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Note: Alfred was a farmer, lumberman and proprietor of a sawmill on the Beaverkill Creek, the latter mentioned in Sylvester's History of Ulster County as being "below the junction of the two branches" of the Little Beaverkill and the Beaverkill. He lived in an area called DeVall Hollow, between Willow and the Town of Shandaken border. An 1875 map of the area shows Alfred and his brother Uriah living next to each other and they appear in sequence in many census records. Alfred died age 73 of "dementia terminal and exhaustion", buried by Knapp & Merritt funeral home, Middletown, burial place unknown. According to the medical records department of the Middletown Psychiatric Center, the first burial on the hospital grounds was in 1914, so it is safely assumed that Alfred is not buried there.
Newspaper Articles:
"Lake Hill -- Alfred Lane, of this place, was taken to the asylum at Middletown one day last week, and his wife has closed the house and says she cannot live alone."---The Kingston Argus, Kingston, Ulster County, New York, issue Wednesday, 07 Sep 1892.
Property Transactions, Ulster County, New York:
* 01AUG1853: Alfred Lane entered into contract in writing to purchase 123 acres from William Cooper in the Town of Woodstock in consideration of $400 payable in yearly installments of $100 each.
* 07SEP1857, Liber 215, Page 578: Alfred Lane of the Town of Woodstock purchased from Jacob and William Cooper, assignees of William Cooper of the Town of Woodstock, 123 acres of land in consideration of $400.
* 01JUL1867, Liber 215, Page 577: Alfred Lane of the Town of Woodstock purchased from John Morse and Sarah, his wife, of the Town of Woodstock, two parcels located in the Town of Woodstock as follows: 6.5 acres with house and sawmill known as the Zech Plue [Zachariah H Plue] Sawmill and an adjoining 60 acre woodlot in consideration of $750. [Author's note: Zachariah Plue/Plough, a soldier of the War of 1812, was the father of Mary Ann Plough who married Alfred's brother, Uriah.]
* 26FEB1879, Liber 215, Page 575: Alfred Lane and Sarah M, his wife, of the Town of Woodstock, sold to Wesley Shultis of the Town of Saugerties, three parcels located in the Town of Woodstock as follows: 6.5 acres with house and sawmill known as the Zach Plue Sawmill, an adjoining 60 acre woodlot and 123 acres of land, in consideration of $1500. [Author's note: These parcels are located on the westerly slope of Tobias Mountain along the southern banks of the Beaverkill creek, in an area called DeVall Hollow.]
Census Records:
1850 Alfred Lane 30 farmer $150, Catherine 29, Hannah 8, Mary 6, Sarah 5, Alfred 2; all b.NY (Town of
Woodstock, Ulster County, New York) 1855 Alfred D Lane 36 farmer, Catherine 34, Hannah E 13, Mary A 10, Sarah E 8, Alfred 6, Alonzo 4,
Jerome 1 (Town of Woodstock, Ulster County, New York) 1860 Alfred Lane 41 farmer $800/$300, Catherine 38, Elisabeth 18, Mary 17, Sarah 14, Alfred 11, Alonzo 8,
Jerome 6, Alvina 3, Martha 1; all b.NY (Town of Woodstock, Ulster County, New York)
1870 Alfred Lane 51 farmer $3000/$1000, Catherine 49, Mary 26, Alfred 21, Alonzo 17, Jerome 15, Alvira
14, Emma 11, Alida 8; all b.NY (Town of Woodstock, Ulster County, New York)
1880 Alfred Lane 60 farmer, Mary A 31 wf, Linwood 5 son; all b.NY (Town of Woodstock, Ulster County,
New York) 1900 Sarah Lane 45 b.Aug1854 wid nurse 2Ch/0Liv b.NY pts.b.NY; enum w/Agnes Eighmey (Kingston City,
Ulster County, New York) 1905 Sarah M Lane 53 servant (70 Clinton Avenue, Kingston City, Ulster County, New York)
1910 Sarah Lane 60 wid 1Ch/0Liv md.25yr; enum w/nephew Abraham Lane (Henry Street, Kingston City,
Ulster County, New York) 1917 Sarah M Lane 60 b.5Aug1857 housekeeper (136 Green Street, Kingston City, Ulster County, New York)
1920 Sarah M Lane 69 wid rents b.NY pts.b.NY (Greene Street, Kingston City, Ulster County, New York)
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