William
LANE was born in Oxfordshire,
England, May 15, 1822 and came to Canada in 1838. He was immediately drafted
into the British army in which he served nine months. At the expiration of his
time he came to Dayton, Ohio where he remained
only a short time. He moved to Shelby Co., Ohio.
In the year 1843 he married Eliza Jane JACKSON.
I have been told he was a character. He had been raised in the Church of England
and could not accept any other church. Grandmother was a Methodist. He would go
with her to church but never took it all serious. An old man told me once when I
was grown about the time he got religion as it was commonly expressed. He had
gone with grandmother to an Evangelistic service, carrying Uncle
Jake (Jacob LANE) two miles. He had a very sore toe. One old lady, quite
heavy, was shouting and in her excitement she landed on his toe. His exclamation
- J. C. - brought a crowd around him. Billy LANE
had religion. He got out and left his wife to carry the baby home. He never went
back. One brother, Richard, and a sister, Mary
(LANE) DIN, had also come to Dayton, Ohio.
On duty in a railroad yard one night, in attempting to throw a switch he was run
over and lost both arms. The railroad company was good to him and as his sons
were ready they gave them positions. He had several sons and one daughter, Jennie.
She visited my mother and I remember her only at that time. Uncle
Richard (or Dickie) came about once a year. As a child I could not
understand why sometimes he had arms and again none. He had artificial arms and
wore gloves on his hands. A great mystery to a child but I loved him a lot. Mary
DIN, the sister had one daughter - Frances.
She married Charley KLYNE. He was over-seer for
many years of the Dayton Cemetery. After my mother’s death, when I was young,
we never kept in touch with the family.
Eliza
Jane JACKSON - grandmother LANE
- wife of William LANE and daughter of Jacob
and Margaret (or Catherine)(REDINBAUGH) JACKSON was born at Germantown,
Ohio. Later moved to Miami Co., Ohio and
lived on what is known as the Frist Farm. Still
later they moved to Shelby Co. and lived on the
old Kiplinger Farm. On Oct. 3, 1843 she married William
LANE. She must have still remained on the farm for it was here my mother
and at least part of her family her family was born. Before grandfather's death
they lived in a log house, two stories high, on Pemberton Pike at or near the
sight of the Miller House just east of Pasco Church.
Grandfather
was a farmer and always followed it as his vocation. His horse stumbled and
threw him. An injury to his cheek developed into a cancer and he was sick of two
or three years. He died sometime in 1869 or 1870. After his death the only means
of support was knitting socks. All the children were self-supporting but Joshua
(LANE). He was bound out to Solomon
REDINBAUGH (also spelled REDINBO).
Eliza
Jane JACKSON was married (to
William LANE) by the Rev. Thomas VAUGHN.
Five children were born to them.
Hannah Catherine LANE
b. Jul. 15 1844
Mary Caroline LANE
b. Feb. 23 1847 (mother)
Jacob LANE
b. May 01 1850
Sarah Elizabeth LANE
b. Oct. 27 1852
Joshua Barnett LANE b.
Nov. 03 1856
Hannah
Catherine LANE
- Aunt Kate - oldest daughter of William and Eliza
Jane (JACKSON) LANE was married to John H. KEY, Dec. 9, 1866. They
settled on the farm in Pemberton Pike where they lived until her death Oct. 21,
1901. She was always very frail, never weighed over one hundred pounds. She was
very active, a splendid housekeeper and a good friend to everyone. Her mother
lived with her or years and died at her home a victim of cancer. Very shortly
after her mother's death she was stricken with same disease and lived for
several years, a constant sufferer, but never complained. For two or three years
I lived with her and cared for her. Left her when I was married. She had no
children but adopted the orphan child of a soldier, one Margaret
HEFFNER, who became the wife of David KEY,
a half-brother to John H. KEY.
Sarah
Elizabeth LANE
daughter of William and Eliza Jane (JACKSON) LANE was
married to Raper HOLMES, July 20, 1873. For
many years they lived in Shelby Co. Her
family all but Frank was born in Shelby
Co. When still quite young she developed arthritis and gradually grew
worse for years. For fifteen years
she sat almost helpless in a wheelchair. Her sunny disposition and kindly
feelings for every one was a source of great inspiration to any one she came in
contact with. It was my privilege to spend my annual vacation with her. How I
loved to sit on a stool at her feet while she told me of my mother who left us
so young. She had spent a great deal of time with mother and loved to
recall the childish pranks of my sister India and myself. I loved her very
deeply. She almost seemed to feel part of that terrible disappointment of my
life - no mother. At her death I missed her so much.
She
had five children – Floyd (HOLMES) who married
Maude FURROW. Floyd died Dec. 1894 leaving two
children, Gladys and Robert.
Grace
(Allie Grace HOLMES),
second child, married Warren BARNETT. They had
three daughters, Esther, Mildred, and Pauline. Grace fell dead while feeding chickens.
Pearl
(Fawnee Pearl HOLMES) was
married to Harry KARNHAM. She had five children,
an infant son Glory (or Glordy), deceased. Also,
three sons, Lester, Forest, and Wilson.
1.
John
HOLMES married Della
PACKMAN, they have four daughters, Edith,
Florence, Dorothy, and Maxine. Their son, Basil's
first wife was Edith MUMSFORD, second was Emma
STIVERS. No children. Frank HOLMES, son
of Raper HOLMES and Sarah Elizabeth LANE married
Bessie HARPSTER. They have no children.
Uncle
Raper continued
to farm and care for Aunt until his health failed. They went to live with John.
Uncle was found where he had fallen with heart disease in March. Aunt then lived
with Pearl and succumbed to flu as one of it's first victims.
Jacob
LANE
son of William and Eliza Jane (JACKSON) LANE
died Dec. 2, 1901. He had typhoid fever but had apparently recovered and was
busy getting ready to be married soon to Elizabeth
MARRS. A sudden relapse and he passed away.
Joshua Barnett LANE son of William and Eliza Jane (JACKSON) LANE the youngest at grandfather's death was placed in the hands of a man who drank heavily, acquired his habit and seemed utterly unable to rid himself of it. His education was limited but he was endowed with an unusual sense of humor and was a real character. Many of his droll sayings are yet repeated. Late in life he was married to Sarah LANGLEY. He never asked her to join his family and there was no connection. We do not know whether it was her influence or whether his own will power assisted itself, whatever it was, he
quit drinking and
had been able to buy a home. He was extremely proud of it all. She died less
than a year before he did, Feb. 17, 1917. I have it in my heart to thank her a
lot. She must have wielded a good influence and been helpful to him. Two of her
brothers remained with them and drank heavily. As an heir to his home, I went
over it after his death. We found plenty of evidence of what he must have had to
fight. Later in his office I discussed it with David OLDHAM. He said in all his
experience he had never encountered so much will power.
Joshua
JACKSON
son of Jacob and Margaret (Catherine) (Redenbaugh)
JACKSON was married first to Eliza PERSINGER.
To them was born four children, Belle, John, Dan and
Lon. For his second wife he married Mary Walters
VAUGHN. They had two children, Katherine
and Walter. Belle married Charles
DICKENSHEETS. He left her with two sons, Frank
and Milton. Frank died quite young. Milton married and lives in Lima
where his mother lives with him. John married Della
JOHNSTON. They had a large family. Dan never married and Lon went west.
He visited at Sidney with a granddaughter once.
He is deceased. The two children of second wife - Katherine
married Fletcher ZIMPHER. They had two
children, Irma and a son known as Red. Walter
(Jackson) married Nellie MILLER. Their first son
died at about three. They have one other son.
William
JACKSON
son of Jacob and Margaret (Catherine?) (Redenbaugh)
JACKSON, married Hannah MAXWELL. Out of a
family of five or six only three matured. Margaret and Mary Isabel, twins, and Webb.
Margaret married a brother to Rev. Sharp,
pastor of U. P. church. At the birth of twins who died - also the babies. She
was buried from the old U. P. church and the tragedy was long talked of. She was
very beautiful and a baby in each arm. Mary Isabel was
never quite so happy. She was very devoted to Margaret.
She married Dr. C.E. JOHNSON who for many years
practiced in Sidney. They located in Anna
and reside there now. Both are up in the eighties. Webb
married Sarah FOSTER. One child was born
to them, a daughter Gertrude. She married Clint
JOHNSTON. Webb followed farming as a vocation on the old home farm until
he retired to Anna. He died in Anna.
Ammy
JACKSON
daughter of Jacob and Margaret JACKSON married Isaac
SPEER. They lived on Pemberton Pike near the old Maxwell
Mill. Here he had a wood working shop and made a lot of the furniture for
the homes of that community. As the only son, David,
grew older they decided to change. They moved to Elida,
Ohio where they engaged in building. Here David’s
(SPEER)
first wife died. He married again and had three sons. He had engaged in cement
contracting and moved to Lima. Here he was
successful and died in Lima.
Rebecca
JACKSON
daughter of Jacob and Margaret JACKSON married a
man by the name of ROBINSON (Peter H.). She left
one daughter Rebecca who was adopted by Rhoda,
a sister, and was always called Pat HENDERSON.
Rhoda
JACKSON
daughter of Jacob and Margaret JACKSON married Joseph
HENDERSON. His father owned a farm east of our home place and had a
little general store on this. It was my privilege to attend a reunion of this
family and to describe near seventy of his direct descendants, This store, was
about the middle of the farm and was reached over the old corduroy road. This
part of the country was still in timber and swamp. We bought some groceries and
a piece of delaine for a dress for myself. They had four children, Kate,
John, Ann and Arthur. Kate’s married name was LAZINBY.
She had a very large family. The reunion was held at the home of one of her
grandsons. John was married and had four
children. He was killed when a sawmill boiler blew up, that he was working in. Ann
married Barnett BISHOP. They had a large farm
and he specialized in blooded stock. They had a lovely home. Two children, Jola
and Hugh.
Arthur
(HENDERSON) for
some years was a teacher among the Indians. I corresponded with him while in
this work. It was certainly an interesting experience. He returned to Hamler and
was a teacher in the Hamler schools. Before his marriage his fiancé came with Pat
HENDERSON when she visited me at Sidney.
I can’t recall her name. He died not many years after his marriage.