Sep. 22, 1881 - Feb. 17, 1964
participate in Boer Wars as a newspaper correspondent for the Picayune in New Orleans. He is said to have met and played cards with Winston Churchill who was a newspaper correspondent for a London publication during that conflict.
Leon Tremont Lanier was born Sep. 22, 1881 in Tangipahoa Parish, LA and died Feb. 17, 1964 in Amite, Tangipahoa Parish, LA.
Leon Tremont Lanier, son of Daniel Walker and Catherine "Kate" (Baum) Lanier, and grandson of Hillery Jones and Permelia Elizabeth (Robertson) Lanier.
Leon Tremont Lanier, married Teresita Marie Reine, daughter of (?), Oct. 16, 1903 in Gretna, Jefferson Parish, LA.
Children:
Daniel Walker Lanier b: Sep. 11, 1904 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.
Bert Wells Lanier b: Sep. 7, 1907 in LA.
Lee Roy Lanier b: Aug. 11, 1915 in LA.
Tex Brisbane Lanier b: Jun. 6, 1919 in LA.
Leon Tremont Lanier ran for the office of Lt. Governor for Louisiana but was not elected. He was appointed director of the Port of Baton Rouge by Governor Long, a position he held for a very short time. Leon Tremont Lanier participated in Boer Wars as a newspaper correspondent for the Picayune in New Orleans. He is said to have met and played cards with Winston Churchill who was a newspaper correspondent for a London publication during that conflict.
Sep. 22, 1881 - Feb. 17, 1964
participate in Boer Wars as a newspaper correspondent for the Picayune in New Orleans. He is said to have met and played cards with Winston Churchill who was a newspaper correspondent for a London publication during that conflict.
Leon Tremont Lanier was born Sep. 22, 1881 in Tangipahoa Parish, LA and died Feb. 17, 1964 in Amite, Tangipahoa Parish, LA.
Leon Tremont Lanier, son of Daniel Walker and Catherine "Kate" (Baum) Lanier, and grandson of Hillery Jones and Permelia Elizabeth (Robertson) Lanier.
Leon Tremont Lanier, married Teresita Marie Reine, daughter of (?), Oct. 16, 1903 in Gretna, Jefferson Parish, LA.
Children:
Daniel Walker Lanier b: Sep. 11, 1904 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA.
Bert Wells Lanier b: Sep. 7, 1907 in LA.
Lee Roy Lanier b: Aug. 11, 1915 in LA.
Tex Brisbane Lanier b: Jun. 6, 1919 in LA.
Leon Tremont Lanier ran for the office of Lt. Governor for Louisiana but was not elected. He was appointed director of the Port of Baton Rouge by Governor Long, a position he held for a very short time. Leon Tremont Lanier participated in Boer Wars as a newspaper correspondent for the Picayune in New Orleans. He is said to have met and played cards with Winston Churchill who was a newspaper correspondent for a London publication during that conflict.
Family Members
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Daniel Walker Lanier
1904–1905
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Jack Farrell "Prof" Lanier
1906–1996
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Bert Wells Lanier
1907–1977
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Norma Rosine Lanier Gray Davis
1911–2000
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Vera Anna Catherine Marie Lanier Griffin
1913–1994
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Lee Roy Lanier
1915–1988
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Les Darcy Lanier
1917–2010
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Tex Brisbane Lanier
1919–1993
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Leo Hilliery Lanier
1921–2006
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Rose Marie "Jerry" Lanier
1927–2014
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