Gandy Cemetery, Polk County, FL. Laney's tombstone is inscribed, "Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep / From which non ever wake to weep."
"Florida Marriages, 1837-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V5ZM-GWL : 12 December 2014), D. C. Duke and Lany Gandy, 07 Oct 1875; citing Polk,Florida; FHL microfilm 0977545 V. A-B, 1.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNZH-W7G : 14 July 2016), Laney Duke in household of David C Duke, Precinct 3, 4 and 5, Polk, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district ED 129, sheet 3A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0131; FHL microfilm 1,254,131.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M36D-Z32 : accessed 20 June 2017), Laney Duke in household of David C Duke, Precinct 12-13, 17, Polk, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 136, sheet 8B, family 170, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,175.
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