Mrs. J. A. Lane was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Bell, early settlers in the town of Lamoni. She was born in Davis City, Nov. 11, I879, and passed away Jan. 3 in Decatur county hospital.
When about three years of age she came to Lamoni. As a child, she watched the construction of the Brick church and other buildings of the new colony. She was graduated from the local high school and then went on for a year and a half to the recently established Graceland college where she studied commercial subjects. She worked in the Herald Publishing house and lived with church leaders of that day.
While at Graceland she met J. Arthur Lane who had come down from Harrison county in western Iowa. Theirs was one of the early Graceland romances. They were married in 1902.
Their first home was on the property just east of the present Lane house. Here the two older daughters were born.
For seven years Mr. Lane worked in the Fleet stores. With this mercantile background, he joined in the purchase of a store with D. M.Vredenburg in Pisgah. From 1902 to 1922 the Lanes lived in towns in western Iowa. In Pisgah, the third daughter was born. They returned to Lamoni to provide educational and religious opportunities for their three daughters.
When a girl, Clara Bell was baptized into the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. This took place in a pond just north of the present J. C. Bergman house. While her father was out in the missionary field she worked to increase the family income.
When married "Clara and Art" joined in the life of their church so that It became a center for loyalty and a bond through family participation. She joined [Art] in western Iowa and in several congregations near Lamoni when he served as pastor. The parents and the three daughters were close together in this field of faith and service. She played the organ and led the choir in the Pisgah branch. On returning to Lamoni she played the organ in the Brick church until it burned in 1931.
Surviving are her husband: three daughters, Mrs. Thelma Silsby of Lamoni, Mrs. Grace Kanawyer of Reedley, Calif., and Mrs. Alice Chesworth of Lamoni: her sister, Mrs. Ethelyn Sprague of Lamoni; and her two brothers, Ed Bell of St. Louis, Mo., and Harbert Bell of Artesia, Calif.
The funeral service was held in the Coliseum Sunday afternoon. The building was filled to capacity. Roy Cheville preached the sermon. Robert Farnham conducted devotionals.
Source: The Lamoni Chronicle, Lamoni, Iowa, Thursday, January 10th, 1952, pg 2
MOTHER: Genesis Ann "Jency" Scott
FATHER: Thomas Bell
HUSBAND: James Arthur Lane
m. 17 Sep 1902 - Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa
CHILDREN:
1. Thelma Bell Lane
m. James Burnham Silsby
2. Ethlyn Grace Lane
m. John Olson Merceus
m. Bruce Milton Kanawyer
3. Alice Kathryn Lane
m. Donald Osborn Chesworth
SOURCES:
1. Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996
Name: Clara May Bell
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 1880
Birth Place: Davis City, IA.
Marriage Date: 17 Sep 1902
Marriage Place: Decatur Co., IA.
Marriage Age: 22
Father: Thomas J. Bell
Mother: Jenny Ann Scott
Spouse: James Arthur Lane
FHL Film Number: 1009360
Reference ID: 2:3L7HW26
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
2. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925
Name: Clara M Lane
[Clara M Bell]
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1880
Birth Place: Iowa
Residence Date: 1 Jan 1925
Residence Place: Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, USA
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: James Arthur Lane
Father: Thas J Bell
Father Age: 73
Father Birth Year: abt 1852
Father Birth Place: Indiana
Mother: Jency A Scott
Mother Birth Place: Indiana
Parents' Marriage Place: Indiana
Household Members: Name Age
James Arthur Lane 49
Clara M Lane 45
Thelme B Lane 21
Ethlyn G Lane 16
Alice K Lane 14
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
When about three years of age she came to Lamoni. As a child, she watched the construction of the Brick church and other buildings of the new colony. She was graduated from the local high school and then went on for a year and a half to the recently established Graceland college where she studied commercial subjects. She worked in the Herald Publishing house and lived with church leaders of that day.
While at Graceland she met J. Arthur Lane who had come down from Harrison county in western Iowa. Theirs was one of the early Graceland romances. They were married in 1902.
Their first home was on the property just east of the present Lane house. Here the two older daughters were born.
For seven years Mr. Lane worked in the Fleet stores. With this mercantile background, he joined in the purchase of a store with D. M.Vredenburg in Pisgah. From 1902 to 1922 the Lanes lived in towns in western Iowa. In Pisgah, the third daughter was born. They returned to Lamoni to provide educational and religious opportunities for their three daughters.
When a girl, Clara Bell was baptized into the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. This took place in a pond just north of the present J. C. Bergman house. While her father was out in the missionary field she worked to increase the family income.
When married "Clara and Art" joined in the life of their church so that It became a center for loyalty and a bond through family participation. She joined [Art] in western Iowa and in several congregations near Lamoni when he served as pastor. The parents and the three daughters were close together in this field of faith and service. She played the organ and led the choir in the Pisgah branch. On returning to Lamoni she played the organ in the Brick church until it burned in 1931.
Surviving are her husband: three daughters, Mrs. Thelma Silsby of Lamoni, Mrs. Grace Kanawyer of Reedley, Calif., and Mrs. Alice Chesworth of Lamoni: her sister, Mrs. Ethelyn Sprague of Lamoni; and her two brothers, Ed Bell of St. Louis, Mo., and Harbert Bell of Artesia, Calif.
The funeral service was held in the Coliseum Sunday afternoon. The building was filled to capacity. Roy Cheville preached the sermon. Robert Farnham conducted devotionals.
Source: The Lamoni Chronicle, Lamoni, Iowa, Thursday, January 10th, 1952, pg 2
MOTHER: Genesis Ann "Jency" Scott
FATHER: Thomas Bell
HUSBAND: James Arthur Lane
m. 17 Sep 1902 - Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa
CHILDREN:
1. Thelma Bell Lane
m. James Burnham Silsby
2. Ethlyn Grace Lane
m. John Olson Merceus
m. Bruce Milton Kanawyer
3. Alice Kathryn Lane
m. Donald Osborn Chesworth
SOURCES:
1. Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996
Name: Clara May Bell
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 1880
Birth Place: Davis City, IA.
Marriage Date: 17 Sep 1902
Marriage Place: Decatur Co., IA.
Marriage Age: 22
Father: Thomas J. Bell
Mother: Jenny Ann Scott
Spouse: James Arthur Lane
FHL Film Number: 1009360
Reference ID: 2:3L7HW26
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
2. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925
Name: Clara M Lane
[Clara M Bell]
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1880
Birth Place: Iowa
Residence Date: 1 Jan 1925
Residence Place: Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, USA
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: James Arthur Lane
Father: Thas J Bell
Father Age: 73
Father Birth Year: abt 1852
Father Birth Place: Indiana
Mother: Jency A Scott
Mother Birth Place: Indiana
Parents' Marriage Place: Indiana
Household Members: Name Age
James Arthur Lane 49
Clara M Lane 45
Thelme B Lane 21
Ethlyn G Lane 16
Alice K Lane 14
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Mrs. J. A. Lane was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Bell, early settlers in the town of Lamoni. She was born in Davis City, Nov. 11, I879, and passed away Jan. 3 in Decatur county hospital.
When about three years of age she came to Lamoni. As a child, she watched the construction of the Brick church and other buildings of the new colony. She was graduated from the local high school and then went on for a year and a half to the recently established Graceland college where she studied commercial subjects. She worked in the Herald Publishing house and lived with church leaders of that day.
While at Graceland she met J. Arthur Lane who had come down from Harrison county in western Iowa. Theirs was one of the early Graceland romances. They were married in 1902.
Their first home was on the property just east of the present Lane house. Here the two older daughters were born.
For seven years Mr. Lane worked in the Fleet stores. With this mercantile background, he joined in the purchase of a store with D. M.Vredenburg in Pisgah. From 1902 to 1922 the Lanes lived in towns in western Iowa. In Pisgah, the third daughter was born. They returned to Lamoni to provide educational and religious opportunities for their three daughters.
When a girl, Clara Bell was baptized into the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. This took place in a pond just north of the present J. C. Bergman house. While her father was out in the missionary field she worked to increase the family income.
When married "Clara and Art" joined in the life of their church so that It became a center for loyalty and a bond through family participation. She joined [Art] in western Iowa and in several congregations near Lamoni when he served as pastor. The parents and the three daughters were close together in this field of faith and service. She played the organ and led the choir in the Pisgah branch. On returning to Lamoni she played the organ in the Brick church until it burned in 1931.
Surviving are her husband: three daughters, Mrs. Thelma Silsby of Lamoni, Mrs. Grace Kanawyer of Reedley, Calif., and Mrs. Alice Chesworth of Lamoni: her sister, Mrs. Ethelyn Sprague of Lamoni; and her two brothers, Ed Bell of St. Louis, Mo., and Harbert Bell of Artesia, Calif.
The funeral service was held in the Coliseum Sunday afternoon. The building was filled to capacity. Roy Cheville preached the sermon. Robert Farnham conducted devotionals.
Source: The Lamoni Chronicle, Lamoni, Iowa, Thursday, January 10th, 1952, pg 2
MOTHER: Genesis Ann "Jency" Scott
FATHER: Thomas Bell
HUSBAND: James Arthur Lane
m. 17 Sep 1902 - Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa
CHILDREN:
1. Thelma Bell Lane
m. James Burnham Silsby
2. Ethlyn Grace Lane
m. John Olson Merceus
m. Bruce Milton Kanawyer
3. Alice Kathryn Lane
m. Donald Osborn Chesworth
SOURCES:
1. Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996
Name: Clara May Bell
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 1880
Birth Place: Davis City, IA.
Marriage Date: 17 Sep 1902
Marriage Place: Decatur Co., IA.
Marriage Age: 22
Father: Thomas J. Bell
Mother: Jenny Ann Scott
Spouse: James Arthur Lane
FHL Film Number: 1009360
Reference ID: 2:3L7HW26
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
2. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925
Name: Clara M Lane
[Clara M Bell]
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1880
Birth Place: Iowa
Residence Date: 1 Jan 1925
Residence Place: Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, USA
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: James Arthur Lane
Father: Thas J Bell
Father Age: 73
Father Birth Year: abt 1852
Father Birth Place: Indiana
Mother: Jency A Scott
Mother Birth Place: Indiana
Parents' Marriage Place: Indiana
Household Members: Name Age
James Arthur Lane 49
Clara M Lane 45
Thelme B Lane 21
Ethlyn G Lane 16
Alice K Lane 14
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
When about three years of age she came to Lamoni. As a child, she watched the construction of the Brick church and other buildings of the new colony. She was graduated from the local high school and then went on for a year and a half to the recently established Graceland college where she studied commercial subjects. She worked in the Herald Publishing house and lived with church leaders of that day.
While at Graceland she met J. Arthur Lane who had come down from Harrison county in western Iowa. Theirs was one of the early Graceland romances. They were married in 1902.
Their first home was on the property just east of the present Lane house. Here the two older daughters were born.
For seven years Mr. Lane worked in the Fleet stores. With this mercantile background, he joined in the purchase of a store with D. M.Vredenburg in Pisgah. From 1902 to 1922 the Lanes lived in towns in western Iowa. In Pisgah, the third daughter was born. They returned to Lamoni to provide educational and religious opportunities for their three daughters.
When a girl, Clara Bell was baptized into the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. This took place in a pond just north of the present J. C. Bergman house. While her father was out in the missionary field she worked to increase the family income.
When married "Clara and Art" joined in the life of their church so that It became a center for loyalty and a bond through family participation. She joined [Art] in western Iowa and in several congregations near Lamoni when he served as pastor. The parents and the three daughters were close together in this field of faith and service. She played the organ and led the choir in the Pisgah branch. On returning to Lamoni she played the organ in the Brick church until it burned in 1931.
Surviving are her husband: three daughters, Mrs. Thelma Silsby of Lamoni, Mrs. Grace Kanawyer of Reedley, Calif., and Mrs. Alice Chesworth of Lamoni: her sister, Mrs. Ethelyn Sprague of Lamoni; and her two brothers, Ed Bell of St. Louis, Mo., and Harbert Bell of Artesia, Calif.
The funeral service was held in the Coliseum Sunday afternoon. The building was filled to capacity. Roy Cheville preached the sermon. Robert Farnham conducted devotionals.
Source: The Lamoni Chronicle, Lamoni, Iowa, Thursday, January 10th, 1952, pg 2
MOTHER: Genesis Ann "Jency" Scott
FATHER: Thomas Bell
HUSBAND: James Arthur Lane
m. 17 Sep 1902 - Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa
CHILDREN:
1. Thelma Bell Lane
m. James Burnham Silsby
2. Ethlyn Grace Lane
m. John Olson Merceus
m. Bruce Milton Kanawyer
3. Alice Kathryn Lane
m. Donald Osborn Chesworth
SOURCES:
1. Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996
Name: Clara May Bell
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 1880
Birth Place: Davis City, IA.
Marriage Date: 17 Sep 1902
Marriage Place: Decatur Co., IA.
Marriage Age: 22
Father: Thomas J. Bell
Mother: Jenny Ann Scott
Spouse: James Arthur Lane
FHL Film Number: 1009360
Reference ID: 2:3L7HW26
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
2. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925
Name: Clara M Lane
[Clara M Bell]
Age: 45
Birth Year: abt 1880
Birth Place: Iowa
Residence Date: 1 Jan 1925
Residence Place: Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, USA
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: James Arthur Lane
Father: Thas J Bell
Father Age: 73
Father Birth Year: abt 1852
Father Birth Place: Indiana
Mother: Jency A Scott
Mother Birth Place: Indiana
Parents' Marriage Place: Indiana
Household Members: Name Age
James Arthur Lane 49
Clara M Lane 45
Thelme B Lane 21
Ethlyn G Lane 16
Alice K Lane 14
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
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