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Below is a family biography included in The History of Wright County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Dr. Thomas Lane, Jr., of Mountain Grove, Mo., son of G. C. and Cynthia (Harris) Lane, was born on the 10th of August, 1858. He attended school in Mountain Grove Academy and at Blackburn University, Carlinville, Macoupin Co., Ill., for some time, and afterward studied medicine under Dr. I. R. Lane, an old and successful practitioner of Springfield, Mo. He entered the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis, Mo., in 1884, from which institution he graduated in 1886. He then located in Mountain Grove, Mo., where he commenced the practice of his profession, and has met with unusual success in town and vicinity. He was married on the 29th of September, 1884, to Miss Emma Dora McCurston, who bore him two children: Otto Ray and Gertrude May. Mrs. Lane is the daughter of George W. McCurston, of Mountain Grove, Mo. Dr. Lane, pleasant and agreeable in his manners, is one of the rising young men of Mountain Grove, and the prospect of the future is bright before him.

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This family biography is one of 90 biographies included in The History of Wright County, Missouri published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Wright County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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