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Jordan - Lanier Cemetery, 51-1 Summary Report, page 1

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JORDAN - LANIER CEMETERY, 51-1 Summary Report The history of the Lanier family that settled on the pre-arsenal lands is traced back into our country's colonial days and earlier. They are descendants of the Washington family that produced George Washington, our first President of the United States of America. The Laniers from the time of Queen Elizabeth in England were noted for their love and cultivation of the fine arts. The family also produced a famous American poet-writer-musician-lawyer, Sidney Lanier (1842-1881), a son of the state of Georgia who lived for a time in Alabama. The history of the Lanier families of north Alabama includes intermarriages with the Jordan, Dickson, and Pope families, who were also prominent in the history of the settlement of Madison County and 1 - (2020)    

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