Thomas Welsh Lane

Background

Lane, Thomas Welsh was born on September 30, 1855 in Georgeville, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Andrew Jackson and Margaret Jane (Welsh) Lane.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Mount Union College, Alliance, O., 1876, Master of Arts, 1879. Doctor of Divinity, Dickinson, 1895.

Career

Entered Mechanical Engineering Ministry, 1876, deacon, 1878, elder, 1881. Pastor Freeport, O., 1876-1878, Edinburg, 1878-1880, Rootstown, 1880-1882, Bristolville, 1882-1885, Girard, 1885-1888, First Church, Bellaire, 1888-1892, First Church, Barnesville, 1892-1893, First Church, Uhrichsville, 1893-1896, First Church, Alliance, 1896-1900. Presiding elder, Cleveland District, East Ohio Conference, 1900-1905.

Pastor 1st Church, East Liverpool, O., 1905-1907, Fourth Saint Church, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1907-1910, 1st Church, Tacoma, Washington, 1910-1914, Centenary Church, Portland, Oregon, 1914-1918, Pioneer Church, Walla Walla, Washington, 1918-1921, First Church, Puyallup, Washington, 1921-1924.

Delegate and assistant secretary General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, 1900, 04, 24. Trustee Mount Union College, 1888-1910.

Achievements

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

Membership

Mason.

Connections

Married Emma Keeler, September 19, 1877. Children: Essie Blanche, Joseph Jackson, Helen Leona (deceased).

Father:

Andrew Jackson Lane

Mother:

Margaret Jane (Welsh) Lane

Spouse:

Emma Keeler

child:

Helen Leona Lane (deceased)

child:

Joseph Jackson Lane

child:

Essie Blanche Lane