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• Columbus' father Embargo C Lane moved the family to Texas from Alabama sometime after the birth of Robert in Alabama about 1839 and before the birth of Embargo Junior in Texas in about 1843.  Columbus was enumerated in the 1860 census under his middle name Lafayette at 4 months of age.  He appears to have been born in Panola County, Texas, where the census was taken.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Panola County, Texas, 7 August, Beat #6, PO Fair Play, page 71, Hse/Fam #477
  Embargo C Lane 54 M Farmer $2000 Real Estate #500 Personal born Geo
  Eliza Lane 44 F House K. born Geo
  Robert 23 M Farmer born Geo
  John 21 M Farmer born Ala
  Embargo Lane 17 M Farmer born Tex
  Mary Lane 15 F House K. born Tex
  Eliza Lane 9 F born Tex
  Talbert Lane 7 M born Tex
  Jasper Lane 6 M born Tex
  Lafayette Lane 4mos M born Tex
  
  Columbus' father moved some time before 1867 to Hopkins County.  Embargo C Lane was registered to vote in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas, in 1867.  The middle initial C probably stand for the name Columbus.
  
  In the 1870 census, Columbus is again listed as Lafayette.  Ages in this family vary considerably between these two censuses, but Lafayette's is consistent.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Hopkins County, Texas, 12 August, Precinct 1, PO Bright Star, page 60, Hse #449, Fam #450
  Lane, Embargo C 61 M W Farmer $500 Real Estate $200 Personal born Georgia
  Lane, Elizabeth C 55 F W  born Georgia
  Lane, Daniel B 24 M W Farm Laborer born Texas
  Lane, Mary J 20 F W born Texas
  Lane, Tolbert N 18 M W born Texas
  Lane, Jasper 15 M W born Texas
  Lane, Lafayette 10 M W born Texas
  Lane, Elizabeth 17 F W born Texas
  
  Columbus' family was enumerated twice, 10 days apart, byt he same enumerator.  The general location is the same, but neighbors are different, however, which may mean they owned two separate farms close together.  In the following one, 10 days earlier than the one reproted above, Columbus is so reproted, instead of as Lafayette.  Ages of some children vary 2 years in these two reports, just 10 days apart, taken by the same enumerator!  Mary, reported as 18 years old here, is only 3 years older than her reported age in 1860, and 2 years younger htan the report above, made 10 days later..Talbot's name is different and several individuals have no middle initial as reported in the one above.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Hopkins County, Texas, 2 August, Precinct 1, PO Bright Star, page 60, Hse #169, Fam #170
  Lane, Embargo 61 M W Farmer $500 Real Estate $200 Personal born Georgia
  Lane, Elizabeth 54 F W  born Georgia
  Lane, Daniel 26 M W Farm Laborer born Texas
  Lane, Mary J 18 F W born Texas
  Lane, Talbot M 16 M W born Texas
  Lane, Jasper 14 M W born Texas
  Lane, Columbus 9 M W born Texas
  
  In 1880, a census record in Parker County, Texas, appears to be for this Columbus Lafayette Lane, in the name of Lafayette Lane, married to his first wife named Mary.  This seems to match in general, though it is farther west than we have other documentation for Columbus Lafayette Lane.  And his parents are both reported born in Louisiana, while othe reprots say father in GA and mother in AL.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 4 June, Precinct 2, District 136, page 8, Hse/Fam #356
  Lane, Lafayette W M 20 Head Farmer TX LA LA [b abt 1860]
  Lane, Mary W F 19 Wife Keeping House IL TN IL [b abt 1861]
  Lane, Tom W M 1mo born May TX TX Ill
  
  In 1900 Columbus' wife Mollie is enumerated twice.  Once as a widow with her children living in her mother's household in Kaufman County, Texas.  But three days earlier she had been reported as the wife of Columbus Lane in neighboring Hunt County, Texas.  Her son Wiley Williams was born in December 1897 (could have been 1898, due to common error of one year in the 1900 census birth date entries).
  
  1900 Federal Census, Hunt County, Texas, 15 June, Justice Precinct 7, District 138, page 14A, Hse #242, Fam #243
  Lane, Columbus L Head W M Mch 1860 40 Married 20 years (?) TX GA GA Farmer Rents
  Lane, Mollie  Wife W M July 1871  28 Married 20 years [but married Columbus since 1897] 6 child/3 living AL AL AL
  Lane, Minnie Dau W F June 1879  20 Single TX TX IL Farm Labor
  Lane, Mollie Dau W F Oct 1883  16 Single TX TX IL
  Lane, Luther Son W M Sept 1889  10 Single TX TX IL
  Lane, Dan Son W M Jan 1892  7 Single TX TX IL
  Williams, Stephen Step-Son W M June 1889  9 TX TX AL
  -- page 14B  --
  Williams, Lee Step-Son W M Feb 1892  8 TX TX AL
  Williams, Wiley Step-Son W M Dec 1897  2 TX TX AL
  
  In 1910, the enumerator reports the place of birth of all the children as Alabama, which is Mollie's birth state, not that of the Lane children's mother, which was reported as Illinois in 1900.  They are in Rockwall County, east of Hunt, where they were enumerated in 1900.
  
  This 1910 census reports that Columbus and Molly have been married 7 years.  How can that be when they are already enumerated as a family in 1900, with the Williams boys reported as Columbus' step-sons and Mollie as his wife?  Actually the 1900 census reports they have already been married 20 years, meaning they married about 1890.  But that has to be an enumerator error, just going by the ages of the children of both surnames.  They've only just gotten married to each other.  Mollie's last Williams child is only 2 years old.
  
  It appears in the 1900 census that Columbus originally got married about 20 years before, going by the age of his daughter.  That matches the report of his being married for 20 years.  But this column is supposed to be for the number of years of the current marriage, which would be only a few months.  He also strangely reports Mollie as married for 20 years.  The enumerator must have been confused also or distracted in entering Mollie's information, and may have just drawn down the same number for Mollie without thinking.  The last two Williams boys were born in 1892 and 1889.  They did not marry until after June 1889, but with the birth of Wiley Williams in 1897, Columbus and Mollie could not have married until at least after his birth in Dec 1897.  We can say about 1898 or 1899.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Rockwall County, Texas, 29 April, Justice Precinct 3, District 180, page 8B, Hse/Fam #158
  Lane, Columbus L  Head M W  51  Married 7 yrs TX NC TX Farmer Rents
  Lane, Molly Wife  F W  40  Married 7 yrs 9 children/5 living AL AL AL
  Lane, Daniel Son  M W 18 Single TX TX AL Farm Help
  Lane, Wiley Son  M W 8 Single TX TX AL Farm Help
  Lane, Luther Son  M W 22 Single TX TX AL
  Lane, Lillie Dau  F W 4 Single TX TX AL
  Lane, Jesse Son  M W 3 Single TX TX AL
  
  Columbus died sometime before the 1920 census, when Mollie is enumerated with her next husband Joe T (Toliver Jorile) Green.  I have not found his grave or a death record.  I suspect it was around 1918 or 1919 and in or near Marlow, Oklahoma, since Mollie's mother and her stepfather William Chenault were living in the Richland Township outside Marlow in 1910, as was Toliver Jorile Green and his family.
  

Sources

• 1. 1880 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 4 June, Precinct 2, District 136, page 8, Hse/Fam #356
• 2. 1910 Federal Census, Rockwall County, Texas
  • 29 April, Justice Precinct 3, District 180, page 8B, Hse/Fam #158
• 3. 1860 Federal Census, Panola County, Texas
  • 7 August, Beat #6, PO Fair Play, page 71, Hse/Fam #477
• 4. 1900 Federal Census, Hunt County, Texas
  • 15 June, Justice Precinct 7, District 138, page 14A, Hse #242, Fam #243
• 5. 1870 Federal Census, Hopkins County, Texas
  • 12 August, Precinct 1, PO Bright Star, page 60, Hse #449, Fam #450
• 6. 1870 Federal Census, Hopkins County, Texas
  • 2 August, Precinct 1, PO Bright Star, page 60, Hse #169, Fam #170
• 7. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
• 8. U.S., Headstone Applications, 1925-1963
• 9. California, Death Index, 1940-1997
• 10. 1920 Federal Census, Grady County, Oklahoma
  • [no date], Starr Township, District 189, page 3B, Hse/Fam #46
• 11. 1940 Federal Census, Los Angeles County, California
  • 15 April, Long Beach, District 59-19, page 68A, 154 Loreta Walk, Hse #500 Rents $25