Compiled by Wayne D. Lanier

        William G. W. Lanier
                                (1816 - 1905)

                William George Washington Lanier was born 5 Jan 1816 in Nashville,
                Davidson Co., TN. The first record found of him so far is his marriage
                to Paulina Stogner on 16 Aug 1837 in Davidson Co. According to
                Clayton's History of Davidson Co., TN, William G. Lanier was elected
                to served a six year term as Justice of the Peace in Davidson County in
                1847.  In 1854 he was elected to serve an additional six year term.  In 1850,
                William along with six other men formed the Brick Church Turnpike Company.
                The Twenty-Eighth General Assembly of the State of Tennessee awarded
                them a contract to build a graveled turnpike road north of Nashville.  His
                wife, Paulina, died before 1855, leaving him with 5 young children.  2 Oct 1855,
                he married Lucinda F. Peay.  In 1860 he moved his family to Sumner Co., TN.
                He settled in Gallatin and became a jailer there under Sheriff Hobdy.  Later he
                moved above Cottontown.  He farmed and was a member of the county court
                for a number of years.  He died 8 Nov 1905, two months before his 91st birthday,
                and is buried in Friendship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Sumner Co., TN.
                His obituary states; "He was a man of excellent character and had much influence
                in the community where he resided."

8  William George Washington Lanier     1816-1905
    +Paulina Stogner                                1821-Bef 1855
        9  Ann Elizabeth Lanier                     Abt1837-????
            +John Smith                                        ????-????
        9  William Churchill Lanier                    1843-????
            +Adalade Moore
        9  John Rodger Lanier                         Abt 1845
            +Frances W. Cartwright                    ????-????
                10  James D. Lanier                   1874-1899
                     +Margaret Ellen McMurty
                            11  Gordon Francis Lanier           1894-1976
                            11  Lillian Beatrice Lanier            1896-1931
                            11  Jesse Edward Lanier             1898-1981
                            11  Mattie Dee Lanier                1900-????

        9  Thomas Luther Lanier                    1848-1934
            +Edna Clara Belle Tooley              1853-1907
                10  Edna Beatrice Lanier                  1870-1908
                     +Dr. William Bryant Appling        ????-????
                            11  Annie Appling

                10  Janie Louanne Lanier           1872-1952
                     +T. D. Kirkpatrick
                            11  Curry Kirkpatrick
                            11  John Kirkpatrick

                10  Mary Ellen Lanier                1874-1923
                     +Harvey Brandon Lane
                            11  Hattie Louise Lane
                            11  John Gilliam Lane
                            11  Clarice Beaumont Lane
                            11  Hugh E. Lane
                            11  Johnson Lanier "J. L." Lane
                            11  Harvey Brandon Lane, Jr.
                            11  Clara Belle Lane
                            11  Mary Bernice Lane
                            11  Herbert Shelton Lane
                            11  Marguerite Louise Lane

                10  Luther Presley Lanier        1876-1915
                     +Addie Estelle Swann        1875-1959
                            11  Mary Ellen Lanier        1900-????
                                 +Hugh K. Shannon
                            11  Clara Thomas Lanier    1902-????
                                 +John Teller Oakley
                            11  (Living Female)
                            11  Presley Swan Lanier                 1909-1985
                                 +Elizabeth Hamilton Hunnicutt    1912-1987

    2nd wife of Thomas Luther Lanier:
            +Ida May Holt Bailey                    1857-1945

        9  Robert Lanier                 1849-1873
            +Bettie H. Hobdy            1855-????
                10  Maud Lanier                1874-????
                10  Daisey Lanier              1876-????
                     +J. W. Foster
                10  Beulah Lanier                1878-????

    2nd wife of Rodger Lanier:
            +Hettie B?
                10  Goldy Lanier                1887-????
                     +Guilford L Kizer
                10  Obe Lanier                   1889-????
                10  Gracie Lanier                1891-????
                     +D. T. Dorris
                10  James R. Lanier            1894-????
                10  John H. Lanier              1899-????

Second wife of William George Washington Lanier:
    +Lucnida F. Peay
        9  Laura F. Lanier                   1856-????
            +Alex Harrison
        9  Mary Lanier                        1859-????
        9  George Lanier                     1861-1927
            +Mary A. Pitt
                10  Oscar Lanier                1884-????
                10  Edgar Lanier                1885-????
                10  Brady Lanier                1888-????
                10  Ethel Lanier                  1892-????
                10  Millard Lanier               1894-????
                10  Hettie Lanier                 1898-????

        9  James Lanier                    1864-????
        9  Oscar Lanier                    1866-????
 
 

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