He Served in the Mexican War.
Shares stone with his daughter, Mary E.
Col. R. H. Lane was the son of parents who emigrated from Ireland in 1810 and settled in Medina, N.Y. Col. Lane was born there on March 15, 1815. He was left an orphan at the age of twelve. When eighteen years old he went to Indiana, where he remained some years. In 1832 he moved to Madison County, Mo., where he taught school and studied law. In 1840 he married Miss Rebecca McFarland and then removed to Fredericktown, where he engaged in the practice of law until 1846. In that year he raised a company to take part in the war against Mexico. He reported to superiors at the capital of the State and was elected colonel of Third Missouri Regiment of Volunteer Cavalry, and served in the war for two years under Gen. Price.
In 1849 he moved to Bonham. In 1851 he was elected to represent the county in the State legislature and served four years. He was appointed in 1855 as commissioner to assist in locating the boundary between Mexico and Texas. That task completed, he returned home and practiced law until 1866, when he was elected to represent Hunt and Fannin Counties in the State Senate. While serving in this capacity he and John Hancock and other were appointed to present to President Johnson and the U.S. Congress the Constitution of Texas for approval. While in Washington on that mission he was appointed internal revenue agent for Second District of Texas, comprising thirty-two counties. He held that position until 1869, when Grant appointed a Republican as his successor. Col. Lane was a Union man during the Civil War, but he was a Democrat in politics. He died at his home in this city on Dec. 15, 1871.
He had a son on, Jas. N. Lane
Shares stone with his daughter, Mary E.
Col. R. H. Lane was the son of parents who emigrated from Ireland in 1810 and settled in Medina, N.Y. Col. Lane was born there on March 15, 1815. He was left an orphan at the age of twelve. When eighteen years old he went to Indiana, where he remained some years. In 1832 he moved to Madison County, Mo., where he taught school and studied law. In 1840 he married Miss Rebecca McFarland and then removed to Fredericktown, where he engaged in the practice of law until 1846. In that year he raised a company to take part in the war against Mexico. He reported to superiors at the capital of the State and was elected colonel of Third Missouri Regiment of Volunteer Cavalry, and served in the war for two years under Gen. Price.
In 1849 he moved to Bonham. In 1851 he was elected to represent the county in the State legislature and served four years. He was appointed in 1855 as commissioner to assist in locating the boundary between Mexico and Texas. That task completed, he returned home and practiced law until 1866, when he was elected to represent Hunt and Fannin Counties in the State Senate. While serving in this capacity he and John Hancock and other were appointed to present to President Johnson and the U.S. Congress the Constitution of Texas for approval. While in Washington on that mission he was appointed internal revenue agent for Second District of Texas, comprising thirty-two counties. He held that position until 1869, when Grant appointed a Republican as his successor. Col. Lane was a Union man during the Civil War, but he was a Democrat in politics. He died at his home in this city on Dec. 15, 1871.
He had a son on, Jas. N. Lane
He Served in the Mexican War.
Shares stone with his daughter, Mary E.
Col. R. H. Lane was the son of parents who emigrated from Ireland in 1810 and settled in Medina, N.Y. Col. Lane was born there on March 15, 1815. He was left an orphan at the age of twelve. When eighteen years old he went to Indiana, where he remained some years. In 1832 he moved to Madison County, Mo., where he taught school and studied law. In 1840 he married Miss Rebecca McFarland and then removed to Fredericktown, where he engaged in the practice of law until 1846. In that year he raised a company to take part in the war against Mexico. He reported to superiors at the capital of the State and was elected colonel of Third Missouri Regiment of Volunteer Cavalry, and served in the war for two years under Gen. Price.
In 1849 he moved to Bonham. In 1851 he was elected to represent the county in the State legislature and served four years. He was appointed in 1855 as commissioner to assist in locating the boundary between Mexico and Texas. That task completed, he returned home and practiced law until 1866, when he was elected to represent Hunt and Fannin Counties in the State Senate. While serving in this capacity he and John Hancock and other were appointed to present to President Johnson and the U.S. Congress the Constitution of Texas for approval. While in Washington on that mission he was appointed internal revenue agent for Second District of Texas, comprising thirty-two counties. He held that position until 1869, when Grant appointed a Republican as his successor. Col. Lane was a Union man during the Civil War, but he was a Democrat in politics. He died at his home in this city on Dec. 15, 1871.
He had a son on, Jas. N. Lane
Shares stone with his daughter, Mary E.
Col. R. H. Lane was the son of parents who emigrated from Ireland in 1810 and settled in Medina, N.Y. Col. Lane was born there on March 15, 1815. He was left an orphan at the age of twelve. When eighteen years old he went to Indiana, where he remained some years. In 1832 he moved to Madison County, Mo., where he taught school and studied law. In 1840 he married Miss Rebecca McFarland and then removed to Fredericktown, where he engaged in the practice of law until 1846. In that year he raised a company to take part in the war against Mexico. He reported to superiors at the capital of the State and was elected colonel of Third Missouri Regiment of Volunteer Cavalry, and served in the war for two years under Gen. Price.
In 1849 he moved to Bonham. In 1851 he was elected to represent the county in the State legislature and served four years. He was appointed in 1855 as commissioner to assist in locating the boundary between Mexico and Texas. That task completed, he returned home and practiced law until 1866, when he was elected to represent Hunt and Fannin Counties in the State Senate. While serving in this capacity he and John Hancock and other were appointed to present to President Johnson and the U.S. Congress the Constitution of Texas for approval. While in Washington on that mission he was appointed internal revenue agent for Second District of Texas, comprising thirty-two counties. He held that position until 1869, when Grant appointed a Republican as his successor. Col. Lane was a Union man during the Civil War, but he was a Democrat in politics. He died at his home in this city on Dec. 15, 1871.
He had a son on, Jas. N. Lane
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