Albert F. Lanier,Rapides Parish, Louisiana Submitted by Mike Miller ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Albert F. Lanier, a native of Texas, spent a number of years in the railroad service, but since the close of the World war, has built up a large business as sales agent for automobiles at Alexandria, having the agency for the Buick car in this territory. Mr. Lanier was born at Limestone County, Texas, January 6, 1887, son of George H. and Minnie (Sampey) Lanier, his father a native of Georgia, and his mother of Alabama. They were married in Alabama and in 1877 removed to Texas. Her father was a grocery merchant at Fairfield and Grosbeck. The widowed mother is living at Dallas. Both were very active members of the Methodist Church. George H. Lanier was a Mason, a democrat and he and two brothers served in the Confederate army luring the war between the states. He was wounded in battle. Of four children, two are living; Clifford E. with the B. S. Avery Plow Company at Dallas; and Albert F. Albert F. Lanier attended school at Grosbeck and Dallas, and as a youth entered the railroad service, beginning as stenographer. He received promotion until he was assistant to the general superintendent of one of the North Texas railways, with headquarters at Jacksboro. Leaving railroad work in 1918, Mr. Lanier engaged in the automobile business at Alexandria, starting an automobile storage and repair shop, but since 1923 has also handling the Buick agency and does a large business for that very popular car. Mr. Lanier married at Dallas in 1916, Miss Frances French, who was born at Mobile, Alabama, and was educated at Memphis, Tennessee. They are both members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Lanier is a Knights Templar Mason and Shriner, belongs to the Rotary Club and the Rapides Country Club. He gives close attention to his business, and that fact and his thorough knowledge of automobile trade conditions have been responsible for his success. A History of Louisiana, (vol. 2), pp. 250-251, by Henry E. Chambers. Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.