he was an early editor, conducting a paper during the war. The Federal soldiers then came and destroyed all his property. One of his sons, Henry, was in the Confederate army and was Major of the Eleventh Alabama Regiment during the siege of Atlanta. There he lost his life. Mr. Jones died about 1873 or 1874. He was a highly active and prominent man in his community. The paternal grandfather of our subject married in Tennessee and moved to North Alabama, where he purchased a large estate, but died soon after. His wife was a Miss Hudson, of a wealthy and influential family. After her husband's death, she married Judge T. M. Rector, a prominent lawyer of North Alabama. She and her husband came to Texas in 1853, located east of Austin, and he farmed for the rest of his life, dying in 1893. Many of his relatives reside in this section. The grandmother died in February 1867. The father of Dr. Lancaster was reared in Alabama, and he married Miss Jones. He followed farming there until 1856 when he came to Texas and settled in Travis County. He served four years in the Confederate Army. About 1884 he moved to Lockhart, and now resides in that town. Dr. W. H. Lancaster was seven years of age when he came with his parents to Texas, and he was educated at Manor, Texas. In 1873 he began the study of medicine in New Orleans, Tulane University, and during the years 1875 and '76, attended Louisville Medical College, where he took his degree in the latter year. He then began practicing at Lockhart, remained there about ten years and one year at Red Rock, and in 1887, came to Moulton, where he was among the first to locate. He assisted in surveying the town and bought the first lot sold in the place. Since then he has been in constant practice here, and he also opened the first drugstore at this place. Dr. Lancaster is quite active in politics and is a frequent contributor to the paper in the vicinity. He took a post-graduate course at Tulane University during the winter of 1881 and '82 and is now a member of the State Medical Association of which he is Third Vice-president. The doctor is a pleasant, genial gentleman and his large practice is constantly increasing. He is interested in the development and growth of this part of Texas, and besides his pleasant place in Moulton, owns property in Jackson County. He is a Mason and Master of Moulton Lodge No. 298. Dr. Lancaster was married June 10, 1880, to Miss Linda Ella Williamson, a native of Alabama and daughter of John H. Williamson of Lockhart. Four sons and one daughter are the fruits of this union: Moore, Lewis, Lifford Williamson, Bessie Edna, and Frank Houston. Dr. Lancaster and his wife a member of the Methodist Church. —pp.385-386 SW Texas History [http://www.lavacacountyhistory.org/biographies5.htm] [1] ref

Biography

William Horace Lancaster, MD was born on May 2, 1849, in Bellefonte, Jackson County, Alabama, United States. His parents were John Nathaniel Lancaster and Mary Ann Lancaster (Jones). He was a Physician.

William married Linda Ella Lancaster on June 10, 1880 in Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas, United States. Together they had the following children:

• Moore Lancaster;
• William Moore Lancaster;
• Bessie Edna Lancaster;
• Lewis Kenneth Lancaster;
• Lifford Williamson Lancaster, MD;
• Frank Huston Lancaster, MD.

He died on April 30, 1931, in Ganado, Jackson County, Texas, United States.

• Physician and Surgeon, Moulton, Jackson County, Texas
• Owned a Pharmacy and Mercantile Store in Moulton. Memberships
• Texas Medical Association, Vice President
• Master Mason, Moulton Lodge #298, Jackson County, Texas Education
• Tulane University, Master's degree
• University of Louisville Medical School, Louisville, KY. Medical Degree

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References

• http://www.lavacacountyhistory.org/biographies5.htm [1] ref County, Texas Biographies] [http://www.lavacacountyhistory.org/families.htm#websites] SW Texas History, Pg. 384, 385 University of Texas Library.
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