John Thomas Lane (1878 - 1943)

Born 9 Jan 1878 in Double Springs, Winston, Alabama, United States

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Died 24 Feb 1943 at age 65 in Norman, OK

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Biography

In early 1900's, in Alabama, my Grandfather, John Thomas Lane, worked hard at several types of employment to help raise his large family, but he also loved music. He had a "singing school" and "Dad" (Tom) Speer, of the "Singing Speer Family", was in his singing school. By 1903, he was part of the Faculty of the Eureka Normal School of Music, Indian Territory, and was published that year in the Eureka Publishing Company's Eureka Echoes songbook. In about 1925, the family moved to Norman, Oklahoma. Later, he attended many singing conventions in Norman, Oklahoma City, and surrounding towns, with his daughters, including my mother, Opal. At one of these conventions is where my mother met my father, John Paul Beeman. I feel sad I never got to know my Grandfather Lane! -- Karen

Sources

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKWF-XC6 : accessed 25 May 2020), Thomas J Lane, Dismal, Winston, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 136, sheet 1B, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 37; FHL microfilm 1,374,050.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3PH-FZ7 : 23 August 2019), John Thomas Lane, 1917-1918.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXDP-5XB : accessed 26 May 2020), Cora L Lane in household of John T Lane, Houston, Winston, Alabama, United States; citing ED 133, sheet 3A, line 15, family 40, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 43; FHL microfilm 1,820,043.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC7W-3M9 : accessed 25 May 2020), John T Lane, Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 1A, line 32, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1898; FHL microfilm 2,341,632.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBJ2-1R9 : 29 February 2020), Cora Lane in household of John Lane, Ward 3, Norman, Norman City, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14-18A, sheet 10A, line 32, family 237, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3284.
• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPB8-MPR : 8 May 2020), John Thomas Lane, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

See Also

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39071050/john-thomas-lane

http://www.newrivernotes.com/topical_history_biographies_lanes.htm

• http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/articles/Hall/BentleyHall.htm