Brief Life History of Joseph Benjamin
When Joseph Benjamin Lanier was born on 17 June 1847, in Shellman, Randolph, Georgia, United States, his father, Thadeus Peter Lanier, was 22 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Hudnall, was 22. He married Martha E. Lanier on 10 November 1874, in Jasper, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Justice Precinct 2, Jasper, Texas, United States for about 20 years. He died on 22 December 1928, in Jasper, Texas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Jasper, Texas, United States.
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- Joseph B Lanier, "United States Census, 1900"
- Lanier Book by Louise Ingersoll Lanier, birth date of John Lanier 1680, no death date listed
- J B Lanier, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
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World Events (8)
1850 · Compromise of 1850
The United States Congress passed a package of five separate bills in an attempt to decrease tensions between the slave states and free states. The compromise itself was received gratefully, but both sides disapproved of certain components contained in the laws. Texas was impacted in several ways; mainly, the state surrendered its claim to New Mexico (and other claims north of 36°30′) but retained the Texas Panhandle. The federal government also took over the public debt for Texas.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
French: occupational name for someone involved in the wool trade, from Old French lanier, deriving from la(i)ne ‘wool’. This surname is also found in England, but is very rare. Compare Lenear .
Altered form of French Lasnier ‘the donkey driver, the donkey keeper’.
History: This surname is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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