John Lane was born on 27. Jan. 1793 at Somerset County, New Jersey. He was the son of
Aaron Lane and
Sarah Van Dorn. John Lane married
Rosanah Crum, daughter of
Abraham Crum and
Mary Whitinger, on 14. Sep. 1815 at Wayne County, Indiana. John Lane married
Rosanah Crum, daughter of
Abraham Crum and
Mary Whitinger, on 16. Sep. 1815 at Wayne County, Indiana. John Lane was shown in the census on 28. Aug. 1850 as a blacksmith.
John Lane and
Rosanah Crum appeared on the census of 28. Aug. 1850 at Springfield Twp., Hamilton County, Ohio; real estate value 7,767.00. John Lane died on 4. Jun. 1880 at Mount Healthy, Hamilton County, Ohio, at age 87. He was buried a 4. Jun. 1880 at New Burlington Cemetery, Hamilton County, Ohio. In 1826 John and his brother Aaron were given 38 acres in Hamilton County, OH, by their grandfather Aaron Van Doren.
Family tradition says that one day John was sitting on his porch when he saw a girl on horseback ride by going to fetch a doctor for her mother. John went along to help, and the girl, Rosanah Crum, became his wife... They lived on a farm on Mill Creek, one mine north of Mt. Healthy, Ohio.
From Clark Lane's "Reminiscential" it appears that John was a smith or at least did some smithing and they had a one room log house on a farm. It was located at the junction of Hamilton Avenue and Mill Road, just south of the New Burlington Cemetery. The property was still in the family hands in 1907. John and his sons made a reaping machine, wagons, and other machinery. John Lane stone blacksmith shop, supposed to have been built in 1813, still stands a mile north of Mt. Healthy.
Hamilton Avenue might have been built along the route or "trace" cut by General St. Clair to the north during his Indian campaigns. It was the main road between Cincinnati and Hamilton and Mt. Healthy was located about 1/2 between Fort Hamilton and Fort Washington (Cincinnati).
The New Burlington Cemetery, where many Lanes are buried, is located on Mill Road, just north of the junction with Hamilton Ave., probably on or next to the original Lane farm.
The Lane home was said to be a stop on the Underground Railroad, and the Lanes worked with Levi Coffin, a Quaker, who organzied the RR through Cincinnati.