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Lemuel Louis Lantry passed away at 2 o'clock this afternoon from a heart weakness that he has been suffering from for the past four months. He seemed to be better at times, but for the past week has steadily grown worse. The funeral will be held at the house at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon.
Mr. Lantry was born in New London, Conn., March 30th, 1843, so would have been 81 years old had he lived about a month longer. He came to this county in January of 1866 before the town of Blair was thought of, and took a homestead west of town on what is now known as the Sheldon Peck farm. In 1869 he entered the railway mail service and served for seventeen years on the old Sioux City and Pacific road, now a part of the Northwestern System.
He was married to Miss Mary Glidden in West Point, Neb., May 18th, 1873. Four children were born to them, two sons having died in infancy. The two daughters are Fanny, Mrs. J. H. Grimm, of this city, and Laura, Mrs. Earl Brooks, of Lincoln, Neb.
In 1876 he started a meat market in Blair and conducted it for thirty-two years, retiring two years ago in July. He was the youngest of four children, of whom Vic Lantry and the late Mrs. W. C. Walton were Blair residents, another sister, Mrs. Emma Parmalee, lived in New London. All of them have preceded him in death.
He was raised in Masonry in the old home in Connecticut and joined Washington lodge when they met out at Cuming City. He was the oldest resident member of the lodge hereabouts at the time of his death. Thus another pioneer has passed to his reward. The bereaved family have the sincere sympathy of many friends.
from The Pilot, 2/20/1924

Birth	30 Mar 1843	New London, New London County, Connecticut
Marriage	18 May 1873	West Point, Cuming County, Nebraska - Mary Gorham Glidden
Census (family)	2 Jun 1880	Blair, Washington County, Nebraska - Mary Gorham Glidden
Census (family)	12 Jun 1900	Blair, Washington County, Nebraska - Mary Gorham Glidden
Census (family)	3 Jan 1920	Blair, Washington County, Nebraska - Mary Gorham Glidden
Death	Feb 1924	Washington County, Nebraska
Burial		Blair Cemetery, Washington County, Nebraska

Spouse	Mary Gorham Glidden (1852 - 1940)
Child	Fanny Lois Lantry (1875 - 1952)
Child	Freddie G. Lantry (1877 - 1879)
Child	Lantry ( - 1881)
Child	Laura Mae Lantry (1882 - 1962)

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