William E. Lancaster Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Surname: LANCASTER
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915
                       
Page 1199

  WILLIAM E. LANCASTER, son of Thomas Dodge and Mary Maria 
(Pattee) Lancaster, was born in Salem, New Hampshire, April 13, 1870.
He was educated in the public schools of Salem, Pinkerton Academy of
Derry, and Norwich University of Northfield, Vermont. He took up civil
engineering, which line he followed for several years, later engaging 
in the lumber business, where he became associated with the Salem 
Manufacturing Company. He is a member of the Board of Salem Water 
Commissioners, which office he has held for two consecutive terms; on 
November 3, 1914, he was elected a representative to the General Court 
of New Hampshire.
He is also a member of Spicket Lodge No.85, A. F. & A. M., Salem, N. H. 
of Royal Bell Arch Chapter, Derry, N. H.; of Israel Hunt Council; St.
George Commandery, K. T. Nashua, N. H., and oi Bektash Temple, A. A.
0. N. M. S., of Concord, N. H.  On September 19, 1905, he was married 
to Cora A. M. Maeder, of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, and they live in 
their home on Highland Ave., Salem Center. 
   Thomas Dodge Lancaster (2d), father of William E., was born in Bos-
ton, May 12, 1822. He was the youngest son of seven children: Thomas
Dodge Lancaster (ISt), born in Boston Nov. 19, 1819, died May 16, 1821;
John Henry Lancaster, born in Boston, Dec. 19, 1816, died in Salem, N. 
H., June 26, 1900; William Emerson Lancaster, born in Boston, Nov. 22, 
1812, died August 19, 1848; Eliza Ann Lancaster, born in Boston Sept. 
21, 1810, died in Salem, N. H., Feb. 7, 1894; Sarah Lancaster, born in 
Boston, March 14, 1807, died at Hanniba1, Mo., April 6, 1900; Mary 
Lancaster, born in Boston, Dec. 14, 1803, died in Boston, April 16, 
1827, He came to Salem when less than a year old and lived on Zion Hill 
in what is now known as the Coburn place. He received his education in 
the schools of Salem, carried on the farm for several years, then took 
to shoemaking, which he followed to within three years of his death, 
which occurred July 8, 1907. He held very few public offices but was 
always deeply interested in the affairs of the town and was honored and 
respected by all.
  Mary Maria Pattee, wife of Thomas D. Lancaster, was born ,in Salem,
N. H., on what is now known as the Kelly place on the Turnpike, March 
20, 1828. She was the oldest in a family of three children: Richard N.,  
born Sept. 7, 1832, died Sept. 19, 1861; Charles Thurston, born Nov. 
10, 1834, died Jan. 30, 1909. She was married in Salem May 8, 1861, and 
has ever since lived there. Richard N. and Charles T. Pattee both 
served in the Civil war, Richard N. dying at Beaufort, N. C.
  William Lancaster, grandfather of William E., born in Salem, N. H.,
April 19, 1771, was the second son in a family of six children: Henry 
Lankester, 1768; ]erusha, 1769; William, 1771-1821; Thomas, 1773; 
Polly, 1779; Sally, 1783-children of John and Mary Lankester. He was 
married to Mary Brigham of Marlboro, Mass., Feb. 28, 1801.
John and Mary Lancaster, great-grandparents of William E., were
among the earliest settlers of the town, originating from Lancashire, 
England. Among the few things handed down, which tell of their 
standing, is the English coat of arms of the House of Lancaster, now in 
the possession of William E. Lancaster.

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