FRANK P. LANE, who is carrying on general farming in Muskingum, his native township, was born Apr. 12, 1853, his parents being John M. and Martha (Bland) Lane.  The father was born in Baltimore county, Maryland, in 1811, and came to Muskingum county in 1815 with his father, John Lane.  The grandfather cast in his lot with the early settlers and prepared for an agricultural life by entering one hundred and sixty acres of land from the government, on which he established his home and continued his residence until his death, which occurred when he was eighty-seven years of age.  He worked persistently and energetically as the years passed by and in course of time developed a good farm.  In his family were nine children.
     John M. Lane remained upon the old homestead farm until 1858.  He was reared to the work of tilling the soil and he continued to carry on the old home place until the year mentioned when he traded that property for two hundred and forty acres of land, known as the old Grundy Taylor place.  The former owner had built a fine mansion on the crest of the hill, making it the most commanding residence in the township, and to this beautiful home Mr. Lane removed his family.  In early manhood he had wedded Miss Martha Bland, a daughter of John Bland, one of the early settlers of the county, who came from Virginia in pioneer times and took up his abode in what is now West Zanesville.  They became the parents of eleven children of whom two died in infancy, while the others were: Francis M., who became the wife of Jasper Welch and is now deceased: Bland, Nancy Ellen, William and Victoria, all of whom have passed away; Elmer, the wife of James McDonald, of Muskingum township; L. H., of Muskingum township; Nettie, the wife of George Butler, a resident of Kansas City, Missouri; and Frank P.  The father was prominent and influential in public affairs and his fellow townsmen recognizing his worth and ability frequently called him to office.  He served as county treasurer for two terms during the period of the Civil war, was justice of the peace for many years, was also township clerk and treasurer and in 1853 was appraiser of the county.  Every duty devolving upon him was faithfully and promptly performed and his official record was without blemish.  His political views were in accord with the democracy and he did all he could to promote the growth and secure the success of his party.  His business affairs, too, were capably managed and his enterprise resulted in the acquirement of a fine farm which at the time of his death comprised more than three hundred acres.  He departed this life Apr. 16, 1900, and his wife passed away June 17, 1884.
     Frank P. Lane pursued his education in the school upon the old home farm and was trained to the work of tilling the soil and carrying for the stock so that practical experience well qualified him for the conduct of the home farm when eventually he assumed its management.  Lessons of industry and perseverance were also early instilled into his mind and have been salient features in his career.  He is to-day the owner of two hundred and forty acres of the old homestead farm and in addition to the cultivation of the cereals best adapted to soil and climate he also raises cattle, sheep and hogs.  This branch of his business likewise proves profitable and adds a considerable fund each year to his financial resources.  In addition to his home property Mr. Lane owns one hundred and five acres on the Dresden road.
     On the 10th of September, 1879, occurred the marriage of Frank P. Lane and Miss Mary A. Evans, a daughter of Julius Evans, who died while serving his country in the Civil war.  Her mother, however, is still living and is now a member of the Lane household.  Unto our subject and his wife have been born seven children: Roy, who died at the age of four months; Fred, who is living in Kansas City; Jessie May and Ralph E., at home; Martha and John W., who are attending school; and Mary, who is five years old and completes the family.
     Fraternally Mr. Lane is a Mason, belonging to Irville lodge, No. 103, A. F. & A. M.  In politics he is a democrat and has served as school director for five years but otherwise has held nor desired public office.  He finds that his business interests claim his time and attention and they have been carefully controlled by him.  He is quick to recognize an opportunity and to utilize it to the best advantage and through his executive force, keen discrimination and indefatigable energy, prompted by laudable ambition, he has gained a place among the men of affluence in Muskingum county.
 Source:  Past and Present of the City of Zanesville, and Muskingum Co., Ohio - Published Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1905 - Page 412

J. WALTER LANE, superintendent of the Muskingum County Infirmary, which is located on Licking river in Falls township, two and a half miles northwest of the courthouse in Zanesville, is a native of Muskingum county, born near Frazeysburg, Sept. 4, 1859.  He is a representative of one of the old families of this part of the state.  His great-grandparents were born in Muskingum county.  The great-grandparents were born in Muskingum county.  The grandfather, Jacob Lane, was born here and was reared amid pioneer surroundings, assisting materially in the early development of the locality.  His son, Jesse Lane, born in Muskingum township, was reared to the occupation of farming and aided in the arduous task of developing new land and placing it under a high state of cultivation.  He married Miss Sarah Munson, a native of New York and a daughter of Augustus Munson, who was a tailor and came to Zanesville when his daughter.  Mrs. Lane, was a little maiden of only three summers.  Jesse Lane followed the occupation of farming throughout his entire life and was well known as one of the prosperous agriculturists of his locality.  He died when his son Walter was ten years of age.  In the family were three children:  Henry M.,  who is now living in Springfield, Missouri; J. Walter and Millard E., who resides in Henry county, Missouri.
     Mr. Lane attended the public schools of this county and for six months was a student in Clinton, Missouri.  He was reared to farm life, early becoming familiar with the best methods of tilling the fields and cultivating the crops.  He spent two years upon a farm in Colorado and continued to engage actively in agricultural pursuits in this county until 1899, when he was made superintendent of the county infirmary and has since filled that position in a  most acceptable manner.  The infirmary is located in Falls township on Licking river, about two and a half miles northwest of the county courthouse and the farm comprises two hundred and nineteen acres of rich land.  The building has a stone basement while the two upper stories are of brick.  There are two wings to the main structure, each one hundred and eleven feet, and the first floor is devoted to the superintending department, while the male department is in the west wing and the female department in the east wing.  The average number of inmates is one hundred and twenty-seven.  The buildings were erected in 1881 and everything about the place is kept in excellent repair.  The land is devoted to general farming, wheat, corn, oats and hay being raised, and fourteen acres is given to gardening, thus supplying much of the food products used in the conduct of the infirmary.
     On Nov. 27, 1884, Mr. Lane was united in marriage to Miss Sarah K. Riley, a native of Muskingum township, and a daughter of Joseph and Frances (Spencer) Riley, also natives of the same township.  Her paternal grandfather was Wilson Spencer.  Unto Mr. and Mrs. Lane have been born two children, Edith M. and Audrey F.
     In his political views Mr. Lane is a republican, believing firmly in the principles of the party and actively interested in its local as well as national success.  He is an active, enterprising man in the prime of life and for six years has capably filled the position which he now occupies.  He brought to this work the knowledge and experience of a life devoted to agricultural interests and in the management of the farm has displayed marked ability so that his official service has been eminently satisfactory to all concerned.
 Source:  Past and Present of the City of Zanesville, and Muskingum Co., Ohio - Published Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1905 - Page 411

ALMON S. LELAND, a prominent stock man of Muskingum county, now serving as county commissioner, resides on section 7, Brush Creek township.  He was born in Morgan county, Ohio, Dec. 22, 1851.  His father, John A. Leland, was a native of Northumberland county, Virginia, and the grandfather, John Leland, was also a native of that state.  After reaching years of maturity John A. Leland married Huldah Stevens, a native of Meigs township, Muskingum county, Ohio, and a daughter of David Stevens, who was a native of Connecticut and became a pioneer settler of Ohio, entering land from the government in Morgan county.  He had one of the first taverns between Meigs township and Marietta and it was in that pioneer hostelry that Mrs. Leland was born.  John A. Leland made the journey to Ohio in 1836 with his two sisters, locating in Cumberland. Guernsey county, where he attended school.  He afterward engaged in clerking and subsequently conducted a store for an uncle in Bristol, Morgan county.  Later he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits and drove stock to the New Jersey market. He afterward settled in McLean county, Illinois, where he followed merchandising for six years and then returned to Morgan county, Ohio, where he dealt in live stock until a year prior to his death.  He then lived retired in Marietta.  He was a self-made man and as the architect of his own fortunes he budded wisely and well, so directing his efforts that he accumulated a very desirable competence.  He was a public-spirited citizen, recognized as one of the liberal and progressive men of his state, and in his political views he was a staunch republican.  He died in the year 1894, being at the time seventy years of age, his birth having occurred in 1824. Of his family of six children five are yet living: Mrs. Frances Baker, of Clinton, Illinois; Almon; Mrs. Nina M. Porter, of this county; Mrs. Jennie Porter, of Omaha, Nebraska; and H. W., who is a stock man and farmer of Morgan county.
     Mr. Leland was thirteen years of age when his parents removed to Illinois and there he completed his education.  For two years he was employed as a brakesman on the Chicago & Alton Railroad in Illinois and subsequently he became a stock dealer in Baxter Springs, Kansas.  He also shipped stock to Texas and later he returned to Ohio, where he again engaged in the stock business.  In 1876 he took up his abode in Muskingum county and has since made his home in Brush Creek township.  He is to-day one of the large land-owners of the locality, having three hundred and forty acres of very rich and arable land which is situated about six miles from Zanesville on the river road and is devoted to the raising of cattle and sheep and to general agricultural pursuits.
     Mr. Leland was married in 1876 to Miss Ella Worthington, a native of Virginia and a daughter of the Rev. N. C. Worthington, who was a Methodist minister, representing an old Virginian family, and came to Ohio when a young man.  Mr. and Mrs. Leland have four children: Mrs. Blanche D. Westfall, Mrs. Carrie Pletcher, John A. C. and Nicholas W.
     Mr. Leland is a republican and upon that ticket was elected county commissioner in 1902.  He is the leading representative of his party in this portion of the state and has once been chosen for the office which he is now filling and again is a candidate for re-election.  He is public-spirited, exercising his official prerogatives in support of every measure for the general good and he has saved to the county much expense through his foresight and business ability.  He not only receives the support and endorsement of his party but also of the public in general and he is regarded to-day as one of the foremost citizens of Muskingum county.  His name is on the membership rolls of the Masonic fraternity and the Modern Woodmen Camp and in both organizations he is prominent.
 Source:  Past and Present of the City of Zanesville, and Muskingum Co., Ohio - Published Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1905 - Page 354

CHARLES MILTON LENART, M. D.

 Source:  Past and Present of the City of Zanesville, and Muskingum Co., Ohio - Published Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1905 - Page

  SIMON LINSER, the president of the Simon Linser Brewing Company, at Zanesville, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1852, and came to the United States in 1873.  He located in New York city, where he worked in Stein's brewery for two years and then removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was employed in Moerlein's brewery until 1880.  In that year he came to Zanesville, where he accepted the position of foreman in the Groener & Horn brewery, acting in that capacity for four years, when in 1884 he formed a partnership with Henry Zinnsmeister, and bought the Washington brewery.  This they conducted until 1891, when Mr. Linser purchased his partner's interest and carried on business alone until 1901, when the Star, Riverside and Washington breweries were consolidated and a stock company was formed under the name of the Simon Linser Brewing Company, the officers being Simon Linser, Sr., president; David Smith, vice president; and Simon Linser, jr., secretary and treasurer.
     In 1875 Mr. Linser was married to Miss Regula Kramer, who was born in Wittenberg, Germany, in 1852.  They have six children, four sons and two daughters, namely: Charles F., who is foreman of the Star brewery: Simon, who is secretary and treasurer of the Simon Linser Brewing Company; Herman who is foreman of the Washington brewery; Otto, Anna and Freda.  Mrs. Linser is a member of St. Nicholas church and he belongs to the Odd Fellows society and the Knights of Pythias fraternity.  In politics he is a democrat and has represented the fourth ward in the city council for six years, taking an active interest in all that pertains to the material upbuilding and progress of Zanesville.
     The hope that led him to leave his native land and seek a home in America has been more than realized.  He found the opportunities he sought, which, by the way, are always open to the ambitious, energetic man, and, making the best of these, he has steadily worked his way upward.  He possesses the perseverance, resolution and reliability so characteristic of people of his nation, and his name is now enrolled among the best citizens of Muskingum county.
 Source:  Past and Present of the City of Zanesville, and Muskingum Co., Ohio - Published Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1905 - Page 294

SEHORN E. LOVELL

 Source:  Past and Present of the City of Zanesville, and Muskingum Co., Ohio - Published Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1905 - Page 658