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 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
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
Ebenezer Lane