Maude Alice Burroughs (1869 - 1939)

Born 1 Jul 1869 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States

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Died 18 Feb 1939 at age 69 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Maude Alice was the ninth of the children of George W. and Delilah R. Burroughs. Her birth was in Lafayette, Ind., and the date July 1, 1869. She was educated in the public schools of Lafayette and in Purdue University of that city.

She was baptized and united with the First Baptist Church Mar. 9, 1889.

On Mar. 7, 1893, she became the wife of Henry Marquette Lane, of Oak Park, Ill. He was a mechanical and mining engineer. In the fall of 1895 they moved from Lafayette to Deer Lodge, Mont., and a year later they went to Pullman, Wash. In both of these places Mr. Lane was Professor of Mechanical and Mining Engineering in colleges located there.

From Pullman they went to Scranton, Pa., where for five years Mr. Lane was at the head of the Department of Mechanical and Mining Engineering in the International Correspondence School situated there. They came to Cleveland, Ohio, in February, 1903, where for a time Mr. Lane edited "The Foundry."

In a short time the family took up residence in Lakewood, a suburb of Cleveland. Mrs. Lane and her children still reside there (1913). Mr. Lane deserted his family in 1909, leaving to Mrs. Lane the task of bringing up their three children. Bravely has she met her duty. She is a devoted, loving mother, an earnest Christian woman, thoughtful in her consideration of the interests of others; faithful in the performance of duty; cheerful and helpful in her intercourse with all whom she meets.

Sources

• History and Genealogy of the John Shepherd Family compiled by R.N. Hodgman, Cleveland Ohio 1913. A copy of the book is in the possession of Bonnie Nilsen who has constructed a website about it at (http://www.johnshepherdfamily.com).