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James Balance Lanier 1857–1942 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1857

Birth Location: Warren Co., Miss., Mississippi, USA

Death Date: 1942

Death Location: Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, United States of America

Father: Needham Lanier

Mother: Eliza Lanier

Spouse(s): Cordelia Dickinson, Emma Ferguson

Children(s): Mary Lanier, Sidney Lanier, Needham Lanier, James Lanier, Jesse Lanier, Edna Lanier, Anna Lanier, Ida Lanier

In 1857, James Balance Lanier entered the world in Warren Co., Miss., Mississippi, USA, born to Needham Burch Lanier And Eliza Ann Lanier. James Balance Lanier married Cordelia Dickinson, Emma Ann Ferguson, and had children including Anna Lanier, Edna Russel Lanier, Ida Carr Lanier, James Clarence Lanier, Jesse Lanier, Mary Belle Lanier, Needham Lanier, Sidney Hampton Lanier. James Balance Lanier passed away in 1942 in Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1857, James Balance Lanier entered the world in Warren Co., Miss., Mississippi, USA, born to Needham Burch Lanier And Eliza Ann Lanier.
  • James Balance Lanier married Cordelia Dickinson, Emma Ann Ferguson, and had children including Anna Lanier, Edna Russel Lanier, Ida Carr Lanier, James Clarence Lanier, Jesse Lanier, Mary Belle Lanier, Needham Lanier, Sidney Hampton Lanier.
  • James Balance Lanier passed away in 1942 in Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Lanier's Ancestors

Self
James Lanier
1857–1942
Birth Place: Warren Co., Miss., Mississippi, USA
Parents
Needham Burch Lanier
1815–1900
Brunswick County, Virginia, United States of America
Eliza (Ann) Lanier
1827–1915
Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, United States of America
Grandparents
Thomas (Lanier) Jr
1771–1839
Brunswick comté, Virginie, Virginia, USA
Mary (Katherine) Peebles
1790–1861
Brunswick comté, Virginie, Virginia, USA
Catherine Adams
1803–1839
Adams County, Mississippi, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
William Lanier
1731–1802
Elizabeth Burch
1734–1798
Jesse Peebles
1765–1830
Elizabeth Sledge
1768–1806
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Corp. Confederate)
1707–1745
Ann Lanier
1709–1751

James Lanier's Descendants

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James (Balance) Lanier (1857–1942) m. Cordelia Dickinson (1857–4 April 1920) m. Emma (Ann) Ferguson (29 May 1860–22 August 1943)
  1. 1. Mary (Belle) Lanier 1879–1960 m. Love (Adam) Wells 1877–1948
    1. 1. Sara (Frances) Jones 1903–1999 m. Quincy (Delightt Jones) Sr 1895–1971
      1. 1. Lloyd (W) Jones 1934–1998
    2. 2. Amelia Wells 1905–
    3. 3. Leona Wells 1900–
    4. 4. John Wells 1897–
    5. 5. Mabel Wells 1909–
  2. 2. Sidney (Hampton) Lanier 1887–1957
  3. 3. Needham Lanier 1884–1890
  4. 4. James (Clarence) Lanier 1884–1930
  5. 5. Jesse Lanier 1880–1882
  6. 6. Edna (Russel) Lanier 1892–1983
  7. 7. Anna Lanier 1882–1969
  8. 8. Ida (Carr) Lanier 1895–1961

James Lanier's Timeline

2 Records

1857
1857
Birth of James Balance Lanier in Warren Co., Miss., Mississippi, USA
Warren Co., Miss., Mississippi, USA
1942
1942
Age 85
Death of James Balance Lanier in Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1857
    Event Place: Warren Co., Miss., Mississippi, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1942
    Event Place: Vivian, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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