We reveal the history of the community through the stories of its dead
individual record

id
first
middle
last
dob
dod
cod
129WarrenLane12/6/18067/10/1877

veteran
exhumed
purchaser
cemetery
TRUETRUEWoodvale

lot
plot
Probably used to be in lot 178. Exhumed, moved to Woodvale, section 1, lot 27W 1/2, grave 3 S L.
relations
Eleanor Rooks Lane (2nd wife, 13 Dec 1829-5 Jan 1906) Royal W. Lane (son, b. c1835 to 1st wife) Warren Lane (son, b. cJan/Feb 1850) Cora (daughter, b. c1854) Charles (son, b. c1856) Eugene (son, b. c1858) Frank (son, b. c1867) Anna Whitney (1st wife) John Flagg Lane (Father) Zarina Perkins (Mother)

military branch
date served
war
Army8/4/1862-9/2/1863Civil War

rank
medals
unit
PrivateN/ACompany B., 103rd Ohio Infantry

military comments
age 55 years at enlistment. He was discharged for disability at Cleveland, OH

military sources
Inscriptions from the Old Berea Cemetery 1904, Berea Historical Society Civil War Research Database, citing Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State ofOhio,online www.civilwardata.com

comments
Warren was born in Grafton, VT in 1806 (Labaj). He married Eleanor Rooks (tombstone). There is no marriage license for him or her in Cuyahoga County. Their family was enumerated in Akron, OH, in the 1850 census. Wife was Eleanor, children were Royal W. (14)-- and Warren J (5 mos.). They moved to Berea around 1856 (Labaj). They were enumerated in the 1860 census in Middleburg, as "Orrin" Lane, 52, a farmer with $100 private property and $100 personal property, wife Eleanor was 30, born in NY. Children were Warren (10), Carrie or Corra (6), Charles (4), and Eugene (2). All children were born in OH, the three elder were attending school. On 4 Aug. 1862, Warren enlisted in the Union Army as a private, at the age of 55. He was mustered into Co. B, 103d Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was discharged 2 Sept. 1863 on surgeon's certificate of disability (Berea Enterprise, 4 June 1898; Labaj). He was enumerated in the 1870 census in Berea, age 63, a moulder, born in VT. He had $1500 private property and $300 personal property. Wife Elinor [sic] was 43 or 47, keeping house, born in M?. Children were Cora (16), Charles (14), Eugene (12), and Frank (3)--all born in Ohio. Charles and Frank were attending school. Edward and Cealia Best were his neighbors. He died 10 July 1877 (Berea Enterprise, 4 June 1898). Warren "Lowe" [Lane] bought lot 178 in the Adams St. Cemetery, but the City did not record his burial there. His death was reported in the Grindstone Advertiser on 12 July 1877: "The funeral of Warren Lane took place at the Stone Church, at 2 o’clock his afternoon. Mr. Lane had been a resident of Berea, for 17 years previous to his removal to Strongsville, three years ago." "Elinor" Lane was enumerated in the 1900 census in Berea, in her own home, alone. She gave her age as 71; she was widowed, born Dec 1829 in NY to parents from NY, had had 5 children, 4 of whom were still living. In 1904, Warren's military marker was located in Adams St. and transcribed as "Warren Lane, Co. B. 103 O. Inf." By 1934, his marker was no longer there. A study of Decoration Day ceremonies recorded in local newspapers showed his grave being decorated in Adams Stin 1879, 1884, 1886, 1889, and 1904, but not in 1929 or 1930; this indicates that he was exhumed between 1904 and 1929 (Megan West). He and his wife, Eleanor Rooks Lane, were moved to Woodvale Cemetery. The Advertiser, on 5 Sept 1868, mentioned Warren Lane: "We would call the attention of our readers to the new Photographic rooms just opened, over O.H. Perry’s store, by Mr. Warren Lane. The rooms are commodious, and fitted up in the best style; by far the best that Berea has yet seen. The rooms are under the care of Mrs. Lane, who is well known to our citizens as an artist. Those in want of a Photograph will do well to call.." The next mention of Warren Lane was on 3 October 1868 in The Advertiser: "Warren Lane’s Photograph Gallery! Having removed to our new rooms in Whitbeck’s new addition opposite Stearn’s & M’Culloch’s and having refitted and made additions to our furniture and stock, we are prepared to make pictures in every variety." The 6 March 1869 Grindstone City Advertiser mentioned Lane's business: "Warren Lane’s Photography Gallery Is now open and ready for business. All who wish a Photograph or Ambrotype will not fail to give us a call. Gallery, over Perry’s store." The 12 June 1869 Grindstone City Advertiser noted: "Leaving Town.—Mr. Lane the Photographer is about leaving Berea, to take charge of a Hospital in Cleveland and is desirous of selling out his business, here is a first class chance for a good Photographer." Warren Lane's ability to grow and harvest corn was mentioned in the 15 September 1871 Grindstone City Advertiser: "Mr Warren Lane brought to this office a stalk of corn measuring twelve feet and four inches in length, grown on the grounds of the Berea Agricultural Society. This is some corn, and it is hoped that corn from other fields may soon be exhibited on the land upon which this was raised" (15 September 1871). Warren had an irregular hen: "Mr. Warren Lane must be the owner of a very irregular hen, judging by an egg left at this office…" (22 September 1871, GCA) "Warren Lane, 163d O.V.I By Mr. McKean:- He served his country faithfully." “To all Whom it may Concern: Know ye, That Warren Lane Private of Captain W.W. Hutchinson Company B., 103rd Regiment of Ohio VOLUNTEERS who was enrolled on the fourth day of August one thousand eight hundred and sixty two to serve three years or during the war, is hereby Discharged from the service of the United States this second day of September 1863, at Cleveland Ohio, by reason of Surgeon’s Certificate of Disability. Said Warren Lane was born in Sewsberry in the state of Vermont, is 55 years of age, six feet ½ inches high, dark complexion, B Grey eyes, Grey hair, and by occupation, when enrolled, a ______. Gibeir at Cleveland, O., this second day of September 1863. [signed] John Rublurg Surgeon in Charge.”

sources
Don Labaj, Berea Families CD, 2006; Adam Street Cemetery DVD, 2006. 1850 US Federal Census, Warren Lane household; cited in Labaj. 1860 US Federal Census, Orrin Lane household, Series: M653 Roll: 954 Page: 128 1870 US Federal Census, Warren Lane household, Series: M593 Roll: 1193 Page: 425 1900 US Federal Census, Elinor Lane household, Series: T623 Roll: 1261 Page: 87 Berea Enterprise, 4 June 1898 Inscriptions from the Old Berea Cemetery 1904, Berea Historical Society Megan West, Study of Decoration Day Ceremonies in Adams St., Excel spreadsheet; Adams St Cemetery project notes, Indira Gesink personal collection, Baldwin-Wallace College. Warren Lane-Eleanor Rooks Lane monument, Woodvale Cemetery, Middleburg Heights, OH, viewed by Daniel Maxymiv, 2006; Dr. Indira Gesink and Jeremy Feador, 12 Oct 2007. The Advertiser, 5 September 1868. The Advertiser, 3 October 1868. Grindstone City Advertiser, 12 June 1869. GCA, 6 March 1869 GCA, 15 September 1871 GCA, 22 September 1871 The Berea, Advertiser, Warren Lane, June 1874. Cont. 1 Fold 3 Discharge Paper of Warren Lane Front Only(Sept. 2, 1863), The Western Reserve Historical Society, Monica Scullen, 25 July 2006.