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Note: From the Ticonderoga Sentinel
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1916
OBITUARY
MRS. JULIA A. LANE
Before her marriage Mrs. Lane
was Miss Julia A. Durkee of Fort Edward,
N. Y., where she was born on
Sept. 23, 1838. At the age of nineteen
she was married to Philander
Norton of Glens Falls, and soon after
came to Hague and made that
place her home for the rest of her
life. From that union there were
born two sons and two daughters,
of whom Mrs. Eva Shattuck, wife of
Henry Shattuck of Hague, is the only
survivor. Philander Norton was a
member of Company A., 9 3d regiment,
N. Y. State Volunteers, and
died in the Army Square hospital at
Washington June 1, 1864.
On Sept. 8, 1865 she married
Geo. Lane of Hague. Their children
were Burton Lane of Silver
Bay, who was drowned at that place
in Sept. 1903. a few days after the
death of his father. Arthur, Eldridge,
Aura and Mrs. Walter Griffin.
all of Hague, N. Y., and all surviving
their mother. She is also survived
by three brothers, Benjamin Durkee
of Hague, Ira Durkee of Fort
Edward and Washington Durkee of
Bolton, and by three sisters and a
large number of grand children.
Several years ago Mrs. Lane was
run over and severely injured by a
team and was a cripple after, though
with her wonderful vitality she was
able to go about ministering to the
sick and helping those in distress.
She was an active member of the
Baptist church of Hague. Her burial
on the 21st of Nov. was in the
cemetery there and the services were
conducted by the Rev. Dr. Thomas
de Gruchy of Ticonderoga
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