Jack County, TX - Obituaries - J. Lane Oldham ************************************************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************************* Rural Citizen Jacksboro, Texas Friday, December 17, 1880 Obituary Died Ð At Weatherford, Texas, on 7 December 1880 Ð J.L. Oldham, in 39th year of his age. J. Lane Oldham, was born in white county Tennessee, and removed with his fatherÕs family to Texas at an early day. His father engaged in the mercantile business first at Waxahachie, and Lane was brought up to it from his earliest boyhood. After the war they returned to Ft. Worth and subsequently to Weatherford, in the course of which time Lane Oldham had come to be looked upon as one of the brightest and most successful business men in northwest Texas. From 1868 to 1871 Mr. Oldham carried on an extensive business at Jacksboro, and was part of that time Postmaster at Fort Richardson. In every relation of life, as a son, husband, business man, or friend, he was the same kind, honest, upright and straightforward man, and though his latter years were somewhat clouded by misfortune and ill health, one thing he never lost, his integrity as a man. His wife has been dead for a couple of years, and he leaves five children, three boys and two girls, but it is safe to say that the many friends he has left behind him will see to their future welfare. This is a small tribute to his memory. From one who knew and loved him well.