John Patrick Lane

3rd great-grandfather (1 of 32 in this generation)

(about 1848 – 10 Sep 1913)

We don’t know a lot about John because he was identified as an ancestor based solely on DNA evidence. He hasn’t been a part of the family story and his other descendants, though many of their names have been identified, are still strangers to us.

John was born about 1848 in New York, very probably to Daniel C. Lane (1812-1880) and Lydia “Liddy” Garrison (1815-?). Very little is known of his father’s ancestry, but the family names include Winters, Terry, Hart, and Travis, of Putnam, NY, Botetourt County, VA, and Hardin County, KY.

John’s sister, born 4 years previously, was born in Broome County, NY, so it’s possible that he was also born there. John was the youngest of 5 children.

In 1850, we find 2-year-old John residing with his parents and siblings in Springfield, Bradford, Pennsylvania. His father was a Baptist clergyman. His oldest brother, Samuel, was no longer attending school at the age of 14, but his other siblings, Jane, William (Albert), and Ester, were in school.

Only part of the family has been found in the 1860 U.S. Census. John’s siblings, Samuel and Jane, were residing with their father, then listed as a Methodist Episcopal minister, in Cummings, Lycoming, Pennsylvania. Cummings had a population of 355 in the 2000 U.S. Census and probably had far fewer residents in 1860.

In 1870, John was found residing with his mother, Lydia, and his niece, Clarissa Elliott (Ester/Hester’s daughter), in Pine Creek, Clinton, Pennsylvania. John was working as a farmer, his mother was keeping house, and Clarissa was “at home.” Also found in Pine Creek were John’s brother, William (Albert), and his wife, Ann; and his sister, Ester/Hester residing with her husband and the rest of the Elliott family. John’s father has not been found in the 1870 U.S. Census.

Sometime in the early 1870’s, John made his way up to western Massachusetts where he became acquainted with Ellen Hurley. It’s possible that he was there with his brother, Albert, a physician who many years later made his home in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Ellen became pregnant and gave birth to our John Frederick Gaylord in about 1871.

John later became the husband of Mary Catherine Danley sometime before the birth of their first child in 1874. Their descendants are as follows:

1. Crayton Lane, b.1874 in Pennsylvania, resided in Odell, Harper, Kansas in 1885. Nothing further is known.
2. Lulu Armenta Lane, b. 2 Mar 1877 in Phillipsburg, PA; m. Oscar Leon Horton in Joplin, MO on 8 Oct 1901. Children:
   • Mary, b.1904
   • Johnny, b.1905
   • Lena Fay, b.1907
   • Susan, b.1909
   • Opal, b.1909
   • Oscar, b.1911
   • Darrel, b.1913
   • Orval, b.1918
3. Sarah “Susie” Camilla Lane, b.2 Jul 1879 in Kansas, m. John Thomas Alexander. They adopted at least one child.
4. Mary Edith Lane, b.1880 in Kansas, m1. George Coats; m2. Mr. Huddleston. Had 3 children:
   • Clyde Earl Coats
     • William Coats
     • John Coats
5. Carrie Emaline Lane, b.1882 in Kansas, married three times and had nine children:
   • baby Phillips, died at birth or soon after
   • Frederick Phillips, b.1901 in Missouri
   • Roy Clouse, b.1905
   • George Clouse, b.1908
   • Fernon Clouse, b.1911
   • Beauford Clouse, b.1913
   • June Clouse, b.1917
   • May Clouse, b.1920
   • Dorothy Clouse, b.1921