Died
at age 47
in Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
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Biography
William Lane was a Massachusettsan.
Private William Lane served in the United States Civil War. Side: USA
Parents - "Sarah, daughter of (474) Elizur Talcott and Sarah Baxter, was born in Enfield, Conn., June 25, 1791, married Jabez Lane, of Curtisville, Mass., June 25, 1816"
Pontoosuv Fire Comoany. — Large additions have recently been made to the numbers of this Company, which had become greatly reduced, and the following Officers chosen: — Foreman, Wesley A. Shepardson; 1st Assistant, Watson A. Booth; 2d Assistant, William T. Lane; Clerk, William Mink.
Another Fatal R. R. Accident. — As Mr. Wm. T. Lane was shackling cars at the W. R. R. Depot, Tuesday afternoon, one of the cars not being in a position to yield so readily as was supposed, two came together in such a manner as to crush him so badly that he lived only half an hour afterwards. Mr. Lane was a member of the Allen Guard, and served with that corps during its first three months campaign, and afterwards with the 10th Regiment during its whole three years campaign, escaping all the dangers of this perilous service, to die in a peaceful, although hardly less dangerous avocation at home.
Note: The Allen Guard was a military Company raised from Pittsfield, Massachusetts that became part of the 8th Massachusetts Infantry.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZVS-Q7W2 : 16 August 2021), William Talcott Lane, 25 Mar 1817; citing Birth, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007579502.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5F1-9TG : 14 January 2020), William T. Lane in entry for Charles H. Lane, 1840.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ54-MBY : 14 January 2020), William T. Lane in entry for John Goodsell Lane, 1842.
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5F1-FNG : 14 January 2020), William T. Lane in entry for Charles H. Lane, 1843.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD96-J8X : 22 December 2020), William F Lane, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Depot master.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHC-X7L : 18 February 2021), William T Lane, 1860. Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. Shoemaker.
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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.
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My working theory is the “ John Lane 2d, Charles Lane,” mentioned are William’s sons. Can you shed light on any of the Lanes?
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