Lane, James M. bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 718, Isabel Township
James M. Lane was born in Pleasant tp. Feb. 19, 1840, son of Relaford and Catherine Lane; married Nancy Lane in March, 1870, who was born in Isabel tp. in 1842. They have had one child. They occupy the old home on sec. 29, Isabel tp. Mr. lane is a Democrat. His father served in the Black Hawk war. Mrs. L. belongs to the Christian Church. P. O., Otto.