Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - David C. Lane
DAVID C. LANE
David C. Lane, a farmer near Plain City, was
born in Union Township, this county, May 12, 1820. He is a son of
Luther and Lodica (Green) Lane, natives of Vermont. They came to Union
Township in 1818. Mr. Lane died June 2, 1829. Mrs. L. died some four
years after their settlement in the county. David was left an orphan
when a boy, and without any assistance. He spent three years with James
Miller of Union Township, and two years with James Pratt. He continued
in the employment of the farmers till 1847, when he married and settled
in Canaan Township, Madison County, where he resided till 1856, when he
sought out his present location. His marriage with Elizabeth Cox was
blest with five children; of these four are living: Luther S., born
February 14, 1848, married Mary J. Mooney; George, born May 15, 1852,
married Ella Edwards: Chloe, born July 19, 1855; Mary, born March 24,
1858, and Price born October 18, 1862. Electa, born April 18, 1850,
married Ross Mooney, and died April 13, 1876, leaving two
children-Walter and Ida E.; the latter is deceased. Mrs. Lane was born
in Ontario, January 11, 1828. Her parents, Spencer and Elizabeth Cox,
were natives of Ontario, and came to near Cleveland, Ohio, in 1834, and
in 1838 to Columbus, thence to Madison County the following year, where
they resided till 1850, and went to Illinois, where they both died. Mr.
Lane owns a farm of sixty-seven acres. In politics, he is of Republican
sentiment.