Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Dorothy Byron Lane (1896-1993)
MSA SC 3520-2290
First Lady of Maryland, 1947-1951

[Picture of Dorothy Byron Lane]

Dorothy Byron Lane by Stanislav Rembski
1961, Maryland Commission on Artistic Property
Maryland State Archives, MSA SC 1545-1184

Born: August 9, 1896 in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania1
Mother: Virginia Brewer Byron2
Father: Lewis T. Byron3
Byron Family Home: Mercersburg, Pennsylvania and Hagerstown, Maryland4
Marriage: January 17, 1922 to William Preston Lane, Jr.5
Children: Dorothy Lane Campbell, Jean Lane Goddard6
Lane Family Home: Hagerstown, Maryland7
Died: January 29, 1993 in Hagerstown, Maryland8

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