JAMES E. LANE, son of James and Tabitha (Crews) Lane, was born in Massillon Township, Wayne County, Ill., November 14, 1854, and was married March 26, 1874, to Miss Mary W., daughter of Zadoc C. and Nancy E. Roberts.
James, Sr. was the son of Leven Lane, and the uncle of Gov. Henry C. Warmonth of Louisiana. (For Robert's family see sketches of Jasper Township)
Subject has had good educational advantages and possesses good business qualifications. He is by profession a farmer, owning 200 acres of very fertile land on the Little Wabash bluffs and bottom, 120 of which are in fine state of cultivation. His pleasant home is situated on the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of Section 31, in Massillon Township, a place evidently noted in aboriginal times. Here, in the remote past, the buffalo had his famous trail, traces of which are still discernible, as it starts on the river bluff, bearing off in a northwesterly direction, along which many bones lay bleaching at the time the dominant race took possession of the country. Here, also, are evidences of an Indian village, wehre interesting relics in considerable abundance yet remain. In addition to the other natural advantages of this choice farm, eighteen gurgling springs offer up their opulence and wealth of water with unfailing certainty in the driest season of the driest year. This place is so situated adjacent to the river bottoms that unlimited pasturage for stock can be had for years to come. Subject is a successful farmer, taking life easy, and cerainly has a bright future before him.
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