Person:John Lancaster (9)

Lived at Tyler/Wetzel Co., West Virginia from 1830 Census First wife is listed as Ellen with Henry as one of their children.

There is a Henry Lancaster in the 1830 Census who is listed with his wife in the 60-70 age group in Tyler Co. that we think is John's father and Henry's (1825) grandfather.

In the 1880 Census he lists his birthdate as 1795 and his birthplace as Virginia. Pennsylvania was noted as birthplace in earlier census.

1. ↑ United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704).

   males 0-5 (2), Males 5-10 (3), 10-15, (1), 30-40 (1), Females 5-10, (1). 15-20. (1), 30-40, (1). The two daughters listed here did not seem to appear on a later census even with new wife that was present before the 1850 census.

2. ↑ Wetzel, Virginia, in United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).

   John Lancaster, age 50, born in Virginia

3.   Wetzel, Virginia, in United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).

   John Lancaster, age 50, born in Virginia
   Note that his age is the same in the 1850 and 1860 censuses.

4.   Proctor, Wetzel, West Virginia, in United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9).

   John Lancaster, age 85, born in Virginia, farm laborer
   His age is assumed to be exaggerated, based on earlier census records.