Lovin Madison Lanier

Male16 March 1842–13 June 1915

Brief Life History of Lovin Madison

When Lovin Madison Lanier was born on 16 March 1842, in Screven, Georgia, United States, his father, Burrell Lanier, was 31 and his mother, Tabitha Rebecca Aarons, was 36. He married Sarah Frances "Sallie" McElveen on 11 October 1865, in Chatham, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Georgia, United States in 1870 and District 19, Bryan, Georgia, United States for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1860. He died on 13 June 1915, in Bulloch, Georgia, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Bulloch, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lovin Madison Lanier
1842–1915
Sarah Frances "Sallie" McElveen
1844–1923
Marriage: 11 October 1865
Marietta Eugenia Lanier
1866–1896
Lytha Jane Lanier
1869–1951
Esther C Lanier
1871–1941
Flavius Joseph Lanier
1873–1948
William Arthur Lanier
1876–1966
James Lanier
1879–
Susan Gertrude Lanier
1882–1934

Sources (10)

  • Lovina Lanier, "United States Census, 1880"
  • L M Lanier in entry for Esther C Lanier, "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942"
  • Lovell M Lanier, "United States Census, 1870"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    11 October 1865Chatham, Georgia, United States
  • Children (7)

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    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1846

    Age 4

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1861

    Age 19

    Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.

    1863

    Age 21

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

    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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