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  • Questions of 2021

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    Questions people have often asked us this year. Are you still hiking? Will you still hike the Appalachian Trail? What have you been doing in 2020/2021? When are you/Are you coming back to Dorcas Library? Here are answers: Yes. We are still hiking, albeit in somewhat reduced capacity. More on this in a later post.…

  • 16 Oct 1940 Emery Orson Lane

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    DEATH OF EMERY ORSON LANE I have been unable to locate the death record online. I intend to conduct further research on this family during my next visit to New England. “He became ill with ulcers, failing, he died 16 Oct 1940 at his home, from old age and cancer. He is buried in Pleasant…

  • 1940 CENSUS Emery Orson Lane

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    Maine, Kennebec, Fayette By the 1940 Census, Emery Orson Lane indicated that he was unable to work. He was 80 years old. He stated that he had completed one year of high school (in 1874, as previously noted). The family had lived in the same house in 1935. Rose M., 61, wife, housekeeper, did not…

  • 3 Apr 1930 CENSUS Emery Orson Lane

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    Maine, Kennebec, Fayette. In 1930, Emery O. Lane, 70, owned his own farm. The family did not yet have a radio. He had married at age 37. He stated that he was not a veteran. Rose Lane, 29, wife, was listed as a housekeeper. Also on this census:  Wesley, 29, married, general farm laborer; Ronald,…

  • 1900 to 1930 Emery Orson Lane

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    OCCUPATIONS “He carried on his farming summers and logged winters. He owned some of the finest horses in town. He was an agent for the American Agricultural Chemical Co., fertilizer manufacturers, until the depression of the 1930s. [Had] an extensive lumbering operation on his farm…, with one Frank Rose, and later on with his son…

  • 1923 RESIDENCE Emery Orson Lane

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    In rural areas, there was often one phone directory for a wide area. Fayette, Maine is a very small, rural town in Kennebec County, and was included in the Augusta city directory in 1923. EXTRACT:     U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 about Emery O Lane Name:                      Emery O Lane Residence Year:      1923 Residence Place:…

  • 7 January 1920 Census Emery Orson Lane

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    Maine. Kennebec, Fayette. In 1920, Emery Orson Lane, 60, owned his farm with a mortgage. He was self-employed, doing general farm labor. Listed on this census are: Rose, 41, wife; Wesley, 18; Gladys, 16; Stella, 14; Persis, 13; Marion, 10; Ronald, 8; Muriel, 3 years, 9 months; Eunice, 1. All children were born in Maine.…

  • 10 May 1910 CENSUS Emery Orson Lane

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    Maine, Kennebec, Fayette. In 1910, Emery O. Lane, 50, had been married for 12 years. He was self-employed, and had not been out of work any weeks in 1909. He owned his farm. Rose M., 33, had been married 12 years, had born six children and six children were living. She was listed as having…

  • 1903: EO Lane Farmhouse Burned

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    REBUILT FARMHOUSE & FRAMED BARNS According to Roger Nathaniel Lane, the original farmhouse burned in 1903.  Emery Orson Lane rebuilt the house. Furthermore:  “He, with a small crew, ‘raised’ many barns of the ‘hewn beam, tenon and pin’ construction in the locality, and was considered the very best for miles around. He framed each side…

  • 4 Jun 1900 CENSUS Emery Orson Lane

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    Maine, Kennebec, Fayette. According to the 1900 Census, Emery Orson and Rose Haskell Lane were living in Fayette, Maine.  Emery O. Lane, 40, was born Dec. 1859, and had been married for two years. He could speak, read and write in English. He was a farmer, who owned his farm free and clear.  Rose M.,…