James Tyson Lane

James Tyson Lane (April 10, 1835 – October 18, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician. Lane, son of William Allen and Catharine Lane, was born in

Clinton Clinton is an English toponymic surname, indicating one's ancestors came from English places called Glympton or Glinton.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. ''A Dictionary of Surnames''. Oxford University Press, 1988 Clinton has frequently been used as a given ...

East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana East Feliciana Parish (french: Paroisse de Feliciana Est, es, Parroquia de East Feliciana) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2010 census, the population was 20,267, and 19,531 in 2020. The parish seat is Clinton. Est ...

, April 10, 1835, and He graduated from

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in 1855. After graduation he studied in the New Orleans Law School until his admission to the bar in April, 1857. In the succeeding fall he began practice in Richmond, now Tallulah,

Madison Parish Madison Parish ( French: ''Paroisse de Madison'') is a parish located on the northeastern border of the U.S. state of Louisiana, in the delta lowlands along the Mississippi River. As of the 2010 census, the population was 12,093. Its parish ...

. On August 17, in the same year, he married Emma F. Lay, of Branford, Conn., who died while visiting relatives in

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, October 8, 1867. He entered the

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early in 1862, and joined the 4th Kentucky Regiment, commanded by Colonel Trabue, his former law partner. He lost his right leg at the

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(or Stone River), January 2, 1863, while acting as staff officer under General Breckenridge. In 1863 he was elected to the

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, and in 1865 he resumed the practice of his profession in Madison Parish, in which he continued to be a prominent lawyer and citizen until his last illness. He died on his cotton plantation, near Tallulah,

Madison Parish, Louisiana Madison Parish (French language, French: ''Paroisse de Madison'') is a List of parishes in Louisiana, parish located on the northeastern border of the U.S. state of Louisiana, in the delta lowlands along the Mississippi River. As of the 2010 ...

, October 18, 1885, after an illness of three months, in the 51st year of his age. His only child, a son, survived him. {{DEFAULTSORT:lane, james tyson 1835 births 1885 deaths Yale College alumni People from Clinton, Louisiana Louisiana lawyers Confederate States Army officers Louisiana state senators 19th-century American legislators People from Tallulah, Louisiana 19th-century American lawyers