Sisters Mary Shannon Lane and Honora Shannon McGrath in 1897. Uncertain which is which. From the collection of Becky Saunders who guessed the Mary Lane was the seated one since the seated person was thinner, perhaps indicative of a hard farm life?

born: Feb 1832, Killeinagh,near Ennistymon,Co. Clare,Ireland

bapt: 20 Feb 1832, Ennistymon,Co. Clare,Ireland, at the Catholic Church

died: 29 Mar 1904, Clinton,Clinton Co.,Iowa

bur.: 1 Apr 1904, Avoca,Pottawattamie Co.,Iowa, at Graceland Cemetery

spouse: Patrick LANE

marr: 14 Nov 1853, Lyons,Clinton Co.,Iowa

born: 1814, Co. Limerick,Ireland

died: 30 Apr 1904, Council Bluffs,Pottawattamie Co.,Iowa

bur.: 2 May 1904, Avoca,Pottawattamie Co.,Iowa, at Graceland Cemetery

Children:

James LANE

John LANE

Patrick Henry LANE

Mary Lenore LANE

Margaret E. ``Maggie'' LANE

Catherine ``Katie'' B. LANE

Mary and Patrick Lane moved from Clinton County, Iowa to Pottawattamie County, just south of Shelby in 1874. The family is in the 1885 and 1895 Iowa censuses, Pottawattamie County, Pleasant Township. Mary lived with her sister Honora in Clinton her last four or five years. Patrick Lane's obituary and Mary's 1900 census entry say they were divorced, but no court record of that has been found in Shelby County. One of Mary's obituaries says she had nine children in total, six dying young. We've found no records of the additional three. The 1900 census said she had 8 children, 3 living.

Mary's middle name of Catherine is from the tombstone of daughter Mary Lenore (Shannon) Simpson.

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