Clark D Lane

Brief Life History of Clark D

When Clark D Lane was born in 1814, in United States, his father, Cyrus Lane, was 29 and his mother, Mary "Polly" Slocum, was 28. He married Harriet Johnson on 27 December 1835. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States for about 10 years. He died on 21 June 1869, in Vermont, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Shaftsbury Center, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States.

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Clark D Lane
1814–1869
Harriet Johnson
1815–1894
Marriage: 27 December 1835
George Lane
1842–1906

Sources (14)

  • Clark Lane, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Clark D Lane, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Clark Lorn in entry for George Lorn and Sarah Fox, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"

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World Events (7)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived in a lane, from Middle English, Old English lane, originally a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear or javelin’.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’, formerly Anglicized as O'Loan. See also Lamb .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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