Married to Thomas H. Lane.
The Emporia Gazette, 13 Dec 1923, Thu
LOSES LIFE IN FIRE
MRS. ELIZABETH LANE DIES AT RANDOLPH HOME
Aged Woman Whose Clothing Caught Fire, Is Believed to Have Fainted Before Death
Mrs. Elizabeth Lane, aged 84, lost her life in a fire late yesterday afternoon, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emma Randolph, 805 Merchant. She was alone in the house when the accident happened and it is believed her skirts caught fire from a fireplace in the living room of the home. When firemen answered a call sent in by a neighbor, they found Mrs. Lane dead and the room afire.
It is not known exactly how Mrs. Lane's clothing caught fire. She had been staying with her granddaughter, Mrs. Roland Boynton, while Mrs. Randolph was in Cottonwood Falls. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Lane expressed a desire to go to the Randolph home to spend part of the afternoon and Mrs. Boynton took her there and was to call for her before suppertime. It is beleived Mrs. Lane walked too close to the fire, and when she discovered her clothing was burning, she fainted or suffered a heart attack from which she did not recover.
Meade Morris, who drives a truck for the Superior Cleaning company, saw the fire when he was driving on West Eighth. He shouted to Dan Dryer, city commissioner, to turn in an alarm, and the call was sent in from the Dryer residence next door to the Randolph home. Morris parked his truck and ran to the house and waited for the firemen.
Four rooms of the Randolph home were damaged by the fire. The property loss will be several hundred dollars.
Several papers valued for their age and signatures inscribed on them, were destroyed by the fire. A deed to a tract of land in Virginia signed by Patrick Henry, was among the papers burned; also a military pass used by Thomas Simpson, an ancestor of Mrs. Lane, in the Revolutionary War, and a receipt for settlement of a business transaction with George Washington, signed by the manager of Washington plantation.
Mrs. Lane was born September 18, 1839, in Indianapolis, Ind. Her father, Madison Hume, was a pioneer Baptist minister in Indiana. Mrs. Lane was educated in Indianapolis where she lived until she was married September 30, 1862, to Dr. Thomas H. Lane, of Lebanon, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Lane lived at Lebanon until 1889, when they moved to Lincoln, Nebr. In 1893 they moved to Emporia and two years later Mr. Lane died. Since that time Mrs. Lane had lived with her daughter, Mrs. Randolph.
Mrs. Lane is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Randolph and Mrs. W. B. Coley, of Vinita, Okla.; a sister, Mrs. Frances Wells, Sheridan, Ind.; and a brother, Thomas J. Hume, of Hot Springs, S. Dak.
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From Contributor #47844602:
Elizabeth was named after her mother ELizabeth Eliza Bowers Hume. She was the daughter of Reverend Madison Hume and Eliza Bowers. She is in the 1850 Census with her parents & siblings as well as the 1860 Census with her parents and siblings, listed as a seamstress.
The Emporia Gazette, 13 Dec 1923, Thu
LOSES LIFE IN FIRE
MRS. ELIZABETH LANE DIES AT RANDOLPH HOME
Aged Woman Whose Clothing Caught Fire, Is Believed to Have Fainted Before Death
Mrs. Elizabeth Lane, aged 84, lost her life in a fire late yesterday afternoon, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emma Randolph, 805 Merchant. She was alone in the house when the accident happened and it is believed her skirts caught fire from a fireplace in the living room of the home. When firemen answered a call sent in by a neighbor, they found Mrs. Lane dead and the room afire.
It is not known exactly how Mrs. Lane's clothing caught fire. She had been staying with her granddaughter, Mrs. Roland Boynton, while Mrs. Randolph was in Cottonwood Falls. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Lane expressed a desire to go to the Randolph home to spend part of the afternoon and Mrs. Boynton took her there and was to call for her before suppertime. It is beleived Mrs. Lane walked too close to the fire, and when she discovered her clothing was burning, she fainted or suffered a heart attack from which she did not recover.
Meade Morris, who drives a truck for the Superior Cleaning company, saw the fire when he was driving on West Eighth. He shouted to Dan Dryer, city commissioner, to turn in an alarm, and the call was sent in from the Dryer residence next door to the Randolph home. Morris parked his truck and ran to the house and waited for the firemen.
Four rooms of the Randolph home were damaged by the fire. The property loss will be several hundred dollars.
Several papers valued for their age and signatures inscribed on them, were destroyed by the fire. A deed to a tract of land in Virginia signed by Patrick Henry, was among the papers burned; also a military pass used by Thomas Simpson, an ancestor of Mrs. Lane, in the Revolutionary War, and a receipt for settlement of a business transaction with George Washington, signed by the manager of Washington plantation.
Mrs. Lane was born September 18, 1839, in Indianapolis, Ind. Her father, Madison Hume, was a pioneer Baptist minister in Indiana. Mrs. Lane was educated in Indianapolis where she lived until she was married September 30, 1862, to Dr. Thomas H. Lane, of Lebanon, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Lane lived at Lebanon until 1889, when they moved to Lincoln, Nebr. In 1893 they moved to Emporia and two years later Mr. Lane died. Since that time Mrs. Lane had lived with her daughter, Mrs. Randolph.
Mrs. Lane is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Randolph and Mrs. W. B. Coley, of Vinita, Okla.; a sister, Mrs. Frances Wells, Sheridan, Ind.; and a brother, Thomas J. Hume, of Hot Springs, S. Dak.
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From Contributor #47844602:
Elizabeth was named after her mother ELizabeth Eliza Bowers Hume. She was the daughter of Reverend Madison Hume and Eliza Bowers. She is in the 1850 Census with her parents & siblings as well as the 1860 Census with her parents and siblings, listed as a seamstress.
Married to Thomas H. Lane.
The Emporia Gazette, 13 Dec 1923, Thu
LOSES LIFE IN FIRE
MRS. ELIZABETH LANE DIES AT RANDOLPH HOME
Aged Woman Whose Clothing Caught Fire, Is Believed to Have Fainted Before Death
Mrs. Elizabeth Lane, aged 84, lost her life in a fire late yesterday afternoon, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emma Randolph, 805 Merchant. She was alone in the house when the accident happened and it is believed her skirts caught fire from a fireplace in the living room of the home. When firemen answered a call sent in by a neighbor, they found Mrs. Lane dead and the room afire.
It is not known exactly how Mrs. Lane's clothing caught fire. She had been staying with her granddaughter, Mrs. Roland Boynton, while Mrs. Randolph was in Cottonwood Falls. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Lane expressed a desire to go to the Randolph home to spend part of the afternoon and Mrs. Boynton took her there and was to call for her before suppertime. It is beleived Mrs. Lane walked too close to the fire, and when she discovered her clothing was burning, she fainted or suffered a heart attack from which she did not recover.
Meade Morris, who drives a truck for the Superior Cleaning company, saw the fire when he was driving on West Eighth. He shouted to Dan Dryer, city commissioner, to turn in an alarm, and the call was sent in from the Dryer residence next door to the Randolph home. Morris parked his truck and ran to the house and waited for the firemen.
Four rooms of the Randolph home were damaged by the fire. The property loss will be several hundred dollars.
Several papers valued for their age and signatures inscribed on them, were destroyed by the fire. A deed to a tract of land in Virginia signed by Patrick Henry, was among the papers burned; also a military pass used by Thomas Simpson, an ancestor of Mrs. Lane, in the Revolutionary War, and a receipt for settlement of a business transaction with George Washington, signed by the manager of Washington plantation.
Mrs. Lane was born September 18, 1839, in Indianapolis, Ind. Her father, Madison Hume, was a pioneer Baptist minister in Indiana. Mrs. Lane was educated in Indianapolis where she lived until she was married September 30, 1862, to Dr. Thomas H. Lane, of Lebanon, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Lane lived at Lebanon until 1889, when they moved to Lincoln, Nebr. In 1893 they moved to Emporia and two years later Mr. Lane died. Since that time Mrs. Lane had lived with her daughter, Mrs. Randolph.
Mrs. Lane is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Randolph and Mrs. W. B. Coley, of Vinita, Okla.; a sister, Mrs. Frances Wells, Sheridan, Ind.; and a brother, Thomas J. Hume, of Hot Springs, S. Dak.
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From Contributor #47844602:
Elizabeth was named after her mother ELizabeth Eliza Bowers Hume. She was the daughter of Reverend Madison Hume and Eliza Bowers. She is in the 1850 Census with her parents & siblings as well as the 1860 Census with her parents and siblings, listed as a seamstress.
The Emporia Gazette, 13 Dec 1923, Thu
LOSES LIFE IN FIRE
MRS. ELIZABETH LANE DIES AT RANDOLPH HOME
Aged Woman Whose Clothing Caught Fire, Is Believed to Have Fainted Before Death
Mrs. Elizabeth Lane, aged 84, lost her life in a fire late yesterday afternoon, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emma Randolph, 805 Merchant. She was alone in the house when the accident happened and it is believed her skirts caught fire from a fireplace in the living room of the home. When firemen answered a call sent in by a neighbor, they found Mrs. Lane dead and the room afire.
It is not known exactly how Mrs. Lane's clothing caught fire. She had been staying with her granddaughter, Mrs. Roland Boynton, while Mrs. Randolph was in Cottonwood Falls. Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Lane expressed a desire to go to the Randolph home to spend part of the afternoon and Mrs. Boynton took her there and was to call for her before suppertime. It is beleived Mrs. Lane walked too close to the fire, and when she discovered her clothing was burning, she fainted or suffered a heart attack from which she did not recover.
Meade Morris, who drives a truck for the Superior Cleaning company, saw the fire when he was driving on West Eighth. He shouted to Dan Dryer, city commissioner, to turn in an alarm, and the call was sent in from the Dryer residence next door to the Randolph home. Morris parked his truck and ran to the house and waited for the firemen.
Four rooms of the Randolph home were damaged by the fire. The property loss will be several hundred dollars.
Several papers valued for their age and signatures inscribed on them, were destroyed by the fire. A deed to a tract of land in Virginia signed by Patrick Henry, was among the papers burned; also a military pass used by Thomas Simpson, an ancestor of Mrs. Lane, in the Revolutionary War, and a receipt for settlement of a business transaction with George Washington, signed by the manager of Washington plantation.
Mrs. Lane was born September 18, 1839, in Indianapolis, Ind. Her father, Madison Hume, was a pioneer Baptist minister in Indiana. Mrs. Lane was educated in Indianapolis where she lived until she was married September 30, 1862, to Dr. Thomas H. Lane, of Lebanon, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Lane lived at Lebanon until 1889, when they moved to Lincoln, Nebr. In 1893 they moved to Emporia and two years later Mr. Lane died. Since that time Mrs. Lane had lived with her daughter, Mrs. Randolph.
Mrs. Lane is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Randolph and Mrs. W. B. Coley, of Vinita, Okla.; a sister, Mrs. Frances Wells, Sheridan, Ind.; and a brother, Thomas J. Hume, of Hot Springs, S. Dak.
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From Contributor #47844602:
Elizabeth was named after her mother ELizabeth Eliza Bowers Hume. She was the daughter of Reverend Madison Hume and Eliza Bowers. She is in the 1850 Census with her parents & siblings as well as the 1860 Census with her parents and siblings, listed as a seamstress.
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