Civil War Veterans of Mendocino County, California.
Thomas Alexander Lane

Researched and Compiled by : 
Ronald Cannon, MA 
Submitted June 2010

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Thomas Alexander Lane, 11 March 1841 TN-6 April 1924
Co. H, 16 MO Inf. CSA
Russian River Cemetery, Ukiah (M-4, Lot 6, SE)

OLD SETTLER CALLED – One Of The Pioneers Of The County Answered Last Call – Funeral services 
were held in Ukiah Monday, April 7, for Thomas A. Lane, pioneer resident of Mendocino county, who 
died at his home in Calpella early in the morning of April 6. Mr. Lane was one of the oldest pioneer 
residents of Mendocino county where he had resided for more than 58 years. He was at one time the 
owner of Lane Springs in Redwood Valley, now owned by Mrs. Requa Long, of Oakland. Mr. Lane 
discovered the famous mineral water trickling from the ground and excavated the present spring. He 
was born in Tennessee and was 83 years old. He served in the Civil war, later coming to California and 
locating in Redwood Valley on the present Long ranch. A wife and eight children, 12 grandchildren and 
five great grandchildren survive the aged pioneer. Ukiah Republican Press 9 Apr 1924.

1860 U.S.census, Sullivan County, Missouri, population schedule, Bowmans Mill post office, p. 634, 
dwelling 95, family 95, Enoch Lane; NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 658.

1880 U.S. census, Mendocino County, California, population schedule, Calpella township, ED 58, p. 215-A 
(stamped), dwelling 133, family 133, Thomas Lane; NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 68.

1910 U.S. census, Mendocino County, California, population schedule, Ukiah township, Calpella, ED 68, 
p. 317-A (stamped), sheet 18, dwelling 191, family 195, Thomas Lane; NARA microfilm publication T624, 
roll 88. Confederate Army.