ISAAC
LANE, the proprieter of the Washta House, Washta, Iowa and one of the
early settlers of Willow Township, has been a resident of Cherokee
County since 1869. He was born on a farm near Eagle Village,
Boone County, Indiana, March 19, 1835 and is the son of John and
Charity (Standige) Lane. His father was born in Kentucky, of
Irish ancestry, and his mother was a native of Georgia, a descendant of
Dutch colonists who came to Georgia in the early history of the State.
Isaac Lane is the youngest of ten children, and to him fell
the
responsibility of caring for his parents after his brothers and sisters
had grown up and left the old Indiana homestead for the new States then
coming into favor in the region of the setting sun. He grew
to
manhood in Howard County, Indiana, whither his parents had moved when
he was yet a lad. In 1864 he came to Benton County, Iowa with
his
mother who died there. He worked at farming in this county
until
1869 when he moved to Willow Township, Cherokee County, and took a
homestead of 160 acres, section 32 on which Joseph McCoun now lives.
This land Mr. Lane sold before he proved upon it and bought
120
acres in sections 31 and 32, Willow Township, which he improved.
He built a house, a barn and sheds, equipped the place for
the
raising of live-stock and grain, in which pursuits he was engaged until
coming to Washta in 1888. In that year he sold his farm and
built
the Washta House, near the station of the Cherokee and Dakota Railroad.
The Washta House is the pioneer hotel in the town, and
through
the efforts of Mr. Lane and his gentlemanly associate, Charles Tuel,
Esq., it has become deservedly popular with the traveling public.
Mr. Lane is also proprioetor of two livery barns in Washta,
which
he manages.
July 22, 1862, finds our subject enlisted in
Company
B, Thirty-first Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Captain George Dearth.
He served with his command until 1865 and saw some hard
fighting
at Chickasaw Bluffs, Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, Atlanta, Jackson and in
other battles and skirmishes. He was wounded in the left arm
by a
bullet at the battle of Arkansas Post; he was with Sherman when that
famous General made his immortal march to the sea, and shared the
hardships and the glories of that grand campaign. He is the
present trustee of the township and is a member of William Barker Post,
No. 292, G.A.R. Correctionville, Iowa. In politics he is an
ardent Republican. He is a member of the Congregational
Church.
Mr. Lane's brothers and sisters are named as follows:
Mrs.
Mary McCoun, Mrs. Margaret Dodson, Thomas Lane, John T. Lane. Biographical History of Cherokee
County, IA, W. W. Dunbar & Co Publishers, 1889 |
