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| January 4, 1907 Clinton Register AGED FATHER IS AT REST. After a busy Pilgrimage of Over Four Score Years He Goes to His Reward. Wm. B. LANE, one of Creek township's oldest and best respected citizens, passed away at his home in Lane on New Year's day at seven o'clock. His health had been failing for months but it was only in the last few days that his friends and relatives realized that hope was useless. With his death DeWitt county has lost another of the hardy old pioneers who hoed the wilderness, made great sacrifices and endured extreme hardships in the settlement of central Illinois, which has grown to be the garden spot of the earth. William B. Lane was born in Monroe county, Ky., Sept. 16, 1827. The third child of a family of seven children. When he was a baby his parents moved to Hamilton county, Illinois, where they lived until 1835, when they moved to what is now Creek township, but which was then an open unorganized county. His father, Ezekiel LANE, settled on the land where the village of Lane now stands and here the children grew to maturity. July 27, 1851, at the age of 24, Mr. Lane was married to Elizabeth MURPHY, whose death preceded his own [by] thirty years. Of this union were born seven children, six of whom survive: Ezekiel; John R., of Paris Mo.; Lewis C., of Champaign; Tobitha PECK and Maggie GANKER, of Colorado Springs; and Sarah OLSON, of Sangamon; another daughter, Louisa, died years ago. Deceased was married again Oct. 17, 1880, to Hannah B. KRANICH, who with one son, W. O. LANE, survives him. Mr. Lane spent most of his life as a farmer, the latter part being devoted to retail business in the village of Lane. He owned much land during his life in and around Lane and together with his brother Tillman deeded the land and founded the town which bears their name. No one who did not share the acquaintance of this good old man in his life time can appreciate the magnitude of his generosity or the happy spirit which always characterized him. He was a friend in the full name of the word: to his own family, to his neighbors and to every worthy enterprise which came within his notice. It can truly be said of him that he always "plucked up a thistle and planted a flower." He was for more than 50 years identified with the Christian church at Lane, being one of the charter members. He saw the struggle and use of that little body and was active in both. Too much cannot be said for a man whose career has been as his: he has left to his children that priceless heritage, the example of a true Christian character. Funeral services were held from the Christian church in Lane Thursday, January 3, conducted by Rev. Harry Barnett. Interment in the Lisenby cemetery. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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