OBIT: John S. LANE, 1880, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS.

ANOTHER BRAVE SOLDIER GONE.

  On Tuesday morning, between the hours of 8 and 9 o'clock, John S. 
Lane died, after a long and painful illness, with that insidious 
disease consumption.  Jack Lane, as he was familiarly called, was a 
brave and faithful soldier.  On the 5th of December, 1861, he enlisted 
as a private in Company A, Eighty-fourth regiment Pennsylvania 
volunteers - the lamented William G. Murray's old regiment.  He 
participated in many of the hard-fought battles of the war; amongst the 
number were Winchester, Chancellorsville and Port Republic, and at 
Stony Creek was severely wounded in the left elbow.  When the old 
regiment had been almost wiped out he was transferred to the Veteran 
Reserve Corps.  His funeral will take place on Thursday afternoon at 4 
o'clock.  His remains will be interred with military honors by William 
G. Murray Post, Grand Army of the Public, and pall bearers will be 
selected from his old comrades in arms - all members of Company A, 
Eighty-fourth regiment, several of whom still live in our town and 
Altoona.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, June 9, 1880

HOLLIDAYSBURG HAPPENINGS.

FUNERAL OF JOHN S. LANE.

  All that was mortal of John S. Lane was borne yesterday by his old 
comrades in arms to the Lutheran cemetery and deposited in the grave 
with military honors.  A detachment of twelve men from Company C, 
commanded by Sergeant Harry Miller, fired the salute, which was as well 
executed as if fired from one piece.  William G. Murray Post No. 39, 
G.A.R., who turned out almost to a man, and have been tenderly caring 
for Mr. Lane, though not a member of their organization, deserve much 
credit, and have proved that their organization is a noble one, and is 
instituted for worthy motives.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, June 11, 1880