Biographical Sketch of Thomas M. Laney - Andrew County, Missouri

>From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888

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Thomas M. Laney, M.D., a leading physician of Savannah, Andrew County,
MO., was born in Eastern Pennsylvania on January 4, 1828, and is the 
son of John and Catherine (Housel) Laney.  The father was born in 
Ireland in 1790, immigrated to America in 1802, and settled near
Northumberland, PA., on the west branch of the Susquehanna River.
He was a successful farmer.  He came to Andrew County, MO., in 1869,
where he died in 1872.  The mother was born in New Jersey in 1787, and
was the daughter of William Housel, a native of Holland.  She died on
February 6, 1858.  They were married September 3, 1812, and to them
were born ten children, of whom Thomas M. was the youngest.  He was
reared on the farm, and acquired his early education in Columbia 
County, PA.  After attaining his majority he began teaching school, at
which he continued until 1849, when he entered upon the study of
medicine in Greenville, PA.  He took his first course of lectures
during the winter of 1850-51, at the Western Reserve College at
Cleveland, OH.  He attended the Maryland University at Baltimore 
during the winter of 1852-53, graduating in March.  He then began
practicing at Blairsville, Indiana County, PA., where he continued
until 1862, when he entered the Federal army as a surgeon.  At the
close of the war he returned to his practice at Blairsville, remaining
there until 1867, when he came to Savannah, MO., where he purchased a
home, and resumed his practice.  He is the owner of a fine farm, which
for seven years he has cultivated in connection with the practice of 
his profession.  He was married on March 18, 1852, to Lucinda C. 
Kinter, a native of Indiana County, PA., born in April, 1829, and the 
daughter of Henry Kinter, a soldier of the War of 1812.  Eight children
have been born to them, four of whom are living.