PATRICK LANE, farmer, P.O. Shelby, Shelby County, was born in County
Limerick, Ireland, son of John and Honora (McCarty) Lane, natives of
County Kerry, Ireland. John Lane was born in 1799, was a farmer by
occupation, and died in County Limerick, Ireland, in 1850. His wife
died in New York City.  They had two sons and two daughters, and of
this family one son is deceased. Mr. Lane was educated in Ireland and
began life as a farmer, which occupation he followed in his native
country.  In 1847, he came to the United States, came to Clinton
County in 1849, and the following year went to Tennessee, where he
worked in the tunnel at Tunnel Hill, and while working there saved the
life of a fellow workman --- an act which he considers the best of his
life.  Returning to Iowa in 1851, he bought 320 acres of land in
Clinton County at $1.25 per acre, sold one-half of the land for $6.15
per acre, invested the proceeds in stock, and succeeded well in all
his undertakings. He was a foreman on the North-Western Railway for
some time. In 1874, he came to Pleasant Township where, in January,
1872, he had bought of J. P. Casady and Mr. Haas, of Council Bluffs,
640 acres of wild land at $6.50 cash per acre. He at the same time
owned 200 acres in Clinton County, one of the best farms in that
county, which he sold in May, 1874, for $9,500 cash, then moved to his
section in this township.  In 1874, he bought 830 acres of wild land
at $9.50 cash per acre; in 1881, bought 80 acres of wild land
adjoining the home farm at $16 cash per acre, and he now owns 1550
acres of land, all clear of incumbrance, one of the finest stock or
grain farms in the county.  The Big Silver Creek runs through the
farm, one-half of which is valley. The farm is located four and a half
miles west of Avoca, and two and three-fourths south of Shelby.
Mr. Land carries on general farming, and frequently goes to Chicago to
buy cattle. At Lyons, Clinton Co., Iowa, November 14, 1853, he married
Mary Shannon, born in County Clare, Ireland, in March, 1832, daughter
of Michael and Mary (Neylon) Shannon, natives of County Clare,
Ireland, he born in 1796, she in 1806. By this union, they have been
blessed with the following children: James, Patrick Henry, Mary,
Margueretta, Katy and John (deceased). In politics, Mr. Lane is a
Democrat, but conservative in his views.

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From:  History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 1882.
A copy of the article was provided by the Pottawattamie County
historical society and retyped by Dennis Nicklaus.