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William Winfield Bill Lane 1916 – 1987 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 May 1916

Birth Location: Bulls Gap, Hawkins, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 21 Mar 1987

Death Location: East Stone Gap, Wise, Virginia, USA

Father: JOSEPH LANE

Mother: Virgie GILLEY

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William Winfield Bill Lane was born in 1916 in Bulls Gap, Hawkins, Tennessee, USA, the child of JOSEPH ROBERT "Joe Bob" LANE and Virgie Mae GILLEY. William Winfield Bill Lane passed away in 1987 in East Stone Gap, Wise, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • William Winfield Bill Lane was born in 1916 in Bulls Gap, Hawkins, Tennessee, USA, the child of JOSEPH ROBERT "Joe Bob" LANE and Virgie Mae GILLEY.
  • William Winfield Bill Lane passed away in 1987 in East Stone Gap, Wise, Virginia, USA.

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William Lane's Ancestors

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William Lane
1916 – 1987
Birth Place: Bulls Gap, Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
Parents
JOSEPH ROBERT "Joe Bob" LANE
1879 – 1966
Wolf Run, Washington County, Virginia, USA
Virgie (Mae) GILLEY
1891 – 1971
Scott, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Isaac Lane
1837 – 1907
Sullivan, Tennessee, United States
*Jemimah (Mima) Leonard
1842 – 1916
Washington, Virginia, USA
John (B) GILLEY
1858 – 1900
Virginia, USA
Anna (Marie) STURGILL
1859 – 1945
Letcher, Kentucky, USA
Great-Grandparents
*John Lane
1795 – 1880
Mary Hartsock
1805 – 1879
*William Leonard
1815 – 1903
Sarah Leonard
1809 – 1881
Absalom Gilley
1835 – 1919
Mary SMITH
1837 – 1899
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Lane
1772 – 1850
Elizabeth Green
1783 – 1850
Charles Hartsock
1783 – 1857
Mary Mumpower
1785 – 1840
Frederick Leonard
1776 – 1864
Arthur MOORE
1765 – 1843
Elizabeth Moore
1784 – 1880
William SMITH
1811 – 1885

William Lane's Timeline

2 Records

1916
25 May 1916
Birth of William Winfield Bill Lane in Bulls Gap, Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
Bulls Gap, Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
1987
21 Mar 1987
Age 71
Death of William Winfield Bill Lane in East Stone Gap, Wise, Virginia, USA
East Stone Gap, Wise, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 May 1916
    Event Place: Bulls Gap, Hawkins, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Mar 1987
    Event Place: East Stone Gap, Wise, Virginia, USA

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