16, 1845. He was Chief Justice from 1840 to 1845. Railroad career In July, 1842, Lane sold his home in Norwalk, and moved to Sandusky, Ohio, which was his home for the remainder of his life. After retiring from the court, he partnered with his son, William G. Lane and Walter F. Stone in that place in a law practice. He was president of the Columbus and Lake Erie Railroad, Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad and the Junction Railroad. In November 1855, Lane was elected Counsel and Resident Director of the Illinois Central Railroad, and removed to Chicago, staying in that office until March 16, 1859. Retirement On March 23, 1859, Lane embarked at Boston, Massachusetts, on the steamer Arabia, bound for Liverpool, England. He toured London, Paris, Brussels, Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam. Next he went to Berlin, Prague, Dresden, Leipzig, Nuremberg, Frankfort, Cologne, Switzerland, and Italy. He returned to New York, from London, arriving after more than a year away on April 27, 1860. He visited libraries and museums throughout the trip. Lane devoted his remaining years at Sandusky to studies in his personal library of 4000 books, in the English, French and German languages. Upon his death, this collection was passed to his son, Dr. Ebenezer S. Lane, Jr. of Chicago. It was the only library collection within the city to survive the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Lane's grandchildren donated the collection to the University of Chicago Personal Lane and his wife had three children, Dr. Ebenezer S. Lane, of Chicago, Frances Elizabeth, wife of Alfred Cheseborough of Detroit, and William Griswold Lane, lawyer and judge from Sandusky, who married Elizabeth Griswold of Lyme, Connecticut in 1850. He was a member of the Episcopal Church. The New England Historic Genealogical Society elected him a member in 1856, and he was a member of the New York Historical Society, Ohio Historical Society and Chicago Historical Society. He died at Sandusky on June 12, 1866, and his funeral was at his home on June 14. He is interred at Oakland Cemetery in Sandusky. Reputation Lane Seminary The Lane Theological Seminary, a Presbyterian institution in Walnut Hills, Cincinnati was endowed in 1829 by a different person named Ebenezer Lane, a Baptist from New Orleans, Louisiana. The subject of this article was not connected with this institution. Notes References External links Ohio state court judges Justices of the Ohio Supreme