Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Lanning, William B. January 1, 1834 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006329 November 1, 2008, 11:28 am Author: Hardin & Willard Lanning, William B., Russia, was born in Russia, January 1, 1834, a son of John, whose father was Conrad, a native of New Jersey, who married Martha Van Horn, a native of Duanesburg, Schoharie county, N.Y., by whom he had ten children. In 1819 he came to Russia and settled on a farm, where he died in 1849, and his wife in 1844. John Lanning ws born October 28, 1801, in Duanesburg. He married Betsy, daughter of John and Martha Forrest, natives of Ireland. Mr. Forrest was a glass-blower by trade and also a weaver. His children were: Mary, Betsy, William, John, Mark, James, Martha, Rosanah, Sallie and Rachel. The children of Mr. John Lanning and wife are: Martha, Rosanah, William and Mark. He died August 28, 1884, and his wife April 5, 1885. The subject of this sketch was educated at Cold Brook Select School, Prospect Academy and Fairfield Seminary. At the age of seventeen he began teaching school and continued for ten years. When he reached his majority he spent several months visiting in the west. He spent two years in Philadelphia in the cheese market for Edward Partridge. In 1859 he married Catherine, daughter of Hilliard Broadwell, a native of Vt., and after he married became a resident of Trenton Falls, N.Y. He was a millwright and put up the first Hinkley Mills, which he ran for two years. Mr. Lanning and wife had two children: John and Sarah. His wife died March 10, 1863, and he married for his second wife Ann McArthur, a native of Russia, N.Y., by whom he had two children: Arthur and George. Mrs. Lanning's parents, Donald and Margaret McArthur, were natives of Scotland, who came in 1831 to Remsen, Oneida county, later removing to Russia. After the death of Mrs. McArthur, Mr. McArthur married Ann Morrison, by whom he had three sons and three daughters. He died November 18, 1873, and his wife in 1890. The parents of Ann Morrison were James and Ann Morrison, of Scotland. Mr. Lanning's second wife died October 17, 1869, and November 16, 1870, he married Mary McArthur, half sister to his second wife, by whom he had ten children: Mary A., William, Frank, Linus E., Helen, Edward, Florence, Jessie E., Ray M., and Bertha. Mr. Lanning has been a cheese-maker many years. He was in the factory at Prospect one year. In 1869 he came to the farm where he now resides and has since been engaged in farming and cheese-making. He is a Democrat in politics and he has many times been inspector of elections, and has held other town offices. He is a member of Russia Grange, No. 630. Additional Comments: source: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ny/herkimer/bios/lanning559gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb