Wilton Henry Lancaster was born on August 28, 1912 in Trigg County, Kentucky. He was the sixth of eleven children of John Jefferson Lancaster and Albirtia “Bird” Sholar Lancaster. John Jefferson was a farmer and a carpenter and both he and Bird were natives of Trigg County. Wilton was a descendant of Jemima Bridges Sholar.
Wilton’s siblings were Myra Lou Lancaster, born in 1902 and died at the age of two weeks; a unnamed infant, born and died at birth in 1904; Herman Crenshaw Lancaster, born in 1905 and died at the age of 11; Thomas Durwood Lancaster, born in 1907 and married Sylvia Lorene Stallons; Johnny Claude Lancaster, born in 1911 and married Birdie Lois Francis; Garnett Lee Lancaster, born in 1916 and married Destelle Alberta Green; Lula Pearl Lancaster, born in 1918 and married Robert Jesse Sholar; Beulah Frances Lancaster, born in 1920 and married Hershel Earl Gray; Joe Lacy Lancaster, born in 1922 and married Martha Gertrude Ezell, and later married Lucy Elizabeth Lancaster Britt; and Mary Bessie Lancaster, born in 1926 and married Clifton Meade Mize.
Wilton grew up on his family farm located on the South Road in Trigg County. He attended the local rural schools and the seventh grade was the highest grade he attained before leaving school to work as a laborer.
On December 24, 1935, Wilton married Mildred Gustia Francis. Mildred was born on April 28, 1918 in Stewart County, Tennessee, the daughter of William Troy Francis and Estella Carney Allen Francis. William was a farmer and both he and Estella were natives of Trigg County.
After they were married, Wilton and Mildred settled on the farm in Trigg where Wilton worked as a laborer. In December 1942 they moved to Hopkinsville, Kentucky but came back to live in Trigg County in 1944. In 1946, they again moved to Hopkinsville where they lived the rest of their lives. After moving to Hopkinsville, Wilton worked in the home construction business. In 1967, he along with his son, opened a custom-built cabinet shop. Wilton remained in the cabinet making business until his retirement in 1982. Mildred was primarily a homemaker. She later worked as a cafeteria worker at the Christian County Middle School from 1971 to 1979.
Wilton and Mildred were the parents of five children, Wilton Henry Lancaster, Jr., born in 1936 and married Sara Frances Turner; Mary Genella Lancaster, born in 1938 and married Marvin Hulon Campbell; Gustie Lois Lancaster, born in 1941 and married Hoge Milton Greene; Dorothy Estella Lancaster, born in 1945 and married Norman Lee Decker; and Janice Kay Lancaster, born in 1948 and married Gene Roper Davie.
Wilton died on December 9, 1990 at the age of 78 at the Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville. He was buried in the Green Hill Memorial Gardens in Christian County. Mildred died on October 30, 2000 at the age of 82 at the Jennie Stuart Medical Center. She was buried in the Green Hill Memorial Gardens next to her husband.
LINEAGE: (Wilton Henry Lancaster was the son of John Jefferson and Albirtia “Bird” Sholar Lancaster. John was the tenth child of Thomas Jefferson and Margaret Frances Lawrence Lancaster. Margaret was the first child of Ezekiel M. and Polly Sholar Lawrence. Polly was the second child of Allen and Jemima Bridges Sholar. Jemima was the first child of Drury and Charity Cohoon Bridges.)
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