Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Lane, Fred D. 1867 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

FRED D. LANE, Superintendent of the People's Electric Light and Power Company,
was born August 15, 1867, in Flint, and is the son of John and Ellen (Mackin)
Lane, natives of Queens County, Ireland. His grandfather, John Lane, Sr., was
also born there but emigrated to Ameca, coming directly to Michigan, where he
purchased a farm in Flint Township, Genesee County, some time in the '50s. This
place he improved with a substantial set of buildings, and cultivated the soil,
bringing it to a splendid condition > through proper rotation of crops and the
planting of the cereals best adapted to the land. He died in Lewiston, N. Y.
John Lane, Jr., the father of our subject, accompanied his parents to America,
when a youth of fifteen years, and spent the remainder of his life in Michigan.
He was a prudent, industrious man, honored by the people wherever he resided and
a successful farmer.

  Fred D., of this sketch, who is now in his early manhood, is already well
established as an enterprising business man. He was reared in Flint, attending
the grammar and High Schools of this city until he was fourteen. He then entered
the telephone office, beginning at the bottom round of the ladder and working up
through various promotions until after three and one-half years spent in the
office, he became inspector of the various lines, and then inspector of the
Michigan Bell Telephone Company, for the greater portion of this State. In 1884
he became an employe of the Electric Light Company, accepting at first a
position of minor importance and by steady industry and faithfulness to his
employers' interests he was promoted to the position of Superintendent of the
company. This important position he has held since 1885 with marked success.

  Mr. Lane is a member of the National Association of Engineers and is
Vice-President of the Flint Association. The electric light plant is located on
Flint River at the head of Saginaw Street and is on a firm financial basis, with
a capital stock of $100,000. It is run by steam with two hundred horse power,
and consists of one hundred and thirty arc and twelve hundred incandescent
lights. Since 1886 Mr. Lane has been a member of the Fire Department of Flint.
He is a Knight of Pythias, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. In his
political affiliations he is a Republican, and believes that the principles of
that party are for the highest good of the Government. His marriage in Flint
August 12, 1890, united him with Miss Helen Van Wormer, daughter of C. W. and
Rillie (Clapp) Van Wormer. Mrs. Lane is a cultured lady with many graces of
character and occupies a high place in the social circles of Flint.


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Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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