Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-08


the house since last November. Hi:
age was 40 years and about 10 months
and Il widow survives. Funeral ser
vices will be held at the home at 81
this afternoon and will be in charge o
Trinity Commandery, No. I, X. Il.
Samuel Worcester Lane was born IL
Franklin, Waldo county, April 30. 1888
son of Urah ard Susan S. Deanel
Lane. Ills ancestry was early ColOnia
| on both sides, and he was the young
est in q family of nine children. Hi
| father, who was an architect, diet
when he was quite young. On TIL
death of his father the family moved
| to HamDden, PenObScot county, ant
| there he acquired his early education
| in the common schools and in Hamp.
den Academy. in the meantime work
| ing on a farm and at shoe making f
| defray expenses.
| AT the age of Il, Capt. Lane began
teaching winter terms of school
Studious By nature and fond OF books
he devoted his spare time to reading
and study. Resolving upon the pre-
fessiOn of law, after a due course o.
preliminary training in legal lore, he
was admitted to the bar in Penobscot
county in 1859 and began practice il
Hampden. But determining upon Q
cole giate course, he returned to tbs
academy to complete his preparation
and was nearly ready for college whei
the stirring events of 1861 aroused his
patriotism and instead of going to col
lege he went to the war.
Enlistng as a private in the FRS
Maine Cavalry, he spent the winter o
1862 in tent on the State grounds
iii Augusta. This proved a cold in
Production to the city of his future
home, for a disability followed by his
discharge in 1852, was the result of tbs
exposure. With Il few weeks Of home
life, however, came a return OF ViGo:
and with il the old resolve to march
under the flag of his country. Again
h. enlisted this time in the Eleventh
Maine Infantry. in which he was pro-
motcd by regular graduations in the
ranks to a captaincy. He served in
Virginia., North and South Carolina
Florida and the Department of the
Gul1-nearly three years of constant
duty never absent from his regiment
except when on detached service.
May ]. 1865, Capt. Lane opened Il
law Office in Augusta from which he
was burned out III the great fire of the
following September. He served sue
cessfuly as a member of the school
board, member of the common council.
and as auditor of accounts for many
years. and for three terms as city
treasurer and collector Following
this he served the city as alderman for
three years and was mayor two terms
1SS9-30
One of the noteworthy acts of Mayor
Lanes administration was his suS-
scstion and instigatiCn of replacing
the old wooden bridge over the Ken
neDec river with an iron structure. His
views as to the need of this improve
ment were acted upon by the city
council, and in less than a year from
that time the present iron bridge was
open to public traved Capt. Lane WAS
afterwards mayor for two more terms.
1S99-19O0, and he was city auditor in
1887
In 1869 Capt Lane was assistant
secretary and for the 10 years follow
ing secretary of the State Senate. In
the fall of 1892 he was elected to the
Legislature from Augusta for the next
term, 1894, and in 1894 was reelected
for second term.
In 1878, having previously acted for
three years as editor of 'Our Young
Folks" an Illustrated paper published
by j.. c. Allen x Co.. Augusta, Capt.
Lane became editor n-chef of all
the various publications issued by that
house, and retained that position with
the z. c. Allen Publishing Co. which
after the death of Mr.. Allen succeeded
to the business in 1892. In 1894 the s.
W. Lane Co, of which Capt. Lane was
the head bought out the Allen corpo-
ration and later the various publica
tons were issued by the w. H.-Gan
nett Publishing Company, being
known as Lanes list" Mr.. Lane re-
naming in charge of them.
Captain Lane was long actively in