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I spent a day and a half using the Portal to Texas History website searching for articles about William Carlton Lancaster in newspapers, primarily in Erath County. However, it appears he moved to a town in Lubbock County in the 1920s and 30s. I searched using the following terms: “William Carlton Lancaster,” “William Carl Lancaster,” “William C. Lancaster,” “Wm C. Lancaster,” “W.C. Lancaster,” “Carl Lancaster,” “Corrie Lancaster,” and “C. Lancaster.” The last was in papers in Lynn County. Originally, I recorded them in a Word document chronologically by the name I searched, but I have now presented them in date order, the oldest first, so I can see any patterns. My comments are in blue. These total 144 articles. I uploaded them to Claude AI and after some discussion on how to format it, the articles were converted into a csv file with headings that I chose. I then uploaded the csv file to AirTable where I will analyze to choose the best articles for W.C. Lancaster’s biography in...

William Carlton Lancaster was born 21 July 1873 in Rockwall County, Texas, to George Wilson Lancaster and Martha Jane Polly. [1] He married Martha Jane Coor on 19 March 1892 in Erath County, Texas. [2] She died 15 September 1942 in Stephenville, Erath County, Texas. [3] He married (2) Mary E. Spivey on 9 Oct 1945 in Erath County. [4] He died 17 December 1946 in Stephenville. [5]  He was the father of George Warren Lancaster, my great-grandfather. Full-text search at FamilySearch will be done under a couple of different names: "William C. Lancaster" and "W. C. Lancaster." Full-Text Search “William C. Lancaster” I got seven hits. I don’t believe all seven pertain to him. Erath Co, Texas, Births, v. 11, p. 250, George Warren Lancaster, 1893, filed 6 July 1942, imaged, FamilySearch ( https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-X479-1W6 : accessed 5 Mar 2026); IGN 004239747, item 1, image 24 of 222. He was named as the father of George Warren Lancaster, ...

Using the Portal to Texas History Digital Newspaper Collection, I searched for “G.W. Lancaster” and “Warren Lancaster” filtering to Erath County. I further filtered to view the oldest articles first. Below is the result, showing only those items pertaining directly to him. Some of the “G. W. Lancaster” articles were about his grandfather, George Wilson Lancaster. Some of the articles were about his children and only mentioned being the son or daughter of Warren Lancaster. I omitted them. Those articles are a better fit for those children’s stories. Results of the Search The Dublin Progress , 14 June 1912, p. 3, col. 4. “Huckabay. Warren Lancaster of Harbin visited Jim Sones and wife Sunday and made preparations to attend school at Huckabay academy next term.” Jim Sones was Warren’s first cousin. Jim’s mother, Sallie Coor, was Warren’s mother, Martha Jane Coor’s sister.   The Tribune ( Stephenville, Texas), 3 January 1913. “Vital Statistics.” “Marriage licenses: . . . G. W. L...