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One day the party came in touch with Indians, when one of the company raised his gun and shot a squaw. Whereupon the warriors surrounded the entire party, making war-like demon- strations. The Indians, however, made it known that, if they would deliver the man who shot the squaw, they would not attack the rest. So this one was delivered over to the Indians. They took him and skinned him alive. The rest of the party were compelled to witness this terrible ordeal or suffer like treatment. This excruciating death of their comrade was a terrible memory to the survivors.
When they arrived at the orange groves, Mr. John Lane cut from an orange tree a cane substantial and attractive which
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he sent back to his father, Cyrus Lane. He in turn gave it to Asa Liscum Lane and at present it is in the possession of M. Alice Hayden. In 1855 John Lane came back to Jericho to claim his bride, Jane Chambers. After a visit they returned to California by way of the isthmus and this trip took nearly six months, though much shorter than the former one.
Sarah Saloma Lane, third child of Cyrus and Sophia Lane, b. May 12, 1821, d. in 1893, m. Simeon M. Mead, Mar. 29, 1843, who d. Feb. 21, 1913. Four children were b. to them: (1) Or- rilla L., b. Feb. 12, 1844, m. Frank Liscum. Lived and d. in Kan- sas. They had four children : Delbert, b. Jan. 24, 1867 ; Fred, b. Nov. 27, 1873; Alma, b. Sept. 1, 1876; and Porter, b. May 18, 1881.
(2) Cyrus M., b. Aug. 11, 1847, m. Jane Effie Percival Nov.
13, 1870.
(a) Their first child, Clinton Cyrus, was b. in Jericho Nov.
15, 1871. He m. Lucy Anna Morse Mar. 23, 1904.
(b) Oila May was b. June 9, 1874, she m. Lincoln H. Ros- coe Nov. 7, 1901. They have three children :
Lester M., b. May 4, 1904.
Luany F., b. May 7, 1908.
Howard R., b. Feb. 15, 1911.
(c) William Tilden was b. July 31, 1877. He m. Eva B. Robinson July 28, 1908. She d. Sept. 2, 1912. He m. 2 Aurill M. Mac Gibbon Oct. 17, 1915.
(3) Delbert M. was b. Sept. 20, 1849, and m. Apr. 29, 1875, Josephine M. Tupper. Five children were b. to them: Flora. Pearl, b. Aug. 2, 1876; Sadie J., b. Aug. 5, 1878; Harold D., b. Nov. 1, 1881; Elthene D., b. Dec. 30, 1883; and Madge F., b. Feb. 18, 1888.
(4) Edna M., was b. Mar. 11, 1855, and m. May 9, 1880, William Burnett, who d. Feb. 4, 1899. Eight children were b. to them : (1) Fred W., b. Apr. 3, 1881, and d. July 5, 1908. He m. Luella Ammerman and they have one child, Edna. (2) Sarah Ina was b. May 17, 1883, and m. George Prior Oct. 29, 1902. They have four children : Marjory, b. Nov. 28, 1903; Delbert, b. Oct. 13, 1907 ; Stanley, b. Dec. 31, 1909; and Russell, b. Dec. 4, 1911. (3) Burton Simeon was b. Feb. 27, 1885, and m. Sept.
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15, 1915, Isabelle Roberts. (4) Orrilla Pearl was b. June 19, 1887, and m. Solon B. Rawson, Oct. 26, 1910. They have two children : Solon, b. Nov. 29, 1911, and Burnett, b. July 11, 1913. (5) Jennie Maria was b. Feb. 20, 1889, and m. Henning Hendricks June 24, 1914. (6) Phyllis Mabel was b. Oct. 5, 1890. (7) Del- bert Mead was b. Mar. 27, 1895, and m. Myrtle Mosier Aug. 21, 1915. (8) William Newell, b. July 8, 1898.
Sophia Clara Lane, fourth child of Cyrus and Sophia Lane, was b. Sept. 27, 1823, and d. Nov. 29, 1912. She m. Thomas Russell White Dec. 24, 1846. He d. Apr. 28, 1890. They had four sons all b. in Jericho. (1) Hoyt Danford was b. July 12, 1849 and d. Feb. 3, 1902. He m. Sept. 4, 1870, Florence Levira Ward .. They had four children : Lula Florence, b. Aug. 3, 1872; Buel Hoyt, b. Oct. 25, 1875; Myrtie Sophia, b. Dec. 2, 1879, and d. Oct. 24, 1881; Guy Carl, b. Dec. 22, 1881; and Rena Almira, b. Oct. 9, 1883.
(2) Buel Dwight was b. Oct. 25, 1851, and d. Mar. 14, 1875.
(3) George Henry was b. June 24, 1853, and m. Elizabeth Fitzsimonds Dec. 13, 1885. Their children were all b. in Jericho. Bert R. was b. Mar. 1, 1887, and d. Sept. 6, 1887. Mary E. was b. May 8, 1888. Raymond G. was b. Jan. 5, 1890 .. Ivan J. was b. Jan. 20, 1892. Gertrude R. was b. Feb. 17, 1894. Edith A. was b. Oct. 2, 1896, and d. Dec. 3, 1914. Helena A. was b. Aug. 25, 1898, and d. Mar. 18, 1899. Bernard J. was b. June 14, 1900, and Helen D. was b. July 13, 1904.
(4) Bert Edson was b. June 22, 1855.
Orrilla Luzetta Lane, fifth child of Cyrus and Sophia Lane, was b. Feb. 3, 1830, and d. in 1832.
Orvilla Luzetta Lane, sixth child of Cyrus and Sophia Lane, was b. Feb. 3, 1830, and d. Sept. 3, 1886. She m. July 3, 1856, Edmund Martin, who d. Nov. 2, 1913. They had one dau., Agnes May, b. Dec. 18, 1875. She was twice m. 1 to Merton Backum, one son, Winfield Backum. 2 to Dr. George Stevenson.
Orshun Loomis Lane, seventh child of Cyrus and Sophia Lane, was b. Feb. 3, 1835, and d. in California Jan. 28, 1896. He m. Nov. 14, 1867, Ellen Hill. They had six children : Eveline, Lester, Lawrence, Newell, Ellen and Cyrus.
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Cyrus Clinton Lane, eighth child of Cyrus and Sophia Lane, was b. Jan. 22, 1836, and d. in Des Moines Aug. 29, 1894. Ex- cept for one year in the mercantile business he remained a farmer in Jericho until 1869, when he removed to Des Moines, Iowa, where he followed the profession of dairy farming and was for several years identified with the pork packing interests of that city. He was a member of the Des Moines City Council, 1890-91 and Mayor of that city in 1892-93. He m. Eveline Mears of Milton, Nov. 25, 1855. She d. Nov. 7, 1879. Eight children were b. to them as follows :
Emerson, b. July 17, 1858; Helen, b. Sept. 10, 1860; Del- bert, b. May 26, 1864; Jed, b. Mar. 2, 1870; Arthur, b. Nov. 23, 1872; Gertrude, b. Oct. 25, 1874; Edna and Edmund, b. Oct. 25, 1877; Cyrus C. Lane, m. 2 Eva Lucia Rugg Dec. 1, 1887. There are two sons by second marriage : Carl, b. July 9, 1890, and Howard, b. Dec. 18, 1892.
Levi Lane, the ninth child of Jedediah Jane and Phebe Stevens, was b. June 24, 1784, and d. (probably in Ohio) Jan. 15, 1856. He m. Ruth Graves. Physician. Children :
(1) Levi Stephens, b. Mar. 29, 1805.
(2) Truman Chittenden, b. May 15, 1807.
(3) William Riley, b. Mar. 8, 1810.
(4) Desire Catman, b. June 23, 1812.
(5) Isaac Clark, b. Nov. 10, 1814.
(6) Phebe Graves, b. Apr. 13, 1817.
(7) Sally Maria, b. Oct. 8, 1819.
Stevens Lane, the tenth child of Jedediah Lane and Phebe Stevens, was b. at Jericho, Vt., Aug. 6, 1788, the first male white child born in that town. He m. at Jericho, Vt., Dec. 4, 1811, Em- ma Lee, who was b. Dec. 5, 1790, and d. at the home of her son, Lucius Lee Lane, at Winooski Park, Winooski, Vt., July 5, 1873, being buried at Jericho Center, Vt., a dau. of Reuben Lee, b. Nov. 26, 1762, d. at Jericho, Vt., Mar. 7, 1841, and Phebe Messenger, b. Nov. 21, 1765, d. at Jericho, Vt., May 11, 1837. Reuben Lee was a son of John Lee who came from Saybrook, Conn., with his brother, Azariah, and d. in 1789 at the age of 50, and Lucy Graves, who d. at the age of 91, John Lee being the first one buried in the old cemetery at Jericho Center. Phebe Messenger was a dau. of Roderick Messenger, who came to Jericho from
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Claverack, N. Y., in 1774. Stevens Lane d. at Jericho, Vt., Oct. 18, 1870. Children, all b. in Jericho, Vt .:
(1) Valencia, b. Mar. 21, 1813, m. in Jericho Mar. 23, 1837, Isaac Lewis Benham, who was b. in Jericho Jan. 12, 1813, and d. at Morley, Mo., Jan. 27, 1874, a son of John Benham and Sally Hoskins. Valencia Lane Benham d. at Morley, Mo., Nov. 14, 1871. Descendants are mostly in Mo.
(2) Minerva, b. Jan. 27, 1815, d. at Harvard, Ill., Aug. 10, 1879, m. by E. K. Kellogg, Oct. 29, 1837, to Henry Carlos Black- man, who was b. in Huntington, Conn., July 27, 1811, and d. at Harvard, Ill., Apr. 9, 1868, a son of Lemuel Blackman and Re- becca Welles. Descendants are mostly in Ill.
(3) Melissa, b. Sept. 15, 1816, m. in Jericho Mar. 23, 1837, Henry Dearborn Woodworth, who was b. Aug. 21, 1810, in Rut- land, Vt., and d. Jan. 12, 1881, in Kansas City, Mo. Melissa Lane Woodworth d. at Independence, Mo., Sept. 3, 1844. The de- scendants are nearly all residents of Col.
(4) Lucius Lee, b. Oct. 1, 1818, d. at Winooski, Vt., Dec. 6, 1886, m. May 20, 1850, by Rev. Zenas Bliss, in Jericho, to Betsey Jane Bishop, who was b. in Hinesburg June 3, 1828, dau. of Rufus Bishop b. in Hinesburg Aug. 4, 1799, and Hannah Leet, b. in Claremont, N. H., in 1791. Descended from the first gov- ernor of Connecticut.
(5) Edgar Hickok, b. July 1, 1820, d. at Burlington, Vt., Jan. 1, 1896, of whom there is a full account later.
(6) Olive Lyman, b. Sept. 25, 1826, m. Sept. 23, 1852, at Jericho, Albert Glines, who was b. in St. Andrews, P. Q., Nov. 30, 1823, son of Daniel Smith Glines and Rebecca Lane Griffin. (See Lydia Lane Record). Descendants are mostly in western states.
(7). Juliana, b. July 8, 1829, m. Jan. 1, 1857, Henry Clay Leavenworth, who was b. in Charlotte, Vt., July 28, 1827, son of Burke Leavenworth, b. in Oxford, Conn., Jan. 29, 1801, and Charlotte Sherman, b. in Charlotte, Vt., Nov. 21, 1806. Descend- ants mostly in the West.
(8) Infant son.
NOTE-Space seems to forbid any further allusion to the families of Valencia, Minerva, Melissa, Olive and Juliana, which fact we regret.
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EXTRACTS FROM A LETTER WRITTEN TO GEORGE B. LANE BY JULIANA
(LANE) LEAVENWORTH, NOV. 12, 1905.
NOV. 12, 1905.
The home of Stevens Lane and Emma Lee, the first ten years of their married life, was with his father, Jedediah Lane, at what is now known as Jericho Corners. There the five older children were born. The family returned to the home of her father, Deacon Reuben Lee, and what at the time was expected to be a temporary home proved to be a life-long one.
Stevens Lane was a man of more than average natural abil- ities. With a keen, bright intellect, energetic and ambitious, with good executive ability, under favorable circumstances he would have made his mark in the world. But to till the soil of a small, rough, stony, New England farm at the foot of the Green Moun- tains was all that fell to his hand of the world's work. Into this humble work he put the best was in him. Orderly and system- atic, also a rapid worker, whatever he put his hand to was well done and in due season. Cheap and poor as were the buildings, they and the grounds around them were kept neat and tidy even if it took night work. No loose boards, tumbledown fences or unsightly rubbish were allowed on the premises. His rows of corn, potatoes, etc., were all true to the line ; he never trusted any- one else to do the marking, and his vegetable garden was laid out in beds like unto geometrical problems on a blackboard. The stock on the place, few in number, were of the best and well cared for. He was a good horseman and was never without a sleek, well-trained, driving horse. In those days when oxen were con- sidered a necessary adjunct to the farm, he who was fortunate enough to get a pair broken to work by "Uncle Stevens Lane" considered himself lucky.
He never held any but minor town offices, but was considered good authority on all practical matters relating to the building or repairing of highways and bridges and was often consulted by those in charge of such work. He was keenly interested in town business and kept himself well posted in regard to it ; though sel- dom taking an active part in its transaction, he had decided opinions as to how it should be done. He was for some years
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before his death a pensioner of the United States Government, having been a volunteer soldier in the War of 1812. His only experience of war was at the Battle of Plattsburgh.
As a man he was impulsive in temperament, genial and warm-hearted, but quick to think and act and not always wisely. He had an inexhaustible fund of humor. No one could see more quickly than he the ludicrous or funny side of a thing. When in the mood for it, he was witty and amusing and ready with quaint sayings and sharp retort. I have been told by those of his own generation that his gay, fun-loving temperament as a young man sometimes led him into excesses, but my earliest memories of him are of a circumspect, sedate man of middle age with dark hair and piercing black eyes with sometimes a twinkle in them. Always busy, early and late, but never too tired to interest himself in our games or to amuse us with stories, puzzles, or, as we grew older, mathematical problems in mental arithmetic of which he seemed to have an inexhaustible supply stored up in his head. With limited education, but of an inquiring mind, he gathered up by the way, much useful information upon many subjects that served his purpose in the absence of book-lore.
In face and feature none of his descendants so much re- semble him as Burke Leavenworth. He has the same bright, twinkling black eyes, also his enjoyment of the humorous side of life, but not his impulsiveness.
He had a feeling in his last days that his life had been a failure and with some reason. A life-long farmer, he never, to my knowledge, owned an acre of land-a born leader, he was, in a way, a subordinate to our grandfather on the Lee farm. He was devoted to his children and to their interests. He had the satisfaction of living to see them all well settled in life, intelli- gent, useful, respected members of society. He no doubt had a pride in his sons, Lucius and Edgar, who, inheriting his bright, active mind, his executive ability and thoroughness of detail, be- came useful, honored citizens, active in every good word and work and leaders in the civil and social life of their place of resi- dence. Though similar in business abilities they were very un- like in temperament and methods of work. Edgar, with his fath- er's impulsiveness, his love of excitement and activity, would rush
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on where Lucius, your father, more cool and calm, would pause and consider as to what the result might be.
Grandfather Lee, near the end of his days, wishing to se- cure to his daughter and son-in-law, who had been his helpers so many years, a home and sure support, offered them a deed of the old farm, but they, wishing to keep one son at home, chose rather to have it deeded to your father, he in return binding him- self to care for them so long as they lived. That he faithfully and conscientiously fulfilled his trust we all know. My only mem- ory of Grandfather Lee is of a little, feeble, old man, pottering about the place, doing light chores or sitting in his old arm chair with spectacles on nose, reading his big, leatherbound Bible in which I was sometimes allowed to see the pictures. In earlier years he doubtless assisted father in the work and care of the farm. They must have wrung from the strong hillsides all the virtue there was in the soil to comfortably provide for the neces- sary needs of so large a family, twelve in number, made up of representatives of three generations. Economy and industry were the rule of the house; each member was expected to assist according to strength and ability. It was a busy place ; there was always spinning and weaving, butter and cheese making going on, beside the usual routine of kitchen work necessary in all families. We (the Lane children) as we grew up were early taken from the "district" school and sent to the "Academy," then called one of the best of its kind in the State, until we were supposed to have absorbed enough book learning to enable us to "shirk" for our- selves the rest of our natural lives. Most of the family in youth tried teaching with success. There were no "drones" in the family. Honest work of any kind, either of head or hand, they did not despise if only it was a help to get on and up in the world.
The Lee homestead was an old-fashioned, brown house near the highway with a big chimney in the center reaching from cel- lar to roof, with a fireplace in each room and the inevitable brick oven beside the immense one in the kitchen in which all the fam- ily baking was done. When the "Lane family" became a set- tled factor of the place, a small five-room house was built a little to one side and in the rear of the first, as a quiet refuge for the "old folks" and to furnish lodging for the overflow from the old house, for, beside the large number of home folks, there was much
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coming and going of relatives and friends to both Lees and Lanes. But all meals were served in the old house. Years later when marriage and death had reduced the number by half, the old house was torn down and the small house enlarged and repaired to fit the requirements of the few remaining. It is standing yet, I think, the red house under the hill that you doubtless remember. Under the circumstances there could be no question of accumula- tion and, financially, your grandfather Lane might be considered a failure. Living to see three generations of descendants, per- haps he left to the world something more valuable and enduring than riches-live men and women.
I have written no word of the cheerful, patient, untiring lit- tle woman, your grandmother, the center and hub of this numer- ous household, who, more than any one member, contributed to the comfort and happiness of all. That one frail woman could bear the burdens she bore so many years and live to four-score years of age with faculties of mind undimmed is one of the mysteries of life.
Lucius Lee Lane, fourth child of Stevens Lane, was b. at Jericho, Vt., Oct. 1, 1818, and d. at Winooski, Vt., Dec. 6, 1886. He was m. May 20, 1850, at Jericho, Vt., by Rev. Zenas Bliss, to Betsey Jane Bishop, who was b. at Hinesburg, Vt., June 3, 1828, dau. of Rufus Bishop, b. in Hinesburg, Vt., Aug. 4, 1799, d. in Jericho, Vt., Aug. 15, 1872, and Hannah Leet, b. in Claremont, N. H., in 1791, d. in Jericho, Vt., Sept. 10, 1872.
Lucius Lee Lane was a farmer in Jericho, Vt., until 1870, when he moved to Winooski Park, near Burlington, Vt. In Aug., 1862, the selectmen of Jericho became enlisting officers for the Army of the Rebellion. These selectmen were U. S. Whit- comb, Lucius L. Lane and his brother-in-law Leet A. Bishop. He represented the town in the State Legislature in 1864 and 1865.
In a letter dated Sept. 14, 1902, Mr. William Trumbull Lee of Harbor Beach, Mich., writes to George B. Lane :- "In the work you are preparing two names in the Lane family claim more than a passing notice-that they were born-lived-died-I re- fer to your father (Lucius Lee Lane) and your Uncle Edgar- they were very unlike except in business ability: in this whether in public or private affairs both excelled. Though several years younger than my father, I suppose he respected their personal
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friendship and their ability more than that of any other person in the town. From very early childhood your father was my ideal, and with a somewhat intimate personal acquaintance with him so long as he remained in Jericho, I cannot name a fault in his daily life, his character or his business relations. The town trusted and honored him because its business was safe in his hands and he was honest and unselfish to a fault. I do not know that he cared for office, but when it was given to him, as it often was, no man could fill the place more faithfully or honestly.
"Edgar was different in many ways. As a leader in town affairs he excelled and he delighted to be a leader because he could lead well.
"Both were valuable men in the town during all the years of their active business life, and far above the average."
In a later letter, Oct. 19, 1902, Mr. Lee · writes :- "Your father in his business ability, his usefulness in church and in town affairs, his modesty and lack of all attempts at show, his sweet, gentle disposition-with other traits equally pleasing, com- bined to make him perhaps, the most faultless, the best pattern of a beautiful man that I have ever known. I did not know it then, but as I look back to his life and character and compare it with the world as I have seen it since, I am sure he was all I have described him to be. If I have ever read of any other man whose life embodied so much that was beautiful, it was Oliver Wendell Holmes. You will pardon all this when writing to his son. I have used only the same language I would have used in describing him to any other friend of his or mine-in this case I write as to the historian of the family to whom I would pic- ture him as I knew him."
Of Edgar H. Lane, Mr. Lee in this last letter writes :- "His more than common abilities made him many friends who ap- preciated his worth-and a few enemies who were envious of the place he filled in society and in the town."
The only child of Lucius Lee Lane was :
George Bishop Lane, b. in Jericho, Vt., Nov. 18, 1862, m. Oct. 30, 1889, by Rev. F. E. Dewhurst to Nellie Simonds, who was b. in Jericho, Jan. 14, 1863, an adopted dau. of Prof. Volney Giles Barbour of the University of Vermont. George Bishop Lane graduated at the Burlington High School in 1879, at the
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University of Vermont with degree of Ph. B. in 1883, was a mem- ber of the Sigma Phi Fraternity ; clerk Burlington Savings Bank, 1883-4; clerk Merchants National Bank, 1884-1892; cashier Nicollet National Bank, Minneapolis, Minn., 1893-96; banker and broker at Minneapolis, Minn., 1896 to date. He is a writer of ability.
George B. and Nellie S. Lane have no children of their own but an adopted son, Lewis Wheeler Barbour, who was b. in Burlington, Vt., Mar. 21, 1895, and is now a student at the Uni- versity of Vermont in the class of 1918.
Edgar Hickok Lane, fifth child of Stevens Lane and Emma Lee, was b. at Jericho July 1, 1820. He was three times m. First to Mary Jane Blackman Feb. 17, 1848. She d. Apr. 26, 1853. His second marriage occurred June 1, 1854, to Phoebe Ann Black- man, a sister of Mary Jane. To them was b. one son, Edgar Francis, in Jericho Apr. 17, 1858. Phoebe Ann d. Apr. 24, 1858. Edgar H. Lane m. 3 at Jericho Center Sept. 15, 1859, Ellen Minerva Pierce, who was b. at Jericho Mar. 18, 1842. She was the dau. of Charles Farnsworth Pierce. There were three children by this marriage:
(1) Emma Luella, b. Aug. 13, 1860.
(2) Edward Stevens, b. Oct. 1, 1866.
(3) Mary Minerva, b. Aug. 3, 1873.
Edgar Hickok Lane, because of his ability was very promi- nent in town matters. Served as Town Clerk over 20 years, was Town Treasurer and held many other positions of trust in town. He represented the town in the Legislature of 1862-3, was State Senator from Chittenden County 1866-7 and Assistant Judge 1878-80. He moved to Burlington in 1882 and d. in that city Jan. 1, 1896.
Edgar Francis, son of Edgar H. Lane and Phoebe Black- man, was educated at Randolph State Normal School, was a mer- chant at Jericho Center and at Burlington. He was Town Clerk of Jericho 1881, 1882 and 1883. He d. in Burlington May 26, 1914.
· Emma Luella, dau. of Edgar Lane and Ellen Pierce was b. in Jericho, educated in Burlington High School and the Uni- versity of Vermont. Studied music in Burlington and New York. Afterwards taught music in Burlington.
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March 25, 1886, she was m. to Prof. Josiah William Votey, a graduate of the University in the class of 1884. Prof. Votey is also Dean of the Engineering Department of the University of Vermont, was from 1892-8 member and Secretary of the Ver- mont State Highway Commission, and was member of the Board of Street Commissioners Burlington, Vt., 1902. Four children were b. to Prof. and Mrs. Votey :
(1) Florence, b. Dec. 30, 1886.
(2) Ruth, b. Dec. 3, 1888.
(3) Dorothy, b. June 26, 1892.
(4) Constance, b. Dec. 7, 1893, all b. in Burlington, Vt. and all were educated at Burlington High School and the University of Vermont.
Florence was m. Dec. 20, 1910, to Earle L. Waterman, an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at State College, Penn.
Ruth was m. Sept. 3, 1914, to David D. Sternburgh, Manager American Die and Tool Co., Reading, Pa. They have one son, Donald D., b. in Reading June 22, 1915.
Edward Stevens Lane, son of Edgar Lane and Ellen Pierce, was educated at Burlington High School and Saxtons River Academy and Burlington Medical College. He is a practicing physician in North Ferrisburg, Vt., where he m. Ola Mallory Sept. 11, 1894. Their children are : Mabel Ellen, b. June 9, 1895; Edward Harold, b. Sept. 24, 1896 and Grace Marion, b. Oct. 4, 1898.
Dr. Lane's wife d. in N. Ferrisburg Apr. 29, 1914. Mabel was educated at Burlington High School, m. Feb. 17, 1915, to Ralph Boky, and lives at Grand Isle, Vt. Edward Harold, edu- cated at Burlington High School, is in a business position at N. Ferrisburg, Vt. Grace is a student at Troy Conference Academy, Poultney.
Mary Minerva, the youngest child of Edgar Lane and Ellen Pierce, m. Dr. Frank Cooley Phelps of Vergennes, Vt., May 29, 1894. They have two children :
Marjorie, b. Dec. 7, 1895.
Helen, b. Feb. 25, 1898, both are graduates of the Vergennes High School. Marjorie is in Middlebury College and Helen is doing kindergarten work in the public schools of Burlington. In
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