Chauncey S. Lane

LANE

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Date: 11/7/2022 at 22:10:45

Chauncey S. Lane

Chauncey S. Lane, of Bristol, was the first to fill the position (County Treasurer and Recorder). He was elected at the fall elec­tion of 1857, and assumed the responsibilities of the office, with the balance of the county officials, on the receipt of the legal­izing papers the following May. Mr. Lane continued to fulfill the duties of these offices until Feb.18,1860, when he resigned.
Mr. Lane was one of the pioneers of the county, having made a settlement at Bris­tol in the fall of 1855. He platted the town of Bristol and was a public spirited, high-minded gentleman. On the break­ing out of the Rebellion, resigning office, honors and home, he enlisted in the 32d Iowa Infantry, and was made second lieu­tenant of company B. He died while in camp at New Madrid, Mo., Dec. 15, 1862. He was, as a man, upright and respected, as an officer of the county, thorough and able, as a soldier, brave and discreet, and Worth county met with a great loss when he was summoned from this world. Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1884, p.630