Samuel Lane Fore

Brief Life History of Samuel Lane

When Samuel Lane Fore was born on 13 December 1856, in Cuero, DeWitt, Texas, United States, his father, Daniel Wofford Fore, was 27 and his mother, Sarah Jane Duran, was 21. He married Letitia Chenault in 1889. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Floresville, Wilson, Texas, United States for about 20 years and Justice Precinct 1, Wilson, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 9 June 1946, in Wilson, Texas, United States, at the age of 89.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Lane Fore
1856–1946
Letitia Chenault
1857–1918
Marriage: 1889
Blake Davidson Fore
1890–1963
Sam Lane Fore Jr.
1891–1966

Sources (14)

  • Sawyer Fore in household of Sam Fore, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Sam Lane Fore, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
  • S L Fore in entry for Mrs Letitia Chenault Fore, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

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World Events (8)

1858

Historical Boundaries: 1858: Bexar, Texas, United States 1867: Wilson, Texas, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway

Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Fahr or of its cognate Fohr (compare Fohrman ).

English: variant of Forrow, a topographic name from Middle English furgh, forgh, furow, forow ‘furrow; ploughed land; trench’ (Old English furh ‘furrow, narrow trench’).

Americanized form of French Faure ‘blacksmith’.

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

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