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LANE, Edwin

Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, p 238 
(portrait p 238)

Edwin LANE, of Lanesboro [Washington County, Vermont], was born 02 April 1835 
in Barre [Washington County, Vermont], son of Willis and Laura (CUTLER) LANE. 
His father moved to Orange [Orange County, Vermont] when he was a child, and 
he received his education in the common schools of that town and at Barre 
Academy. Soon after attaining his majority, he was engaged for six years in 
building at Barre, and later in the wood and lumber trade in Montpelier 
[Washington County, Vermont]. In 1867 he desired to see something of the 
world, and visited the state of Michigan on a tour of inspection, where he 
was employed as a millwright and superintendent. Two years afterward he 
built a steam mill in Marshfield [Washington County, Vermont], and soon 
formed a partnership with his uncle, Dennis LANE, which continued until the 
death of the latter, and entered upon a similar enterprise at Montpelier, 
running the Pioneer Mill of that place, and finally located his business at 
Lanesboro, where he has built up a large and successful lumber business. 
During his residence at South Marshfield, in two years his mills were thrice 
burned, and a man with less courage and determination would have surrendered 
himself to despair; and again in 1892 he suffered a loss of $7,000 by the 
destruction of the his plant at Lanesboro, but in less than two months the 
present large, convenient and well appointed mill was constructed. He has 
always been considerate in his treatment of his employees, and consequently 
has never suffered from the inconvenience of a strike.

Republican; with one exception has always refused the honors of office; 
consented to represent the town of Marshfield in the state legislature of 
1892. Is a Free Mason, affiliated with Granite Lodge No. 24, of Barre. In 
December 1860 Mr. [Edwin] LANE was untied in marriage to Ann L., daughter of 
William and Ann PERRIN, who died two years after their union. Edwin LANE was 
again married, to Lillian, daughter of Jerry and Mary WEBBER, of Rochester 
[Monroe County], New York, with whom he lived eleven years. In 1881 he 
[Edwin LANE] married Effie P., daughter of Nathan and Philena SKINNER, who 
passed from earth in January 1893. By his first wife he had one child, 
Lillian A. LANE. Of the second union there were issue: Arthur E., Glen C. 
(Mrs. Charles M. BENNETT, of Montpelier), and Fred C. The children of his 
last marriage were Hallie E. and Effie. ["Glen" a text typo? Gwen? Glenda?]

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