Emery Orson Lane was born in Readfield, Kennebec, Maine on 6 Dec 1860 to George Milton Lane and Ellen Maddocks Lane. He was the third child, and the firstborn son.

“Born 8 Dec 1860 (he said 6 Dec) at Readfield.”

SOURCE:  Lane, Frank C. & Lane, Roger N., Ancestry & Descendents of James Lane of Hingham, Massachusetts and Readfield, Maine, 1966, pp 32-33.