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Sidney Clopton Lanier 1842–1881 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 February 1842

Birth Location: Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States of America

Death Date: 7 September 1881

Death Location: Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States of America

Father: Robert Lanier

Mother: Mary Lanier

Spouse(s): Mary Lanier

Children(s): Charles Lanier, Robert Lanier, Henry Lanier, Sidney Lanier

Sidney Clopton Lanier was born in 1842 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States of America, the child of Robert Sampson Lanier And Mary Jane Lanier. In 1880, Sidney Clopton Lanier resided in Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland,. Sidney Clopton Lanier married Mary Lanier, and had children including Charles Day Lanier, Henry Wysham Lanier, Robert Sampson Lanier, Sidney Lanier. Sidney Clopton Lanier passed away in 1881 in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Sidney Clopton Lanier was born in 1842 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States of America, the child of Robert Sampson Lanier And Mary Jane Lanier.
  • In 1880, Sidney Clopton Lanier resided in Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland,.
  • Sidney Clopton Lanier married Mary Lanier, and had children including Charles Day Lanier, Henry Wysham Lanier, Robert Sampson Lanier, Sidney Lanier.
  • Sidney Clopton Lanier passed away in 1881 in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sidney Lanier's Ancestors

Self
Sidney Lanier
1842–1881
Birth Place: Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States of America
Parents
Robert Sampson Lanier
1819–1893
Clarke County, Georgia, United States of America
Mary (Jane) Lanier
1822–1865
Virginia, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Sterling (Lanier “Slave) Owner”
1794–1870
Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States of America
Sarah (Vivian) Fullwood
1803–1877
Clarke County, Georgia, USA
Hezekiah (R Anderson,) Major
1794–1845
Nottoway, Nottoway, Virginia, United States
Martha Robertson
1797–1837
Hanover Co, VA, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Sampson Lanier
1682–1743
Elizabeth Lanier
1684–1773
Robert Fullwood
1766–1822
Jane (Fullwood)
1775–1849
Reinard Anderson
1760–1797
Mary Ford
1768–1820
William (OUR)
1775–1830
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John (Bacons'Rebellion)
1655–1719
Sarah Edwards
1655–1685
Elizabeth Washington
1660–1735

Sidney Lanier's Descendants

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Sidney (Clopton) Lanier (3 February 1842–7 September 1881) m. Mary Lanier (10 June 1844–29 December 1931)
  1. 1. Charles (Day) Lanier 1868–1945 m. May ((Field)) Lanier 1873–1962
    1. 1. Katherine Standish 1857–1945
    2. 2. Mary Stone 1833–1909
    3. 3. Alexander (Chalmers Lanier) II 1820–1895
    4. 4. Drusilla (Ann) Cravens 1824–1903
    5. 5. Jane (McClure) Lanier 1849–1849
    6. 6. Louisa (Morris) Lanier 1835–1885
    7. 7. Margaret (Downing) Winslow 1827–1890
    8. 8. John (James) Lanier 1829–1836
    9. 9. Charles Lanier 1837–1926 m. Sarah (Elizabeth) Lanier 1837–1898
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Gardiner) Turnure 1870–1935
      2. 2. Fanny Appleton 1864–1958
      3. 3. Sarah (Egleston) Lawrance 1862–1893
  2. 2. Robert (Sampson) Lanier 1880–1912
  3. 3. Henry (Wysham) Lanier 1873–1958
  4. 4. Sidney Lanier 1870–1918

Sidney Lanier's Timeline

3 Records

1842
3 February 1842
Birth of Sidney Clopton Lanier in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States of America
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States of America
1880
1880
Age 38
Sidney Clopton Lanier resided here in Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, USA
Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, USA
1881
7 September 1881
Age 39
Death of Sidney Clopton Lanier in Lynn, Polk County, North Carolina, United States of America
Lynn, Polk County, North Carolina, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 February 1842
    Event Place: Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland; Roll: 500; Page: 141b; Enumeration District: 083
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland; Roll: 500; Page: 141b; Enumeration District: 083

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 September 1881
    Event Place: Lynn, Polk County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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