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JAMES LANE FROM:
The History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin, and Williamson
Counties, Illinois (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1887).
P. 715-716.
James Lane, of McLeansboro, Ill., was born Tenn., June 28, 1814, the
son of James an both natives of Craven County, N. C. The father came to
Illinois in the fall of 1818, located with his family three miles east of
McLeansboro, and followed farming the remainder of his life. He was an
early member of the county court, and a Jackson Democrat.. He died, while
on a visit in Peoria County, in the spring of 1846 Six sons and four
daughters were reared to maturity, but two of whom are now living: our
subject and Lemuel B., of Marysville, Mo. Our subject was reared to
manhood in the county, securing a good education in the common branches in
school, and much more by desultory reading and study. He studied law under
John McElvain, but was not licensed to practice until 1863. He was a
captain and lieutenant colonel in the militia, and was elected justice in
1852, an office which he hap, held almost continuously ever since. In 1847
he was elected coroner serving two years. In 1857 he was elected county
judge, serving one term of four years, and again re-elected in 1865 and
1869. In 1865 he was appointed United States commissioner by Judge Treat,
and still acts in this capacity. He has also practiced law considerably
since the way. March 2, 1837, he married Frances Crissell, a native of
Hamilton County, who died in March, 1861. The following children are
living - Minerva J. (wife of Henry Green), Andrew J. Elsie F. (wife of
Thomas Garrison), Eliza E. (wife of D. W Holland, all of this county, and
John W., of Wayne County, Ill. In March, 1863, he married Rity M. Jordan,
of Jefferson County, Ill. Their five children are Lucy A. (wife of E. A.
Burton), Harriett M., Ida (wife of Thomas J. Holley), Anna and
James. The Judge is a Democrat, first -voting for Van Buren. He
is a deacon in the Baptist Church and has been since 1852. He is a Mason
and encampment member. of the 1. 0. 0. F. |
