The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . FRANK E. LANCASTER. The Worcester of 1898. 677 John Edward Lancaster, the son of Frank E. and Susan C. Lancaster, wasborn in New York city December ist, 1863. Early in the following yearthe family removed to ^Vorcester. He was educated at the public grammarschools and at the Classical high school, and, after his course at the latter,entered immediately upon a business career. His tendencies early weretoward manufacturing, and he held a position with J. H. & G. M. Walkerin 1880 and 1881, when the firm was one of the largest
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . FRANK E. LANCASTER. The Worcester of 1898. 677 John Edward Lancaster, the son of Frank E. and Susan C. Lancaster, wasborn in New York city December ist, 1863. Early in the following yearthe family removed to ^Vorcester. He was educated at the public grammarschools and at the Classical high school, and, after his course at the latter,entered immediately upon a business career. His tendencies early weretoward manufacturing, and he held a position with J. H. & G. M. Walkerin 1880 and 1881, when the firm was one of the largest boot manufacturersin the United States, and later a position with L. C. Chase & Co. of Boston,the largest plush manufacturers in the world. In 1888 he left the latterposition to associate himself with his father, who then owned and operated. RESIDENCE OF JOHN E. LANCASTER, 91 SALISBURY STREET. the cotton mills at North , Massachusetts. In January, 1892, he leftthe cotton business, and was elected secretary of the Worcester CorsetCompany, and on December 1st, 1893, relinquished this position andcommenced business for himself, under the style of the , at 15 Union street. It was here that the training of the pastten years, the inherited manufacturing traits, and the native ability, weregiven full opportunity for the display of their powers, and under his guidinghand was built up from nothing the large business of the day. In 1897, at the incorporation of the Globe Corset Company, he was electedl)resident and general manager, a position which he now holds. Mr. Lancaster early showed a great liking for the militia, and enlisted inCompany C, Worcester Light Infantry, Second Regiment. MassachusettsInfantry, on June 13th, 1885 ; was elected second lieutenant June 18th, 1885, andresigned :May 7t
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