ISAAC D. LANE, farmer; P. O. Kilbourne; is an old settler and came to this State in 1827; he lived in New Salem, Menard Co., many years, and came to this county in 1844, and since that time has been a permanent resident; his early education was obtained in a log schoolhouse, his seat a rude one, made of a rail, with pegs for its support, and doors and windows then almost unknown. Deer and game of all kinds were in abundance, and Indians were then seen roaming about. Mr. L. is a son ot Richard Lane and Rachel Drake; his mother was a native of Baltimore Co., Md., and his father a native of the Old Dominion. Sept 28, 1819, was the date of Isaac D.'s advent to Warren Co., Middle Tennessee. The second epoch in his life was Jan. 14,1845, when he took to wife Sarah Skipton; she was a native of Ohio. They have had seven children, but five of whom are living:  Jordon R., Louisa J., Henry C., Matilda and Isaac D. Mr. Lane's father was an Antislavery man, and left Tennessee on account of the prevalence of slavery: his son, early in life, imbibed those principles, and could never look upon involuntary servitude with any degree of allowance. It may be said of Mr. Lane, that in all his transactions with his fellow men, litigation has been a thing unknown, and while he may not leave after him much of this world's goods, yet he does hope to transmit to them a good name, and a remembrance that their paternal ancestor was an honest man.



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