John Plummer Laney

5 April 1880–14 August 1961 (Age 81)
Franklin, Simpson, Kentucky, United States

The Life of John Plummer

When John Plummer Laney was born on 5 April 1880, in Franklin, Simpson, Kentucky, United States, his father, Charles Culbert Laney, was 29 and his mother, Emma Foster, was 33. He married Lacy Evelyn Dean on 12 April 1911, in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1920 and Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1930. He died on 14 August 1961, in Santa Barbara, California, United States, at the age of 81.

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Family Time Line

John Plummer Laney
1880–1961
Lacy Evelyn Dean
1888–1948
Marriage: 12 April 1911
Alice D Laney
1913–1930
John Plummer Laney
1913–1990
Wilson Campbell Laney
1915–1995
Lory E Laney
1918–

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
12 April 1911
Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States
children

(4)

    Alice D Laney

    Female1913–1930Female

    John Plummer Laney

    Male1913–1990Male

    Wilson Campbell Laney

    Male1915–1995Male

    Lory E Laney

    Female1918–Female

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(3)

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 1

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Age 11

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1902 · So Much Farm Land

Age 22

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

Name Meaning

Irish: probably a reduced and altered form of McElhinney .

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

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • John P Loney, "United States Census, 1930"
  • John P Laney in household of Culbert C Laney, "United States Census, 1880"
  • John P Laney, "United States Census, 1920"

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