Sunday, April 8, 2012

Robert Sampson Lanier, student 1839-1840

Lanier, father of poet Sydney Lanier, studied law in Macon, Georgia after leaving R-MC. He practiced law in Georgia for several years prior to the war with his R-MC roommate, David Clopton. An 1889 biographical sketch of Lanier indicates he was conscripted into the army but was not actively serving to the illness of his wife. He was an honorary member of the Macon Volunteers, a unit in which his two sons and other relatives served.

He practiced law until his death on October 20, 1893. He is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, GA.

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