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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Feraby Lucy E. Lanier: Birth: 10 May 1832 in Lancaster Co., South Carolina. Death: 15 Mar 1845 in Tallapoosa Co., Alabama

  2. William Henry Lanier: Birth: 3 Jan 1834 in Lancaster Co., South Carolina. Death: 30 Jul 1864 in Civil War - near Clinton, Jones Co., Georgia

  3. Arabella Alberta Lanier: Birth: 27 Aug 1836 in Alabama (Montgomery Co.?). Death: 1 Feb 1903 in West Point, Troup Co., Georgia

  4. Ward Crockett "Pomp" Lanier: Birth: 23 Sep 1838 in Montgomery Co., Alabama. Death: 1898

  5. Reuben Philip Lanier: Birth: 6 Oct 1840 in Montgomery Co., Alabama. Death: 18 Mar 1889

  6. Elijah Frank Lanier: Birth: 4 May 1843 in Tallapoosa Co., Alabama. Death: 3 Apr 1921 in Militia District 701 West Point, Troup Co., Georgia

  7. LaFayette Lanier: Birth: 21 Jun 1845 in Tallapoosa Co., Alabama. Death: 17 Jun 1910 in Lanett, Chambers Co., Alabama

  8. Alexander Campbell "Cam" Lanier: Birth: 7 Sep 1848 in Tallapoosa Co., Alabama. Death: 6 Dec 1884 in Plant City, near Shawmut, Chambers Co., Alabama


Sources
1. Source:   1830 Census - Lancaster Dist., SC; 1840 Census - Coosa Co., AL; 1850 Census - Tallapoosa Co., AL; Gravestone at Pinewood Cemetery
2. Source:   1860 Mortality Schedule - Troup Co., GA

Notes
a. Note:   1830 Census - Lancaster Dist., SC; pg. 86
 Lanier, Reuben
 *
 Reuben moved the family from South Carolina to Tallapoosa Co., Alabama in the early 1830's because of the Gold Rush of the time.
 *
 1840 Census - Wetumpka, Coosa Co., AL; pg. 310 (Created 1832)
 R. Lanier
 1-1-0-0-3-2-1-1
 1-1-0-0-1
 *
 1850 Census - Township 19, Tallapoosa Co., AL; pg. 3 (Created 1832)
 HH as of June 1, 1850 - Enumerated Sept 20, 1850 - HH #41-41
 Reuben Lanier, 44, M, Farmer, $2500, NC
 Arabella E., 42, F, SC
 William H., 16, M, AL, attd school
 Arabella Ann, 15, F, Al, attd school
 Ward C., 13, M, AL, attd school
 Reuben P., 11, M, AL
 Elijah F., 9, M, AL, attd school
 M D Layfayette, 7, M, AL
 Alend C., 2, M, AL
 *
 In 1852, he operated a hotel in LaGrange, GA. In 1854, he established residence in West Point and operated a grocery store.
  From "Brooks of Honey and Butter: Plantations and People of Meriwether Co., Georgia, " pg. 250:
  ". . .While in LaGrange, Mary Martin stopped at the hotel operated by Reuben and Arabella Crockett Lanier [ca Jan. 1852]. In 1854, when the Atlanta and LaGrange Rail Road was extended to West Point, Georgia and became the Atlanta and West Point Rail Road, the soon moved to West Point and established a grocery store. From Reuben and Arabella Crockett Lanier descended the Lanier families so prominently identified with the cotton mill and textile development of the Chattahoochee River Valley area."
 *
 1860 Mortality Schedule - 701st Dist G. M. - West Point, Troup Co., Ga; pg. 657B
 Name: R Larrier
 Age: 55
 Gender: Male
 Place of Birth: North Carolina
 Month of Death: Sep **
 Occ: Merchant
 Cause of Death: Apoplexy
 No. of Days Ill: Sudden
  ** Grave at Pinewood Cemetery shows 26 Apr 1860
 - - -
 1860 Census - West Point, Troup Co., GA; P.O. West Point; pg. 202B/203A
 HH as of June 1, 1860 - Enumerated June 20, 1860
 #203-191
 A. E. Leniner, 51, F, W, millined, SC
 W. H. Leniner, 26, M W, clerk, $1200 / $300, Ala
 A. A. Leniner, 23, F W, Ala
 W. C. Leniner, 21, M W, Ala
 R. P. Leniner, 19, M W, Ala
 E. Y. Lanier, 17, M W, Ala
 M. L. Lanier, 15, M W, Ala
 A. C. Lanier, 12, M W, Ala
 S. L. Lanier, 19, F W, Ala
 O. D. Minten, 20 M W, Ala
 W. B. Bledsoe, 20, M W, Ala
 B. Ling, 26, M W, Germany
 *
 All six of Reuben's sons served in the C.S.A. during the War Between the States.

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