Cynthia Ann (Lewis) Lancaster (1848 - 1935)

Born 9 Mar 1848 in Morgan, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Joseph Weathers — married about 1865 in Georgia, USA

Wife of Henry Harrison Lancaster — married 8 Aug 1867 in Washington County, Arkansas, USA

Descendants

Died 22 Nov 1935 at age 87 in Sterling, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Cynthia Ann Lewis was born in Kentucky in 1849. She married twice (first to WEATHERS; then to LANCASTER). She died, aged 86, in 1935, at the farm of her daughter Mary Jane (Lancaster) Kelly, and her husband, Wiley N. Kelly, in Sterling, Oklahoma. Cynthia is buried with her husband Henry Lancaster at Sterling Cemetery, Sterling, Oklahoma. ^[1]

Henry H. Lancaster and Cynthia Ann Lewis were married, and he adopted her young daughter, Rosa. They lived with her parents in 1870.

In 1870, the Lewis family lived in Collin, Texas. All members of the household were born in Kentucky, except as noted. Those who could read and write are noted. The household included James Lewis, 41, a farm laborer, with $1800 in personal assets; his wife Prudence, 43; their eight children, Thomas, 18, farm laborer; Sarah, 16; James, 14, farm laborer; Simon, 12, farm laborer; Andrew, 11, farm laborer; Jane, 10; William, 8; Daniel, 5; and Cynthia (Lewis) Lancaster, 21. Also, Cynthia’s husband, Henry Lancaster, 26, born in Georgia, a carpenter, could read and write, with $150 in personal estate; and their children, Rosa, 4; and Ann, 1, born in Texas. Also living with them was David Smith, 22, born in Massachusetts, a stone mason, who could read and write.^[2]

In 1900, the Lancaster family lived on their rented farm in Marlow, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. The household included Henry H. Lancaster, born in Georgia in October 1843 (father b. NC; mother b. GA), a farmer, who could read and write; his wife of 32 years, Susan (Cynthia), 51, b. March 1849 in Kentucky (parents b. KY), could not read or write, and who had had eight children, six of whom were living; their son, Luther, 20, b. September 1880 in Georgia, a farm laborer, who could not read or write.^[3]

In 1910, the Lancasters lived in Brown, Oklahoma. Henry H. Lancaster, 66, born in Georgia (father b. NC; mother b. GA), a teamster/freight hauler, owned their house free and clear. His wife, Cynthia A., 59, born in Kentucky (parents b. KY), had had nine children, six of whom were living. They had been married for 42 years (first marriage for Henry; second marriage for Cynthia). They both could read and write. ^[4]

Henry served in the Union Army, as a Corporal in Co I, 5th US Volunteer Infantry. After his death in 1919, his wife Cynthia, of Rt. 2, Box 35, Rush Springs, Oklahoma, became the beneficiary of his Veteran’s Pension.^[5]

Burial in "Sterling Cemetery" Sterling, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA -=- as per: Find A Grave Memorial # 58838717

Notes

Removed "Dec 1864" from marriage end date (DB error). Marriage date of 1865 in (possibly) Georgia. Marked location as uncertain.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #58838717
2. ↑ 1870 US Census, Justice Precinct 4, Collin, Texas. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGP-HKN)
3. ↑ 1900 US Census, Township 2. North 7 West Marlow town, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSRY-JT1)
4. ↑ 1910 US Census, Brown, Comanche, Oklahoma (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQ5-JZW)
5. ↑ US VA Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDQ-9ZZ6)