Merry Christmas

Wishing you all to have a wonderful day with loved ones as you celebrate the birth of our Savior. Here is a famous picture taken by a Knoxvillian, Joseph Knaffl. This picture is called Knaffl Madonna. The woman in the picture is the wife of my cousin, William G. Price. Her maiden name was Emma Fanz.

Crawford Lane

Today I wanted to post about my great-great-great-grandfather, Crawford Lane. My Lane family is from Marion County, South Carolina. I plan to share more about my Lane family from Marion in the coming weeks.

Generation No. 1

1. CRAWFORD³ LANE (JAMES C.², OSBORNE¹) was born 22 Sep 1812, and died 10 Jun 1884. He married ANNA PERRITT, daughter of DAVID PERRITT and SARAH SMITH. She was born 22 Jul 1818, and died 21 Jul 1896.

More About CRAWFORD LANE:

Burial: Lane Cemetery, Marion County, South Carolina

More About ANNA PERRITT:

Burial: Lane Cemetery, Marion County, South Carolina

Children of CRAWFORD LANE and ANNA PERRITT are:

i. SARAH⁴ LANE, b. Abt. 1838.

ii. DANIEL FRANKLIN LANE, b. Nov 1839, Marion County, South Carolina. m. CHARLOTTE M. GASQUE on 01 Nov 1866 in Marion County, South Carolina

iii. GEORGE W. LANE, b. Abt. 1842.

iv. ADDISON L. LANE, b. 06 Oct 1844; d. 31 Dec 1923. m. CHERRY BRYANT on 11 Jan 1867

v. ELIZABETH LANE, b. Abt. 1846.

vi. JAMES DUNCAN LANE, b. 04 Mar 1850; d. 06 Oct 1920. m. IRENE CAMPBELL

vii. MARY LANE, b. 12 Mar 1851; d. 24 May 1927. burial: Lane Cemetery, Marion County, South Carolina

viii. NANCY ANN LANE, b. 14 Sep 1853; d. 31 Mar 1926. burial: Lane Cemetery, Marion County, South Carolina

ix. HAPSY LANE, b. Bet. 1854 - 1857.

x. VIRGINIA JANE LANE, b. Abt. 1858.

xi. CATHARINE LANE, b. 30 Oct 1862; d. 13 Feb 1939. m. JOSEPH ROGERS

Digital Photography

I forgot to add Digital Photography to my Researcher for Hire post. I go to cemeteries in the Knoxville and surrounding areas. I currently have pictures from cemeteries in Knox, Blount, Sevier, Monroe and Roane County, Tennessee; Marion and Dillion County, South Carolina; Montgomery County, Virginia. I can also take pictures of buildings (i.e. Churches).

I had someone ask me to accompany them to a cemetery in Anderson County so that I could take pictures for them. We walked around the cemetery finding all the different relatives and came across a headstone that was large and held a lot of information. The only problem was we could barely read it! The sun was behind the stone and the front had some wear. We sat for a while to write out all the information before heading on to find more relatives. A little while later we came back by that stone and what we saw was amazing. Oh the difference of the position of the sun! This is the picture I took after the sun rose directly overhead.


I have also taken many pictures of Churches, entrances to cemeteries, homes, and historic markers to name a few. This is a picture of St. John's Lutheran Church in Knoxville. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1913. This is across the street from Old Gray Cemetery. I remember the pastor at my great-uncle's funeral waiting for the church bell to chime thirty minutes after the hour before starting the service.