John Lane

Background

Lane, John was born on April 8, 1789 in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Son of William and Nancy Lane.

Education

Attended Franklin College, Georgia, 1813.

Career

Admitted on trial as preacher South Carolina. Annual Conference, 1814. Member 1st Mississippi Annual Conference of Methodist Church, 1815.

Executor of estate of Newet Vick (his father-in-law), 1821, instrumental in founding Vicksburg (Mississippi).

Active in commercial affairs, Vicksburg, 1820’son Leader in Methodist Church in Mississippi, 1832-1855.

President Missionary Society of Mississippi Conference. Presiding elder Methodist Church in Mississippi, 1832-1848.

A founder, trustee Centenary College, 1839.

Delegate General Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, advocated formation of Methodist Episcopal Church South, 1844.

Achievements

• John Lane has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member 1st Mississippi Annual Conference of Methodist Church, 1815.

Connections

Married Sarah Vick, 1819.