U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lanham, Granville (1847-1916) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 493 GRANVILLE LANHAM. Commissioner of the County Court for the past twelve years, has been a farmer all his life, owns 130 acres of land on the waters of the Buckhannon River, in Union District. Has held many offices of trust, given him by the people among which are: Member of the Board of Education of Union District, Justice of the Peace of the same Magisterial District for 24 years and County Commissioner and President of the Court. He was a soldier in the Civil War, being a private in Company M, 3d West Virginia Cavalry for about two years under Captains J. L. Hurst and J. W. Heavner. Was in the battles at Lynchburg and Shenandoah. He was born August 18, 1847, unto George B. and Nancy (Orton) Lanham, the former a native of Clark County, Va., the latter a native of Loudon County, Va. His grandparents were Jeremiah and Barbara (Bence) Lanham, both natives of Virginia. He married April 5, 1866, Susan V. Osborne, daughter of Acquilla and Margaret (McCauley) Osborne, and granddaughter of Joseph Osborne. Children:. Cyrus Columbus, a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, now stationed at Spencer, W. Va.. is a graduate from the West Virginia Conference Seminary; Mandeville Laco, married Ticy Spitzer of Rockingham County, Va., and lives there; Nancy Margaret, wife of J. W. Morral, Ettie M., wife of Adam Kesling; Lunda L., wife of Allen Tenney; she is now dead; Wilson Hall, lumberman; Goff, Daisy D., who is now attending school in Virginia. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Upshur County, WV (Page 11) FULL-NAME: Granville Lanham AGE-AT-DEATH: 69 years DEATH-DATE: March 7, 1916 DEATH-PLACE: Upshur MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Paralysis From Death Certificate, Randolph County, WV #10840 FULL-NAME: Susan Virginia Lanham BIRTH-DATE: July 5, 1851 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: August 30, 1925 (at age 74y-1m-25d) DEATH-PLACE: Elkins, Leadsville District, Randolph County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widow OCCUPATION: House duties FATHER: Aquilla Osborne (born in West Va.) MOTHER: Margaret McCauley (born in West Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Apoplexy INFORMANT: C. C. Lanham (of Shinston, W.Va.) BURIAL: Bethel Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------