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Lane, Lemuel M

lawyer, was born Nov. 4, 1854, in Fillmore, Mo. After receiving the rudiments of his education in the common schools, he attended the Illinois State Normal school. He has been mayor of Maryville, Mo., and twice its city attorney. He was twice prosecuting attorney of Nodaway county, Mo.; and was one of the founders of the Methodist college of Maryville. He is now practicing his profession with success in King Fisher, Oklahoma; and is prominent in the public affairs of that territory.

LANE, SAMUEL. He was one of the first men appointed superintendent or commissioner of public buildings for the District of Columbia, but the date of his appointment does not appear on the public records.

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