The 1860 US Census lists the following household members:
William Laning 50; Elizabeth Laning 48; Cleavaline Laning 21; Marion Laning 18; Andrew Laning 16; AsberyLaning 14; Columbus Laning 11;
Arsula Laning 8.
The Geneanet Community Trees on Ancestry.com family trees lists the following children:
Andrew Jackson Lanning
Asbury Washington Lanning
Athan Marion Lanning
Athera M Lanning
Chevanah Lanning
Columbus T Lanning
Elizabeth Arsula Lanning
Elizabeth Lanning
Ellen Lanning
Francis 'Frank' Govan Lanning
Manson H Lanning
Marion Monson Lanning
Martha A Lanning
William Cleveland Lanning
Fact: Residence (1880) Iron Duff, Haywood, North Carolina, United States
Fact: Burial Eagle Nest Rock, Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA
Research note: Misspellings abound in the older census data.
Sources
Ancestry.com. Geneanet Community Trees Index [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022.
The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Henderson, North Carolina; Roll: M653_901; Page: 915; Family History Library Film: 803901
1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCX9-QNW : 14 January 2022), William Lannin, Iron Duff, Haywood, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
Marriage to Elizabeth Koonts: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R1-DX6P : 11 March 2018), William Lanning and Elizabeth Koonts, 14 Apr 1862; citing North Carolina, United States, p. p21, North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 422,158.
Marriage to Mary Surrett: "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9P-NJYQ : 9 March 2021), Wm Lanning and Mary A Surrett, ; citing Transylvania, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William: