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JESSE D. LANE.  The subject of this notice is a descendant of one of the pioneer families.  John Lane and family came to Ohio from Pennsylvania in 1806, first settling near the Muskingum river in what is now Windsor Township, Morgan County; then Roxbury Township, Washington County.  Some years later, he removed south to land which he had purchased within the present limits of Wesley Township, Washington County.  He was a prominent man among the early settlers; held the office of justice of the peace several years, and was serving in that capacity at the time of his death.      Hiram Lane, son of John, was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio with his parents when a child.  He was reared a farmer and followed that occupation through life.  He was an influential and worthy citizen.  For several years he served as trustee of the old township of Roxbury.  He died Mar. 9, 1878.  His widow is still living on the homestead farm, that on which John Lane settled after his removal from what is now Morgan County.  Her maiden name was Drusilla Davis.*  She was born in Washington County.  Hiram and Drusilla Lane were the parents of six children, three of whom are living.  Their names are as follows:  Richard, now a farmer in Wesley Township, Washington County; Jesse D., the subject of this notice; Nancy, deceased, married William Miller, was the mother of eight children, died in Harrison County, Ohio; George, who died in infancy; Mary A., deceased, who was the wife of C. J. Gibson of Stockport; and T. B. Lane, now a merchant of Stockport. ---------------      * Tradition states that the great-grandfather of Jesse and Thomas B. Lane on their mother’s side, was the second man of the New England colonists to step ashore at Point Harmar in April, 1788, and that he inaugurated the work of clearing by felling the first tree.  The tree, being a buckeye, the name of the “Buckeye State” is believed by some to have originated from this incident. Source:  Chapter XXI - Windsor Twp. - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 426 T. B. Lane THOMAS B. LANE.    The subject of this notice, a representative business man of Morgan County, was born in Wesley Township, Washington County, Ohio, Oct. 11, 1844, the son of Hiram Lane and a descendant of one of the oldest families in Southeastern Ohio.  Thomas B. Lane was reared on his father’s farm and received a common school education.  Making good use of his time and opportunities, at the age of seventeen he engaged in teaching, which occupation he followed successfully until he attained his majority.  He then completed his school education with a course at the Iron City business college in Pittsburgh.  In 1866 he engaged in the lumber business which he followed with good success until 1872.  He then located at Stockport and engaged in general mercantile business.  He has since been thus engaged, and is now carrying on a prosperous business.  Mr. Lane is a good business man, upright, fair and honest.  He is also a public-spirited citizen, taking a commendable interest and pride in promoting the welfare of his town and county.  In politics he is a democrat.  He was married in 1874 to Miss Dovie M. Roland, daughter of Jacob and Cynthia (West) Roland, of McConnelsville.  To them five children have been born—Gertrude M., Hiram H., Helen E. (deceased), Goldie T. and Elsie D. Source:  Chapter - Windsor Twp. - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 427   HON. DANIEL B. LINN, now a resident of Zanesville, passed his early life and began his professional career in Morgan County.  He was born in Muskingum County, in 1819, and in 1820 moved to Center Township, Morgan County.  His father, Joseph C. Linn, was a man of prominence in that township; held the office of justice of the peace, and was an associate judge of the county.  The subject of this notice was educated at Granville and Marietta Colleges, graduating from the latter institution after a six years' course in 1840.  He then taught in an academy at Belpre, meantime studying medicine, and afterward civil engineering.  He next bean the study of law, and in 1840 was admitted to the bar at Bucyrus.  He began practice in McConnelsville in the office of Judge Hanna, and was afterward associated with him in practice for two years.  In 1848 he edited the Morgan County Chronicle, and in 1854 established the Enquirer, a democratic newspaper, which he edited until 1859, at the same time carrying on his law business and taking an active part in politics.  In 1860 he removed to Zanesville.  Since leaving Morgan County Mr. Linn has devoted himself to the practice of law and to railroad matters.  In 1866-7 and 1868-9 he represented Muskingum and Perry Counties in the State senate, and in 18701 represented the same district on the State board of equalization. Source:  Chapter XV - History of Morgan County, Ohio with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of some of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. By Charles Robertson, M. D.  - Published Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co. 1886 - Page 257

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