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DAVID T. LANE, senior member of the firm of D. T. Lane & Son,
machinists, was born in Allegany county, New York, June 12, 1826, and is a
son of Mark and Henrietta (Kenny) Lane, the former a native of Connecticut
and the latter of Massachusetts. - They were married in Massachusetts, and
then removed to New York state. In 1841 they came to Sugar Creek township,
Venango county, locating four miles north of Franklin. The father died on
that farm, and the widow subsequently removed to Beaver Falls,
Pennsylvania, where the remaining years of her life were spent. David T.
was reared under the parental roof, and afterward learned the trade of
millwright. In 1859 he located in Franklin, and excepting some ten years
spent on the river, he has lived in that city ever since. He established
the first machine shop in Franklin, in 1859, and with the exception of the
period spent in steamboating from 1865 to 1874, he has always been engaged
in that business. In 1862 and 1863 he built two steamboats on the
Allegheny below the Venango mills, which were the only boats of any
considerable size ever constructed in Franklin. For the past four years
the firm has devoted its attention largely to the manufacture of
sucker-rods, which business has recently been consolidated under the name
of the Franklin Sucker-Rod Joint Company, Limited, with the plant located
in the Third ward. Mr. Lane was married in 1859, to Miss Lucy M. Smith,
who bore him five children, three of whom are living: William H., junior
member of D. T. Lane & Son; Theresa A., wife of Alexander McDowell, and
Frank G. Mrs. Lane died in 1872, and he was again married in March, 1882,
to Miss Laura L. Carey, of Franklin, who is a member of the Evangelical
church. Mr. Lane adheres to the Democratic party, and is to-day one of the oldest business men of Franklin.
History of Venango County, Pennsylvania
: its past and present, including its aboriginal history, the French and
British occupation of the country, its early settlement and subsequent
growth, a description of its historic and interesting localities, its rich
oil deposits and their development, sketches of its cities, boroughs,
townships, and villages, neighborhood and family history, portraits and
biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc.,
etc.
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