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George
Lane In observing
the things about us as we go through life, we find much of interest, even in our
immediate environment, but there is little that interests one more than to
observe how different men begin and continue the duties of life.
Some commence in hesitation and seem to hesitate at every obstacle they
encounter. Others begin boldly, but
after a time show by some defect in execution, that they have not properly
mastered their tasks. Still others commence with steady grasp of the situation, and
show by their subsequent accomplishments that they have compassed the problem of
life; to the last class success always comes and they are the men to leave
behind them good names and their descendants are left to reap the harvests of
good actions. One
of the enterprising and deserving men of the locality of which this history
treats is George Lane, well known in railroad circles as division foreman of the
bridge department of the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company, with
headquarters at Marshalltown. Mr.
Lane was born in Baxter, Jasper County, Iowa, on February 5, 1878. He is the son
of Reuben M. and Alice (Logsdon) Lane, the father born in Muskingum County,
Ohio, December 5, 1845, and the mother in Jasper County, Iowa, on July 6, 1852.
In 1856 the father moved to Jasper County with
an uncle and here grew to manhood, locating near Newton. Both the father and the grandfather of Reuben M. Lane were
soldiers in the War of 1812. The
subject's maternal grandparents, Thomas and Martha (Dawson) Logsdon;
were natives of Kentucky, where they grew up and were married, emigrating to
Jasper County, Iowa, in pioneer times, 1850, and here became very comfortably
established. To
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben M. Lane six children have been born, namely: Mrs. Stella
Logsdon, of Colfax, and Leslie, of Minnesota, were twins, and were born on
August 24, 1876, in Madison County; George, of this sketch; Harvey, born May 31,
1881, in Jasper County, is living near Melbourne, Marshall County; Laura, born
February 12, 1886, in Jasper County, lives with her parents in Baxter; Walter
Guy Lane was born at Baxter, Iowa, February 15, 1893.
Their parents are still living in a comfortable home in Baxter and enjoy
the friendship of a wide acquaintance. George
Lane grew to manhood in this County and he attended school in his native
community. After leaving school he was employed by the Chicago
Great Western Railroad Company as bridgeman, and he has remained with the
company ever since, having given the utmost satisfaction, as will be seen from
the fact that they have entrusted him with the highest position in the bridge
department, that of division foreman, with headquarters at Marshalltown.
He understands thoroughly every detail of his work in this connection and
is a conscientious, trustworthy employee. Mr. Lane has a pleasant home at No. 202 ½ South Second Avenue, Marshalltown. He is a member of Baxter Lodge No. 168, Knights of Pythias, Baxter, Iowa. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1354. |
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