Biography of James Lannan, St Francis County, AR

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        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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The Forrest City Times' Art Souvenir-1905-Page 117: The general manager of
Lannan & Co., presently puttting down sidewalks around the city, was born May
1st, 1864 at Lafayette, Indiana, and is a son of Bryan and Helen Lannan, who
moved to Arkansas in 1871, locating at Taylor's Creek, in the northern part of
St. Francis county. The elder Mr. Lannan was a machinist and blacksmith and was
successful in his chosen vocation. After a limited education in the common
schools of Indiana and Arkansas, he began his career as a brakeman on a railroad
and soon worked his way up to the position of conductor, and in his twenty years
of service, be it said to his credit, he never had an accident of any kind, or
was the cause of a mishap which cost the companies he served a penny. In March
1903, he left the employ of the Red River Valley road, where he held the
position of conductor on the local freight train, and came to Forrest City,
where he formed a partnership with Mr. W. W. Rainbolt, and leased the Blanton
farm just west of the city. After the tragic death of that lamented officer, Mr.
Lannan continued the farming operations, winding up the business at the close of
the year to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. In conjunction with Mr. J.
T. Johnson, Mr. Lannan entered upon the manufacture and construction of concrete
work, and at present is putting down a splendid system of granitoid walks and
crossings in Forrest City. On June 23, 1898, he was married to Miss Corine
Saunders, of Little Rock. Veva, aged six, and Bernard aged four have blessed
this union. Mr. Lannan's real estate holdings consist of a valuable and
productive forty-acre farm two miles east of Forrest City.

Copyright With Permission: 1905 Art Souvenir-Forrest City Times NewspaperWeston
McCollum Lewey, Publisher-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas