Ebenezer Lane
| Ebenezer Lane | |
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| Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court | |
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In office December 31, 1830 – February 16, 1845 |
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| Preceded by | Elijah Hayward |
| Succeeded by | Peter Hitchcock |
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September 17, 1793 Northampton, Massachusetts |
| Died | June 12, 1866 (aged 72) Sandusky, Ohio |
| Resting place | Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky |
| Spouse(s) | Frances Ann Griswold |
| Children | three |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Religion | Episcopal |
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Ebenezer Lane was a lawyer from the U.S. State of Ohio who served on the Ohio Supreme Court 1830 to 1845. From 1840 until his retirement, he was Chief Justice.
Ebenezer Lane was born September 17, 1793 at Northampton, Massachusetts. His father was Captain Ebenezer Lane, a seaman and later a farmer, and his mother was Marian Griswold Chandler Lane, daughter of Matthew Griswold, Governor of Connecticut, and first married to Charles E. Chandler, before marrying Capt. Ebenezer Lane. He enrolled in a boarding school at Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts at age eight and at Harvard University at age fourteen, graduating in 1811. Harvard awarded him an honorary Doctor of Law in 1850. He studied law at Lyme, Connecticut under his uncle, Judge Matthew Griswold, and was admitted to the bar in 1814. He practiced at Norwalk, Connecticut beginning Sept. 14, 1814 and moved to Windsor Hill, Connecticut in 1815 to practice. He was named a notary public for Hartford County, Connecticut by Governor John Cotton Smith on May 21, 1816.
On February 20, 1817, Lane left New England with his step-brother, Herman Ely. They travelled by wagon and arrived in Ohio, where Ely owned 10, 423 acres at the future site of Elyria, Ohio, on March 17. He purchased a farm in Elyria, and walked back to New England in twenty days in October and November 1817. He returned by stage to Ohio in February, 1818, and returned to Connecticut by October 1, 1818. He was married October 11, 1818 to Frances Ann Griswold of Lyme, Connecticut, daughter of Roger Griswold, former Governor. The new couple moved immediately to their farm in Elyria.
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