MRS. WILLIAM P. LANE
"Mother" to Maryland soldiers in World War
Dies at 65
HAGERSTOWN, MD, Oct. 2 - Mrs. Virginia Cartwright Lane, 65 years old, died today in her home here of heart disease after an illness of several weeks.
Mrs. Lane was the wife of Colonel William P. Lane, president of the Hagerstown Bank and Trust Company, and the mother of Maryland's Attorney General, William Preston Lane Jr.
Born in Patuxent City on Sept. 5, 1866, Mrs Lane was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Cartwright. Colonel Lane was the commander of the First Maryland Regiment during the Spanish-American War, and Mrs. Lane was the official "mother" of Company B of this regiment during the World War.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Lane is survived by one daughter, Mrs. James H. Gambrill 3rd; five sons, William Preston, J. Clarence, S. Maddox, Charles F. 3rd, and William Cartwright Lane; also one sister, Miss Eleanor Cartwright.
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New York Times, New York, NY
Saturday, October 3, 1931
"Mother" to Maryland soldiers in World War
Dies at 65
HAGERSTOWN, MD, Oct. 2 - Mrs. Virginia Cartwright Lane, 65 years old, died today in her home here of heart disease after an illness of several weeks.
Mrs. Lane was the wife of Colonel William P. Lane, president of the Hagerstown Bank and Trust Company, and the mother of Maryland's Attorney General, William Preston Lane Jr.
Born in Patuxent City on Sept. 5, 1866, Mrs Lane was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Cartwright. Colonel Lane was the commander of the First Maryland Regiment during the Spanish-American War, and Mrs. Lane was the official "mother" of Company B of this regiment during the World War.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Lane is survived by one daughter, Mrs. James H. Gambrill 3rd; five sons, William Preston, J. Clarence, S. Maddox, Charles F. 3rd, and William Cartwright Lane; also one sister, Miss Eleanor Cartwright.
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New York Times, New York, NY
Saturday, October 3, 1931
MRS. WILLIAM P. LANE
"Mother" to Maryland soldiers in World War
Dies at 65
HAGERSTOWN, MD, Oct. 2 - Mrs. Virginia Cartwright Lane, 65 years old, died today in her home here of heart disease after an illness of several weeks.
Mrs. Lane was the wife of Colonel William P. Lane, president of the Hagerstown Bank and Trust Company, and the mother of Maryland's Attorney General, William Preston Lane Jr.
Born in Patuxent City on Sept. 5, 1866, Mrs Lane was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Cartwright. Colonel Lane was the commander of the First Maryland Regiment during the Spanish-American War, and Mrs. Lane was the official "mother" of Company B of this regiment during the World War.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Lane is survived by one daughter, Mrs. James H. Gambrill 3rd; five sons, William Preston, J. Clarence, S. Maddox, Charles F. 3rd, and William Cartwright Lane; also one sister, Miss Eleanor Cartwright.
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New York Times, New York, NY
Saturday, October 3, 1931
"Mother" to Maryland soldiers in World War
Dies at 65
HAGERSTOWN, MD, Oct. 2 - Mrs. Virginia Cartwright Lane, 65 years old, died today in her home here of heart disease after an illness of several weeks.
Mrs. Lane was the wife of Colonel William P. Lane, president of the Hagerstown Bank and Trust Company, and the mother of Maryland's Attorney General, William Preston Lane Jr.
Born in Patuxent City on Sept. 5, 1866, Mrs Lane was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Cartwright. Colonel Lane was the commander of the First Maryland Regiment during the Spanish-American War, and Mrs. Lane was the official "mother" of Company B of this regiment during the World War.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Lane is survived by one daughter, Mrs. James H. Gambrill 3rd; five sons, William Preston, J. Clarence, S. Maddox, Charles F. 3rd, and William Cartwright Lane; also one sister, Miss Eleanor Cartwright.
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New York Times, New York, NY
Saturday, October 3, 1931
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