Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Lane, George W April 19, 1817 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com February 10, 2006, 3:56 am Author: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", 1882 GEORGE W. LANE, retired grain dealer, Morris, was born in Maine, April 19, 1817, son of Joshua LANE, born in New Hampshire, February 6, 1788, was a farmer by occupation, a good classical scholar, a zealous member of the Baptist Church, and died December 15, 1859, in Morris. Parents raised two children, one son, our subject, and one daughter. The subject of this sketch was educated in the State of Maine finishing at Kent's Hill Seminary, in Kennebec County. He was raised on the farm. [Source: "History of Grundy County, Illinois", Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, Lake Side Building, 1882] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/grundy/bios/lane95nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb