Chariton is the county seat of Lucas County, Iowa and is in Lincoln Township.
Clara & Viola
Lucas County is in south central Iowa. It was founded in 1846 and the county seat is Chariton.
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Clara May Long Lane Posekany was born on September 14, 1877 in Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois. Her parents were Thomas Long and Louisa Taylor.
She appeared in the 1900 census. At that time she was living with her parents in Webster County. She was 22 and had given birth to one living child.
She married Torrence (Todd) Lane of Chariton, Iowa on March 18, 1901. Todd was born on September 22, 1876 in Lucas County, Iowa and he was the son of Henry William Lane and Clarissa Godlove Tatman.
Married, Saturday, March 16, 1901, at 7:30 o'clock p.m., at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Joseph Bertrand, Miss Clara Lane and Mr. Torrence Long. Rev. P. J. Vollmar performed the ceremony in the presence of the immediate family and Jacob Taylor of Somerset, an uncle of the bride. After the ceremony dainty refreshments were served.
The bride came here about one year ago from Pilot Mound, Iowa, and has been employed in the family of Dr. T. P. Stanton ever since. She is a pleasant, congenial young woman, and by her happy manner has won many friends. The groom came here from Ottumwa about one year ago also, and has been working on a farm north-west of town. He is spoken of as an energetic, honest young man. They will go to housekeeping on a farm about three miles northwest of Chariton, where they will be at home to their friends, who wish for them a long life of happiness and prosperity. Chariton Patriot, March 21, 1901.
Todd had been married before to Jennie Miller on October 4, 1895. Jennie was born in 1867 in Pennsylvania. Her parents were William Miller and Eliza J. Searight. In August, 1897 Todd was "laid up with a lame leg, the result of having a tree fall on a cross cut saw so as to bury the teeth in his flesh." Jennie died in Nebraska of tuberculosis in October, 1899.
In 1905 Todd drove the feed wagon for Elkenberry & Co. and was involved in "An Exciting Runaway."
Todd Lane, who drives for McKiveen & Elkenberry, was delightfully surprised by a company of his friends on last Friday evening, it being his twenty-eighth birthday anniversary. His wife had invited them to come and eat a seven o'clock dinner with them. When he came home in the evening and oped the door to enter the house, he was grasped by the guests, before he had time to retreat. The dinner was a decided success, as Mrs. Lane is a number one cook. The remainder of the evening was spent in a social manner and all had a happy time. Mr. Lane received several gifts. September 28, 1905 H
Mr. and Mrs. Tood Lane, whose birth anniversaries were Friday and Sunday were given a surprise Saturday evening by their neighbors in honor of the event. Their friends presented them with many gifts. September 23, 1909
In 1910 they were living in Chariton and Todd was a driver in a lumber yard.
At the time of the 1920 census, Todd and Clara were living in Chariton on 1st Street. Todd was employed as a teamster.
At the time of the 1930 census they were living in Lincoln Township, Lucas County and Todd was farming.
Todd and Clara apparently divorced before 1936.
Todd married Floy Hazel Hallihan Jones in 1936. She had been married to Charles Luther Jones and had four children. Todd died in 1944 in Lucas County, Iowa. He was laid to rest in Chariton Cemetery.
Clara married August David Posekany in October, 1938. August was born on August 27, 1872 in Austria. His parents were Joseph and Marie Posekany. He had been married before to Alvina Grunewalt who died in 1925.
Clara died in 1950 and buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Grundy County, Iowa with August who died in 1954 in Los Angeles.
