LANE BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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LANE, P. D. - b: 1840 Brown Co, OH
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 704
residence: Big Creek Twp

P. D. Lane, merchant and postmaster at Petersburg, is recognized as one of the 
thrifty and enterprising business men of Big Creek Township. He was born in 
Brown County, Ohio, January 1, 1840, his parents being N. D. and Jane (McMahan) 
Lane, also natives of Ohio. In 1842 the family removed to Missouri, settling in 
Big Creek Township, Henry County. P. D. Lane grew up on this farm, receiving a 
good common school education. When in his nineteenth year he taught a winter 
term of school, and after the close of his school he commenced clerking in a 
store at Shawnee Mound, remaining there about one year. In the spring of 1861 he 
enlisted in Owens' Battalion Cavalry, and in the spring of 1862 enlisted in the 
regular Confederate service, Colonel Jackman's Sixteenth Missouri Infantry, 
serving for about six months. He was imprisoned and then on parole the rest of 
the time till the close of the war. He participated in the engagements of 
Carthage, Wilson Creek, Pea Ridge and Walnut Grove. Returning to Missouri in 
1865 Mr. Lane was engaged in farming and trading in stock about fifteen years. He 
built a business house at his present stand in 1880, put in a stock of general 
merchandise and is now doing a good business. He was appointed postmaster at 
Petersburg in the spring of 1881. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, 
(Agricola Lodge) and is secretary of his lodge. Mr. Lane was married in this 
county March 3, 1867, to Miss Christine Hiser, a native of Hickory County, but 
who was reared and educated in Henry County, and a daughter of John Hiser. They 
have a family of five children: Edwin, Minnie, Lena, Alice and Albert. He and his 
wife are members of the Baptist Church.

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LANE, Samuel M. - b: 1860 Muskingum Co, OH
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 526
residence: Clinton Twp

Samuel M. Lane, a member of the enterprising grocery house of Bledsoe & Lane, is 
a native of Muskingum County, Ohio, and was born March 12, 1860. His father, 
Samuel M. Lane, was born in Ohio, and his mother, Jane (McDonald) Lane, a native 
of Virginia, was reared in Ohio, where they were married. The family consisted 
of seven children, of whom Samuel was the sixth. He grew to manhood and was 
educated in his native county, spending his youthful days on a farm. In March, 
1880, he went to Sullivan County, Missouri, but after remaining there a short 
time took a trip west for his health, in a wagon. He returned to northwest 
Missouri by way of Kansas, and after a short visit in Sullivan County, came to 
Clinton in September, 1880. In September, 1881, he engaged in his present 
business. Mr. Lane was united in marriage October 10, 1882, to Miss Sallie 
Lindsay, of Henry County, Missouri.

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